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    "id": 112604,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/112604/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already indicated that even if we had the wish and the intention, we cannot replace 65,000 teachers in one year. We had worked out a programme; that, if we were given 6,000 permanent and pensionable teachers every financial year, it was conceivable that over a period of five years, we should be able to reduce the shortage considerably. I have also mentioned one of the handicaps that we have. There are ceilings for Budgets. Therefore, we cannot burst the ceilings, which are also beyond the expectation of this House. It was my hope and expectation that if the Economic Stimulus Package was taken on board, and we also had a parallel permanent and pensionable programme going on, within a period of four years, we would have brought to zero the shortage of teachers. I will be coming back to this House when the Budget is tabled. We are currently negotiating with the Treasury. With the concern that you have shown, I hope that once the Budget is tabled, you will help us to be able to get along the programme that will ensure that over a period of four years, we will have no shortage of teachers in our schools. Finally, it is not fair to say that this Government is not concerned about the children of Kenya. The education sector takes the biggest share of the national Budget, at 7 per cent."
}