{"id":335864,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/335864/?format=json","text_counter":735,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":376,"legal_name":"Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona","slug":"millie-odhiambo-mabona"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what this amendment seeks to do is to ensure that the universities pay staff members in a manner that is globally competitive. Many of our university lecturers do a lot of good work but they are not paid very well. The salaries they are paid are not globally competitive. So, you find a lot of lecturers over-moonlighting, which sometimes risks their own lives."}