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    "id": 49998,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/49998/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I have on several occasions on the Floor of this House indicated on the paucity of teachers that we have in our teaching profession. Last time when I was seeking for additional funding for teacher employment, we were only given 18,000 teachers plus replacement of those who died through natural attrition. The figure came to 20,000. Those are the ones we distributed to every constituency. At the current level of teacher deficit, we have a teacher deficit of 61,000 teachers, comprising of 43,000 in the primary sector, and the other balance in the secondary sector. I have, in my forward budget for 2011/2012, asked for a specific figure to recruit teachers for a period of three years, so that we can reduce that deficit to a manageable level. I may also say this; even if we were to employ 10,000 we need about Kshs10 billion from Treasury to be able to deploy them on a permanent and pensionable basis. That is what I am struggling with and I expect it to happen through the normal budget analysis, when it comes to the Floor of this House. Do not also forget that due salary awards, where we are paying the last award in July this year, will require an additional Kshs2.56 billion or above. Therefore, this is an enormous task for the deployment of teachers or payment of teachers in this country. So, I need goodwill both from Treasury and this House."
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