{"id":371932,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/371932/?format=json","text_counter":35,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Njuki","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1372,"legal_name":"Onesmus Muthomi Njuki","slug":"onesmus-muthomi-njuki"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I do not have a Statement to issue but on 6th June this year, I requested a Statement from the Ministry of Education. Sorry; I requested a Statement from the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology on the criteria by the Government to caterorise areas for hardship allowance, with a particular reference to Igambang'ombe Division of Chuka/Igambang’ombe Constituency, which does not qualify for hardship allowance, yet the environmental conditions in it are the same as the ones in the neighbouring areas. To date, even though I understand the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology is handling a lot of work on the issue of teachers, it is over four weeks since I asked for the Statement."}