{"id":217984,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/217984/?format=json","text_counter":34,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kimunya","speaker_title":"The Minister for Finance","speaker":{"id":174,"legal_name":"Amos Muhinga Kimunya","slug":"amos-kimunya"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are going a step further. I will be allocating an extra Kshs1.5 billion to recruit an additional 7,000 teachers countrywide to replace those that have retired through attrition. In addition, I have allocated an extra Kshs1 billion to recruit an additional 4,000 new teachers, bringing the total number of teachers to be employed in 2007/2008 to 11,000 teachers."}