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    "id": 204826,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/204826/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to state that this Question was on the Order Paper yesterday. There was another Question by the same hon. Member and the officer who prepared the answers had mixed them up. So, yesterday, we did not have the correct answer to the Question. I was disappointed by the FM radio stations which insinuated that I could not answer the Question correctly. I want to thank the Daily Nation for putting the matter correctly, that it was the wrong answer. I would like to appeal to the Press to tell the people the truth. However, now I have the correct answer. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there has been a substantial increase in the general enrolment of pupils in primary schools in the whole country, which is approximately 30 per cent, as a result of the introduction of the Free Primary Education Programme in 2003. Although the number of teachers has remained the same throughout the country due to the freezing of employment, the Ministry has been replacing those who leave the service through natural attrition, for example, retirement, death, resignation and dismissals. (b) The Ministry has embarked on a number of measures to address the under-staffing situation as follows:- (i) Replacement of teachers who exit the profession through natural attrition. (ii) Newly-employed teachers are required to serve for five mandatory years before they request for transfer. (iii) Balancing of teachers is continuously done to transfer excess teachers from over- staffed areas to the under-staffed ones. (iv) The Government is exploring ways of getting more funds to recruit additional teachers."
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