Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 563963,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/563963/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 228,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "This is a Motion of national importance and it will be important if we give it the priority it deserves. I noted also with appreciation the fact that we have also to provide incentives for teachers from other regions who want to take up teaching jobs and be posted there. We have talked about improving the hardship allowance and maybe employing them at one or two grades higher than those who are posted to other areas. I have heard about the non-formal education sector which does not have clear guidelines. Unemployment is a national problem. A number of the graduates, including the one who actually died in the very unfortunate incident in Garissa, are unemployed. We can employ those teachers and even other people who may have trained in other sectors as untrained teachers. All they need to do is a postgraduate diploma in education at Kenyatta University and they will be good to go. They will have the methodology to deal with students. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I took note of colleagues saying that children from poor families in the north eastern region are most affected. It is true that those who have resources take their children to private schools or areas that are safer. So, the children from the poor population, which constitutes about 90 per cent of the residents, are not in schools today. So, it is important that we get quick Government action to address this. The fact that we have exported teachers to Botswana, Rwanda, Sudan and Burundi has been mentioned. If we can export labour to foreign countries, why can we not use our own labour to address the shortage? The issue of improvement of access to boarding schools for learners with disabilities was raised by my sister, Sen. Omondi. This is a good proposal that we can pick. Finally, issues like illiteracy and food insecurity are products of marginalization in the north eastern region. I call upon the national Government to address the issue of education. By addressing education, we will have built the capacity of those people to contribute to the coffers of this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to reply."
}