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    "id": 885549,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wundanyi, WDM – K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Danson Mwashako",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Mwashako Mwakuwona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to reintroduce this Petition that was presented on the Floor of the House in the last Session but lapsed. It is Petition No.26 of 2019. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the teachers of Taita Taveta County, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 41(2)(a) of the Constitution stipulates that every worker has a right to fair remuneration; THAT, further, the public service policy provides that public servants working in hardship areas are entitled to hardship allowances; THAT, Legal Notice No.534 of 1997 read together with Section 7 of the TSC Act, Cap. 212 provide that teachers in hardship areas shall be paid hardship allowances at the rate of 30 per cent of their basic salary; THAT, most areas in Taita Taveta County including Kishushe, Mwanda and Wumingu, among others, have not been gazetted as hardship areas despite the state of the road network, harsh climatic conditions, water scarcity, human-wildlife conflict, lack of mobile telephone network coverage and social amenities, among other prevalent problems; THAT, the Ministry of Education has continued to discriminate against the teachers of Taita Taveta County and some parts, particularly Wundanyi Sub-County, some parts of Mwatate Sub-County and Taita Taveta Sub-County as well; THAT, there has been growing discontent among teachers from various schools because of the disparities in payment of hardship allowances; THAT, teachers have been reluctant to take up teaching positions in areas that are not entitled to hardship allowances hence adversely affecting performance and general development across the aforementioned sub-counties; THAT, efforts to solve this matter with the TSC and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) have been futile; and THAT, none of the issues raised in this petition are pending in any court of law, constitutional body or any legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Education and Research:"
}