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    "id": 1113441,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1113441/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sakwa Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also stand to join my colleagues in appreciating the role of teachers in our society. Teachers are affecters in a life-long way. I have values I acquired from Standard One, Two and Three. In Standard One and Two, I got beatings for missing school on the second day and I never missed school again thereafter. I still appreciate those teachers. They have gone to the Lord. It has been a long while. Fast forward to today, I think the management of the education sector in this country needs a review. The way teachers get treated seems to be with anger. Managers in the education sector seem to act as if teachers are to blame for something. We need to appreciate the policy pronouncements and the compensation system that is in place. Teachers are not allowed to organise themselves so they can speak for themselves. This is an important day to remember. Let us remember it from the perspective of managing teachers well for purposes of improving the quality of our society. Education is a big concept that deals with the development of learners so that they can face their future with confidence. Teachers are critical in this regard. Lastly, I want to strongly agree with the sentiment that the re-tooling that is now being proposed in the CBC should be subsidised by the Government at 100 per cent or partially. Soft interest-free loans should be offered. Do something. You cannot let a parent who has sold a piece of land to see a child through a teacher training college to go back for another nine months or a year paying for further training. You cannot expect somebody who sacrificed in a similar way, and who has been out of employment for the last 10 years, to go back and do it again. There is something missing. We need those links closed so that we can appreciate the role of teachers fully. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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