{"id":317838,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/317838/?format=json","text_counter":608,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. M. Kilonzo","speaker_title":"The Minister for Education","speaker":{"id":47,"legal_name":"Mutula Kilonzo","slug":"mutula-kilonzo"},"content":" Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to say that I called a meeting of all the interested parties including the unions for three o’clock this afternoon, so that we could negotiate as we are required to do. I am very disappointed that the union walked out because they are taking advantage of the misinterpretation of the facts on the table. I called that meeting out of the realization that the country needs negotiations and discussions, which I have encouraged. In addition, I have already presented to the Cabinet Office a Cabinet memorandum requesting that the Cabinet considers some of these issues including the fact that the Civil Service was given a rise ignoring the teachers, thereby generating this problem."}