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    "id": 994241,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/994241/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 347,
        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
        "slug": "ochilo-ayacko"
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    "content": "However, if you are making people to be members of a union and forcing them to give you money, I think that is impunity and theft that cannot be countenanced by law abiding people, like our disabled people. The matter you are seeing here is symptomatic of what is happening in TSC. TSC is at war with all unions; they have crippled the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), they are fighting Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and all the unions. What is this magnanimity that they are coming up with by creating another union, yet they are not listening to other unions? All over this nation, KNUT is not getting remissions that members have voluntarily subscribed and asked it to be remitted to their branches. KUPPET too is not getting remissions from TSC. They have now created another phantom union with a phantom person, and they are taking money from disabled members of the TSC or the teaching fraternity. I think the overall objective is to weaken the impact of unions, and that cannot be countenanced. What must be done and on top of asking for refund, I think it is criminal and somebody from TSC must take responsibility for this. This faceless criminal person who is not a teacher cannot be allowed to do this. Lastly, and this is very important. A union is an organization that earns mandate and support from members. You cannot effectively represent anybody if that person has not mandated you to do so. You cannot speak for them with authority unless you share the same feelings, sentiments and concerns. Therefore, anybody purporting to represent the disabled fraternity must have been elected by them, and must be regularly accounting to them. How can their money go to a person they do not know, they did not elect, and that was created by an employer who is not sensitive to other unions? I think this is the height of impunity and must be fought by all means. Thank you."
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