{"id":1250648,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1250648/?format=json","text_counter":1746,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Bondo, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Gideon Ochanda","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to be brief considering your call. If from a layman’s point of view, I was to make the Budget for this country, there are three things that I will place emphasis on. First is food, second is debt, and the third one will be a social service that we call education. I am rising to support the Budget Estimates because of the allocation that has been given on education. It is appalling that there is a big crisis in the education sector. The sector is rotting and services are down. Last week I was amazed. In my constituency, I got students in Form One who cannot read and write. The education sector is in a crisis. Every little money that we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}