{"id":13898,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/13898/?format=json","text_counter":324,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mwatela","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Education","speaker":{"id":103,"legal_name":"Andrew Calist Mwatela","slug":"andrew-mwatela"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I wish to inform the House that the Ministry has other programmes that assist in enhancing access, participation and retention in secondary schools, including those in ASALs and other drought-hit areas. That is meant to reduce the burden on parents. Those programmes include ASALs grants, laboratory equipment grants, infrastructure grants, constituency bursary grants and the Economic Stimulus Programme."}