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• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.33 (1), I seek leave for the adjournment of the House for purposes of discussing the urgent need for affirmative recruitment of teachers. There is need for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to immediately commence the process of recruitment of untrained teachers for deployment in the regions affected by mass exodus. These teachers should also be subjected to continuous in-service training to ensure that at all times, the right of access to education by all children is guaranteed and also solve the incessant teacher-initiated transfers due to preferences or fear of certain areas. It ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I seek leave for the adjournment of the House for purposes of discussing the urgent need for affirmative recruitment of teachers. view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Kenya, at this age, has made tremendous strides in delivery of education. In spite of that, we have obvious challenges that affect certain parts of the Republic of Kenya, especially in relation to insecurity and that has led to mass exodus of teachers. Education remains a fundamental right to every child under the Constitution. Under the statute laws, the Education Act specifically, the right of a child; even a refugee child, to education is an international declaration. The situation that has obtained repeatedly in some parts of this country is so grave that it has affected delivery of education by ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I, therefore, move this Motion so that we can vacate from what we sometimes witness in debating without a solution. As we speak, some teachers have moved out of North Eastern region and are here in Nairobi. In Mt. Elgon, some teachers have moved out of their work stations. Obviously, it means that thousands and thousands of our children in schools in these regions are doing without teachers. This is a matter that has to be addressed. We address it by proposing a solution. There is need for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), as a constitutional body mandated in the ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The use of untrained teachers is not a new phenomenon. This nation has done it before but I am moving this as an affirmative action that can be taken at the moment to solve this problem once and for all. All communities, including those considered to be minorities, have a right to education. They all require tohave their own teachers. Therefore, my proposal here is that TSC should immediately recruit from a pool of school leavers, qualified and capable citizens from these communities and deploy them to classrooms. It should then give them registration certificates and proceed to give them ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: We appreciate the ethnic and environmental diversity of this nation. If we have to deliver education in the most difficult and hard-to-reach areas in this nation, then we must give opportunities to those communities to have their own teachers. view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I am also proposing that the TSC must continue to sustain an acceptable staffing norm in this nation so that in case of calamities and insecurity of whatever nature, communities that shall be affected will continue to have teachers at all times.There might be a challenge in these areas because of obvious challenges that we have in terms of geographical locations and other challenges. It may not be possible to have school leavers who meet the minimum cut-off point set by the Ministry of Education to train and qualify as teachers. We know too well that affirmative action for equity ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Having outlined the actual situation in this country, I believe it is in the interest of this nation to accept this extraordinary step and allow the TSC to develop an acceptable framework. In doing so, this group of teachers, who have declared that they are unable to work in those particular places, can be released and be deployed for utilisation in other parts of the Republic of Kenya. I also urge the TSC to adopt acceptable staffing norms so that we can ensure that the teaching service in this country is stable at all times despite obvious challenges that we ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: involves movement of teachers. We want to urge through this Motion that the TSC ensures that teachers are permanently stable. The concept of de-localisation may not work. It may aggravate the stability of teachers further. I urge this House to support this Motion as an affirmative action so that all our children can have access to not only quality but equitable education delivered by the presence of qualified teachers at all times, whether there is peace or not. Thank you. view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have a seconder; the Member for Wajir West. view