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    "id": 20784,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M’Mithiaru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 72,
        "legal_name": "Ntoitha M'mithiaru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to support this very important Motion. The Government must learn to put its priorities right. If we do not put education first, then we have got it all wrong. We have already made strides in terms of Free Primary Education (FPE). Those gains may be reversed if we do not give quality education to our children. Quality education cannot come by if we do not have teachers to teach our children. It is very saddening for me to read a comment from the Minister for Education where he was quoted to have said that teachers’ demands are unrealistic. It is not the teachers’ demands but rather the demands of our children. They are crying to get knowledge and yet somebody can say that it is unrealistic. I would like to invite the Minister for Education in my constituency to see for himself a classroom with 160 children. I am talking about Standard II. He will see that Standard III and IV children are put in one class to be taught. What quality of education are we looking for if we cannot employ teachers? The Government is able to get the money to employ teachers and ensure that all the teachers on contract are employed on permanent terms. It is equal job for equal pay. You cannot have teachers paid amount “A” and others amount “B” and yet they teach the same class. All the teachers on contract should be employed on permanent terms. We should also have more teachers employed. That is not all. Teaching is a noble job. It is not just a question of employing. Even the salaries must be reviewed upwards to ensure that teachers concentrate in the classrooms and teach our children. The Government is fond of showing double standards when it comes to education."
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