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    "id": 112562,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of shortage of teachers has been with us for quite some time; we have shared a lot with the Ministry. It concerns Kenyans and I concur with hon. Ruto, and the rest of the House, that this is a great concern that must be addressed very, very seriously. We have schools where one teacher is teaching up to 300 pupils and that, definitely, compromises the quality of education. Listening to the Minister, he has indicated that there are plans to advertise for positions of teachers in the next two weeks. Could he confirm to this House how many positions he is going to advertise without, necessarily, telling us which schools they are going to? Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is the source of the funds to employ these teachers, because as we know, we did not provide for that in this financial year? Could he also confirm, as he has just put it clearly here, that they have already decided to transfer the stimulus package money to the next Supplementary Budget? Could he confirm that he has done that and, therefore, by extension, if the Supplementary Budget is passed by this House, then we are going to have another extra 6,000 teachers before May this year?"
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