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    "id": 974988,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13223,
        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for me this opportunity to request for this Statement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education on the understaffing of special unit schools in Taita-Taveta County. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Provide a list of all special unit schools in Taita-Taveta, attaching a list of the teachers deployed to the schools and the shortage being experienced; and, (2) State the steps the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) is taking to ensure that all the special unit schools in Taita-Taveta have enough teachers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was in the county and I discovered that the special unit schools have a shortage of about 200 teachers. Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are already disadvantaged because they are disabled. When you have a shortage in special schools, it means that we further marginalize the students who are already disadvantaged due to the disabilities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that staffing of primary schools is an issue of the national Government; it is not devolved. However, the shortages and the students who are being disadvantaged in terms of getting quality education are in the counties and, therefore, this Statement is well placed here. I know that our students do not get quality education, yet our Constitution speaks about issues of inclusivity. When we disadvantage students who do not get quality education at the lower levels or the early years of their education, then we do not expect them to compete---"
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