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    "id": 913708,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/913708/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alois Lentoimaga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2756,
        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
        "slug": "alois-musa-lentoimaga"
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    "content": "4. That, Part IV of the regulations (Kenya Subsidiary Legislation of 2015) made pursuant to Section 47 of the Basic Education Act provides for the criteria and the procedures for promotion of teachers from one grade to another; 5. That, under the said Regulations, a teacher is automatically promoted to the next grade after three years of service in the present grade, until Job Group L, from where promotions are based on appraisals and interviews upon advertisement of vacancies; 6. That, most teachers, especially those serving in northern Kenya are not promptly promoted to the next Job Group after serving the mandatory three years in the entry Job Group or common cadre job groups, hence, most of them have overstayed in the same job groups for as long as 15 years without promotion; That, even though the TSC considers several other factors to promote a teacher, it is inconceivable that for 15 years, a teacher cannot meet the requirements for promotion; That, the delay by the Commission in promoting teachers has lowered the morale of the teachers especially in rural northern Kenya, caused teacher shortages, increased attrition of teachers to other regions where their chances of promotions are higher thereby affecting performance in schools in the region; That, local teachers have not been appointed to head local schools because most of them do not meet the requisite Job Group, which is M, N and P for appointment as school heads, and the only option left for most northern Kenya schools is to have head teachers from other counties; That, the head teachers from outside the county are allegedly absent from work most of the time attending to family or personal issues far away, some stay away from schools due to the volatile state of security in the region, leading to mismanagement of schools; That, efforts to have the matter addressed by the TSC have not yielded any fruit; and, That, issues in respect of which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law or constitutional or statutory body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Education and Research: (i) inquires why teachers from northern Kenya have overstayed in their current Job Groups (J to L) for as long as 15 years without being promoted; (ii) explores possibilities for applying the principle of affirmative action to promote heads of schools for the local schools from among the local teachers willing to serve in northern Kenya, as soon as possible, so as to improve standards and boost the morale of the affected teachers; and, (iii) makes any other orders it deems fit in the circumstance of this matter. And your Petitioners will forever pray"
}