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    "id": 236214,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/236214/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 190,
        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Categorization of the hardship areas by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is based on a number of factors, including:- (a) Availability and accessibility of food and quality portable water; (b) Climatic conditions; (c) Availability of basic social services and amenities; and (d) Transport and communication services that are available (e) Security situation. Usually, schools that are to be gazetted as hardship areas are at first discussed by the District Education Boards (DEBs) and then forwarded to the Teachers Service Remuneration Committee (TSRC), which will then gazette the schools, depending on whether or not that criteria I have read is reached. (b) Hardship allowance cannot be paid to teachers in Ronge Nyika of Tausa Division of Mwatate Constituency since it has not been gazetted. The last gazettement was in 1997, and then there was a revised version in 2005. However, I would like to tell the hon. Member that we are harmonizing this. There is already a task force which has been formed to harmonize this issue, because there seems to be some contradictions. Some areas that are supposed to be gazetted as hardship areas have not been gazetted, while those that are gazetted as hardship areas are not supposed to be gazetted so. There is a report which was submitted in 2002, but it is again being revised further to harmonize allowances for all civil servants. Once that is done, maybe then, we will be in a position to know whether or not Ronge Nyika will be among the new hardship areas."
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