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    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": "The last is on teachers. The Government has employed 56,750 teachers in the past year. It has also moved qualified staff from the former primary schools to JSS because most of them are graduates. Some teachers have master’s degrees and have the ability to run those schools. I would like to bring to the attention of the House the issue of financing basic education. In the first term of 2023, the Ministry of Education disbursed Ksh9.3 billion in capitation to schools. The Ministry has given all the money that they anticipate to disburse. In addition to that, special needs education schools received Ksh3.7 million during the first and second terms. That covered 1,354 learners in 119 public junior secondary schools. Finally, provision of adequate, appropriate and safe infrastructure is paramount in provision of quality education. The Ministry has outlined how they have allocated money through capitation. The Statement has also captured areas where the Ministry of Education has partnered with donors on matters infrastructure. Last week, through the advice of the Departmental Committee on Education, in consultation with the Ministry of Education, a grant of Ksh3.3 billion was tabled in the House and divided amongst 290 constituencies. The grant will be used to construct classes. The money will be disbursed under the NG-CDF which will pay every shilling for the construction of the thousands of classrooms that is going on. The wisdom behind tabling that money in this House is to ensure that Members no longer go to queue in the Ministry of Education requesting for infrastructure funds. Instead, these funds will be channelled to the constituencies so that they can build schools. This Statement has detailed information on issues infrastructure. The Ministry has also given a detailed report on the kind of books they have distributed and how they got to particular schools. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay this Statement on the Table of the House, as directed by the Speaker."
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