Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1275405,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1275405/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 299,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13458,
        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
        "slug": "ezekiel-machogu-ombaki"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Senator and the Chairperson of the Committee on Education have noted, we are dealing with an independent commission and we will get it right. However, as I said earlier, this administration made it clear that we do not want to break families. That was a major consideration that made us reverse that particular policy which inconvenienced people and separated families. In the process, as rightly observed by the Senator, there are families that broke up. The man went and got married elsewhere, and the wife went into other things yet the stability of the family is key to the stability of the nation. Of course, on medical grounds, it is also a factor to be taken into consideration. The number given is three wanting to move from Vihiga County to Nandi County. One other thing that I have found out is that there are teachers who come to me saying that they want a transfer, when in fact, they have not applied for the same. So, a teacher will come to a Member of Parliament; the Cabinet Secretary, but he or she has not applied for that transfer. Without naming names, one Member here came to me about a teacher who wanted to transfer from one county to another. Of course, when I called the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), they transferred that particular teacher and quite a number. So, there is progress. As I have said, we are at 40 something percent. I have given a target to the TSC that I want us to be over 60 percent. We are still at a C and I want us to get to a B+ and finally to A. So, I submit."
}