{"id":951226,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/951226/?format=json","text_counter":183,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Yatta, Independent","speaker_title":"Hon. Charles Kilonzo","speaker":{"id":46,"legal_name":"Charles Mutavi Kilonzo","slug":"charles-kilonzo"},"content":"As I conclude, we need to re-think whether we need the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) as an independent body or we need to take it back to the Ministry of Education. I am of the firm opinion that TSC has become a liability to the teachers. Ask those teachers who have retired; it is almost impossible for TSC to process their retirement benefits. They have to go to the national Treasury. It takes them almost a year or two for their dues to be processed. I want to invite the Departmental Committee on Education and Research to visit primary schools and talk to parents."}