Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1380576,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1380576/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 400,
    "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": " I thank you very much for the Question by my friend, the Member of Parliament for Dagoretti South. I was informed by my Principal Secretary about this Question in the morning, as I was out in Nyeri for an Education Day. My Principal Secretary had to prepare the answers quickly, which I looked through as I was coming to this House. I condole with the families, friends and relatives of the learners for the untimely loss of their loved ones. This was saddening and unfortunate. In the case of Visa Oshwal Academy, we have established that a Grade II learner by the name of Alias Abdikarim drowned and died in the swimming pool in the school on 20th February 2024. There were lapses in the management of the swimming pool because it was unsecured. The learner accessed the pool without the knowledge of the pool attendant. No teacher had been assigned to be in charge of the swimming pool and the learners were left on their own, which is a contravention of the Ministry’s guidelines. We are concluding the investigations because I sent a group of officers and officers from the Kenya Police Service. Once we establish the culpability of the headteacher or any such individual as the overall supervisor of the school for possible negligence, then we will be able to initiate disciplinary action. I am waiting for the outcome of the investigations. And I know by the end of this week, as I directed, I will be getting the report. Based on the report, I will be able to initiate the necessary actions."
}