{"id":349392,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/349392/?format=json","text_counter":139,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(a) whether he is aware that there is a shortage of Islamic Religious Education (IRE) teachers in both primary and secondary schools in the country and, if so, what measures he has taken to alleviate the shortage; and, (b) whether the Government could consider increasing the number of scholarships to prospective students for the training of IRE teachers both at Kagumo and Kibabii Teachers College."}