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    "id": 233949,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/233949/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Twenty three secondary schools in Marakwet District do not have adequate teachers. (b) In the recently concluded recruitment of teachers, 11 vacancies were allocated to some of the schools that are understaffed in the district to alleviate the shortage. Following the freeze on employment by the Government, the Ministry has only been replacing teachers who leave the service by natural attrition to maintain the teachers national ceiling which has been agreed upon for many years. November 16, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3731 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry, therefore, cannot employ all trained secondary school teachers from the district. We could not take all of them which is the case everywhere in the country. Recruitment is based on the ratio of understaffing in every district depending on the number of places that we have. We have been applying the same strategy. It is unfortunate that it does not conclude the problem but it will suffice for the time being until we have more resources to recruit all the teachers."
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