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    "id": 35518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saddened and, indeed, my heart bleeds for the 18,000 young men and women that this Ministry engaged under this programme. Let it go on the record of this House that I placed this Question before this Minister two months ago. The answer that the Assistant Minister has brought to this House is straight from the archives. This is exactly the same answer the Minister brought to this House and was asked to go back and bring a more substantive answer especially with regard to part “b” of the Question which requires him to outline when and how the Government intends to absorb the contract teachers on permanent and pensionable terms. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to tell you how casual - and I am glad that the Minister, his two deputies and the Permanent Secretary are here. This Ministry is being casual about the plight of these teachers; not only do they bring us something straight from the archives, but they also fail to tell us exactly what measures or plans they have made in the Budget. Do they anticipate to be granted money or did they inform the Treasury, instead of hiding behind this Report? What exactly has this Ministry projected in terms of resources expected, when expected, and how the same resources shall be applied? Could this Assistant Minister stop hiding behind a Report of this House and tell us exactly what they have done in terms of concrete measures to absorb the more than 18,000 teachers under this programme? This Assistant Minister is not serious!"
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