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    "id": 994242,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This case from Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve is a very sad case. In fact, the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare has been dealing with retirement of special needs education teachers who have been retired before the age of 65 as stipulated by law. It is quite unfortunate to be told right now that there is a union that is purporting to be dealing with special needs education teachers. TSC is a very special Commission mandated to recruit, enumerate, discipline and protect teachers. However, it is quite unfortunate that we are being told that they are deducting teachers’ salaries and remitting to a union, the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET. I am sure most of my colleagues are hearing of this union now for the first time. There is also another union called Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA). I think these are what we call briefcase unions. In any case, such briefcase unions should not be allowed to meddle around with teachers. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these special needs cases need more protection than any other teachers. As I said, we have a case about special teachers and we were wondering who to approach to assist us because we thought of KNUT, but we noticed that this case does not fall there. It is high time that this union is taken to a court of law. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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