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    "id": 189976,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/189976/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will recall that, sometime back, in this House, I did make a statement saying that our expectations and plans would have been well served if we had Exchequer funding to employ 10,000 teachers every year for the next four to five years in order to clear the backlog of teachers. Through funding contained in the current Budget, we will be recruiting additional 6,000 teachers. Over and above, we will be recruiting additional 8,000 teachers to replace those who are leaving the service and those who have died. So, in effect, there will be about 14,000 to be recruited during this financial year. Furthermore, you will have noticed that in the Printed Estimates, there is provision for what we call \"intern teachers.\" That will be in the order of Kshs1.16 billion. We are now developing a policy on how those teachers will also be drafted on board, so that they can help to reduce the acute shortage of teachers in both primary and secondary school levels."
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