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    "id": 932867,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "6. The commission conducted its own investigations on the matter, obtained witness statements and reports that confirmed that the teachers violated the provisions of the CORT. 7. Upon considering the teachers’ responses to the show cause letters, the respective TSC county directors formed the opinion that the teachers had a case to answer. Accordingly, the county directors issued letters of interdiction to the affected teachers. 8. The teachers were invited for hearing before the Commission’s disciplinary committee, where the individual cases were heard and decisions made based on the merits of each case, as required under the employment law. 9. All teachers in the teaching service have been made aware of the appeal process, which is enshrined in Section 46 of the TSC Act and Regulation 156 of the CORT. So far, 41 appeals have been received and are under process. The same will be concluded in due course as per the provisions of the CORT. With me is a list of the affected teachers. They were 245. The TSC has listed how they have handled their cases. They have given the details of their names, the schools they teach in, the TSC number, the sub-county, the county, the designation, the nature of the offence and the kind of disciplinary action taken. A number of teachers were issued with show cause letters; others have their cases pending. The ones I have read, the 41 cases where there are appeals, are the 41 teachers who were dismissed. So, they appealed. TSC has indicated here that the appeals are in progress. The procedure of appeal is fairly informal. The affected teachers are required to write letters setting out their grounds of appeal. They must do so within 90 days from the date of dismissal. With me are the details of the number of teachers. They are too many. I cannot read each one. I will table this for each Member to see. On questions (b), (c) and (d), the Commission indicated that the issues are subject to active litigation and are pending in a court of law. Therefore, they did not give a statement on them. The issues that were raised are active in court and, therefore, it will be"
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