{"id":1553618,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1553618/?format=json","text_counter":196,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mandera County, UDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Umul Kheir Kassim","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Already, the pastoral programme of instruction has partly been operationalised. I just want to hear the exact timelines, tafadhali Cabinet Secretary. When you speak about the North-Eastern Region, we have close to 900,000 children who are out of school because they have been affected by the same issue I am raising here on the Duksi and Madrassa. Mandera alone has 280,000 children who are out of school. You have talked about the attraction and retention strategies of children in schools. I just want to emphasise that 280,000 students is a big number. It is actually a disaster in waiting if this issue is not addressed as soon as possible. Please, tell us the exact time you think this will be implemented. Thank you very much."}