{"id":1120278,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1120278/?format=json","text_counter":108,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Khaniri","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":171,"legal_name":"George Munyasa Khaniri","slug":"george-khaniri"},"content":"There are three fundamental issues that have been raised. Our Constitution, 2010, is very explicit on public participation. You cannot just impose your own ideas on a people without subjecting it to their opinions and them airing their views on the same. There is a reason why that particular Article was put in our Constitution; that people must participate in the decisions being taken upon them. Once this matter goes to the committee, the question to ask is whether the teachers were involved in decision- making. Lately, we are getting concerned with the way decisions are being made haphazardly by the Ministry of Education. Was there public participation?"}