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    "id": 35503,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/35503/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 120,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
        "slug": "patrick-olweny"
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    "content": "(b) The Ministry of Education in a letter dated 31st March, 2011 and on the 2011/2012 to 2013/2014 Medium Term Budget requested the Treasury for Kshs6.556 billion for the recruitment of additional 10,000 teachers and absorption of contract teachers on permanent and pensionable terms for the 2011/2012 Financial Year. However, the Treasury failed to allocate the funds in the Budget for 2011/2012. The Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology is currently handling the matter with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance. I assume they did it some time back. Meanwhile, the teachers on contract are offered the first priority during the replacement of teachers who exit through natural attrition. (c) The initiative has significantly reduced the understaffing in most schools. However, some teachers turned down the offer citing low remuneration. Concerns have also been raised about the level of commitment of these teachers given that they have similar qualifications and offer the same services with other teachers and yet their remuneration is lower. The contract teachers who turned down the offer of employment, resigned or deserted duty as at 31st May, 2011 are as follows: Among the post-primary teachers, 199 of them did not take up the appointment or deserted duty; among the primary school teachers, 69 of them deserted duty. That gives us a total of 268 teachers. I wish to table in this House the letter which was written by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance to prove that we requested the Treasury to give us money to employ teachers."
}