{"id":317736,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/317736/?format=json","text_counter":506,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Olago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":5,"legal_name":"John Olago Aluoch","slug":"john-aluoch"},"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this matter is, indeed, very grave. I did not see the Minister for Education this afternoon. He was not present but I requested for a Ministerial Statement, in which I wanted four specific items addressed. For his benefit, I will repeat them. I wanted the Minister to address the following:- (a) The chronology of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Legal Notice on which the strike is based, and the legality of the strike; (b) The action the Ministry is taking to reconcile or negotiate with the teachers; (c) The legality of the Minister’s directive to the County Directors of Education to identify teachers who are on strike, so that their salaries may be stopped; and, (iv) What steps the Ministry is taking to end the strike and bring normalcy to the public education sector, ahead of the forthcoming national examinations."}