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    "id": 20714,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/20714/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 190,
        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support, but in supporting, I would like to urge a compromise. I think it is important for the Government to be able to sit with the teachers and the Ministry of Education to be able to reach a compromise that will resolve this crisis for the sake of the children that are not in school and have nobody else to speak for them. It would be good for our education system if we reach a compromise, especially for the majority of schools that are public and are being affected. As we know, public schools always turn out the worst results because of factors related to inputs in teaching, including teachers and other facilities. Secondly, it will also be good for teachers, especially the many trained teachers who are not employed. I think this is an opportunity for us to be able to take care of the backlog of the thousands of teachers who have been trained through public expense in teacher-training colleges and universities and are tarmacking out there to be able to not only contribute in improving the quality of education, but also to improve their own lives in that they will earn a living and support their families. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we speak about this, it is also important for teachers and others to appreciate the need for some kind of balance, because as it is I think the teaching environment could be improved much better if we paid particular attention to how teachers are distributed between rural and urban areas; between areas that are remote and those that are not - the numbers that are in Nairobi and other capital cities compared to those who are in areas that are not as interesting and attractive. So, if we can address that even within districts, we will realize that many of the schools that are very disadvantaged can do much better if we took many of the teachers or did a balance between teachers that were mainly in areas with facilities along cities and towns and get many of them in---"
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