{"id":932859,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/932859/?format=json","text_counter":79,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":{"id":12849,"legal_name":"Julius Kipbiwot Melly","slug":"julius-kipbiwot-melly"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On 19th September, 2019, Hon. Kaluma sought a Statement from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) concerning a number of issues. One of it was the interdiction of teachers. He also sought a Statement on the wrangles between TSC and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT). The TSC on 16th October, sent a Statement which, we as a Committee on Education and Research, perused through and realized that it was not answering certain pertinent issues. We returned that particular Statement and TSC, again, wrote a Statement. We looked at it and, as a Committee, we were satisfied that it has looked into a number of issues that were raised by Hon. Kaluma. So, allow me to read the Statement as it is. The Statement gives a background to the cause of the interdiction, the particulars of the professional misconduct of the teachers, the regulations that the teacher contravened, how TSC conducted the investigations and their findings…"}