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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": " Okay, thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The first group of teachers sat for the Adult Education Teachers Certificate Course Examination in 1991. The Director of Personnel Management thereafter released a scheme of service for adult education teachers, which was effected in 1991. (b) While it is not true that adult education teachers were stagnated on one job group for over 20 years, it is true that implementation of their scheme of service was delayed due to movement of the Department in 1979 and 2003, respectively. In 1999, the Department of Adult Education was moved to the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development and then relocated back to the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services during the re- organisation of the Government in September, 2003. The implementation of the two schemes of service has been undertaken by the two Ministries, which housed the Department since its inception. The upgrading of teachers has, in particular, been implemented through the Ministerial Human Resource Management Advisory Committee meeting every three years from 2000. (c) To ensure upward mobility of the personnel in the Department, a revised scheme of service for both adult education teachers and officers has been done and forwarded to the Ministry of State for Public Service for approval. I am also aware that the Directorate of Personnel Management (DPM) undertook a restructuring exercise in the Department of Adult Education in 2005. The restructuring report was approved by the DPM for implementation. The exercise came up with an appropriate organisation structure and optimal staff levels that will enable the Department undertake its functions effectively. The report has also highlighted various human resource management issues affecting the performance of the Department and suggested comprehensive approaches to address identified issues. As you are already aware, the Department has, once again, been moved from the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services to the Ministry of Education in the recent re-organisation of the Government. We shall study the June 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1369 Department's personnel problems in order to address the apparent anomalies, which have been there over the years. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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