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    "id": 238026,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/238026/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Marende",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Otiato Marende",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand on a point of order to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Education on the ongoing strike by lecturers of public universities. In the Ministerial Statement, the Minister should clarify why it was not possible to avert the strike. Secondly, he should clarify why the problem appears to be recurring and the Ministry seems to be helpless. Thirdly, could the Minister rationalize and harmonize salaries of university lecturers with other sectors of the Government that take personnel of equivalent qualifications? Fourth, what amount of money accrues from the Parallel Degree Programme and to what use are these monies put? Why are these monies not proportionately paid to the lecturers? Fifth, what steps is the Minister taking to ensure that the situation goes back to normal soonest? The ranking of our public universities has recently stopped at below 100. This situation needs to be attended to very urgently as a matter of great national importance."
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