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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruto",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we really seek your indulgence because this is a very serious matter facing the country. The Minister has admitted that there is a shortage of 65,000 teachers. If each teacher is teaching 40 pupils, then there are 2.5 million children without teachers, even as we sit here. The Minister should tell us when he is going to clear this backlog of employment. It is not enough for him to just tell us about 6,000 or 12,000 teachers. He knows that there is a shortage of 65,000 teachers now. He can even extrapolate on the number of children we will be having in another five years, even as he continues to employ 6,000 teachers every year. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also not enough for the Minister to tell us that he asked Treasury for money, and that Treasury did not give him money. As far as we are concerned in this Parliament, there is only one Government. Is he admitting that this Government is not concerned about the welfare of children? We want a clarification. What is he telling the Kenyan public? Are we going to sort out the issue of shortage of teachers? As the Minister sits here, who is teaching the 2.5 million children?"
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