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    "id": 1459597,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "We are also happy to note that with all those measures, we have been able to supply the Government with some money to increase salaries of police officers. By extension, I take it that prison wardens are also getting a pay rise. This is very important because we all know that police officers and prison wardens live in deplorable states. They are not able to run their own lives because of the poor pay and housing conditions they have to go through. As we consider housing for everybody in the country, most importantly let us consider police officers and prison wardens. It is also very good to our ears that the 46,000 JSS teachers will be confirmed. I can assure you that Members of Parliament had it rough when we went to the constituencies to talk to these people. While they appreciated that the Finance Bill was lost, they were insisting that they must be confirmed. Today, we announce to the country that JSS teachers will be confirmed, and we do not want to hear ‘by December or January next year’. It should be as soon as this Appropriation Bill is passed into an Act of Parliament and assented to. TSC must move with speed and confirm the 46,000 teachers. We were also to employ 20,000 new interns. Let us look at what we have because it is vital that teachers are in schools. Our children expect to get the best education and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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