Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 368588,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/368588/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 144,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "up. So, we request that as this database is going to be put in place, it should be updated regularly. Our forefathers have been fighting poverty, disease, hunger and ignorance. Out of this ignorance would not fulfill anything and we can only fulfill this if we embrace education. We know very well that when you look at the Millennium Development Goals, the first goal talks about eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. This can only be realized if only we will put more effort when it comes to education. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) has done so much and it is my humble request that as we put up this database in place and for us to have effective results, we should call upon Members of Parliament at a later stage to increase the CDF from 2.5 per cent of the GDP to about 5 per cent because it is going to add value as far as education is concerned. When you look at Vision 2030, it looks at the three pillars; the economic, political and social pillars. On the social pillar, there is the element of education and we can only succeed when there is enough funding. I want to say this: We cannot talk of pupils if we do not talk about teachers. The two of them are mutually inclusive. If at all we want to embrace this aspect of what Hon. Kinoti has said, it is high time that the Government must be serious as far as the welfare and remuneration of teachers is concerned. We can have the money but if the teachers are not happy, we cannot go anywhere. So, it is my humble request that as we look into this, we should also focus on the welfare of teachers. I want to give an example of Mr. Kambi who is currently the Cabinet Secretary. During our vetting, he mentioned to us that at one time he dropped out of school to go and do houseboy work. Look at where he is today. When we read the Bible, we are all equal before the eyes of God. No one applied to be born poor."
}