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    "content": "On building of schools, this will be carried out by school management committees, where you are members, as Members of Parliament, and by the Board of Governors (BOGs), where you are also members. Therefore, your input will be there. When you are not available, you can be represented by your Constituencies Development (CDF) officer, because we are working together. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is one area I must comment on – teacher shortages. It is very worrying, and we must address the issue of equity. When I was looking into the question of teacher shortages, I noted that the most hard-hit area by staff shortage, the number one hit area in the primary sector, is Rift Valley Province, which has a shortage of 10,570 teachers. This is followed by Nyanza Province, which has a shortage of 9,642 teachers. This is followed closely at position three by Eastern Province. In the interest of equity, which we are all crying for, it is only fair that we share the teachers based on the shortages that we are seeing in these areas. Also, in the secondary sector, the most hard hit area is Nyanza with a shortage of 6,244 teachers, followed closely by Rift Valley Province with a shortage of 4,909 teachers, followed closely by Eastern Province, which needs 4,255 teachers, followed by Western Province with a shortfall of 3,000 teachers. Again, we must take this shortage into account when employing the intern teachers, so that we address the imbalance that already exists."
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