Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 228995,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/228995/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 55,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Miriti",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 371,
        "legal_name": "Petkay Shem Nkiria Miriti",
        "slug": "petkay-miriti"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was wondering if we had 1,000 Presidential candidates, what would happen in this country today! Mr. Speaker, Sir, on education, I want to say that the Government has performed very well in the area of free primary education. There is indication now, that with sufficient funds, there will be free secondary education. However, there is an area which we have neglected for quite some time, which is attending to gifted children. Very many children who are gifted in this country do not have the opportunity to advance their talents. I want to suggest to the Ministry of Education to establish centres of excellence, so that when we identify children who have better brains than others, they can be taken there and this will help us in innovation, invention and creativity and we will advance in the technological world. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the question of appointments, it is true that there should be fair play in appointments. It is necessary that we have regional distribution of appointments. But it is hypocritical for anybody who has turned down an appointment, either as Minister or an Assistant Minister and declined the appointment to come to this House and allege that there is discrimination in appointments. We have people who were Ministers and they rejected the system and said they did not want to work in this system, yet they were representing their communities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, now, they come here to tell us that their communities are not well represented in the Government. Who would represent those communities in a higher rank than a Minister? Who is more highly placed than an Assistant Minister?"
}