{"id":583533,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/583533/?format=json","text_counter":177,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. M. Kajwang","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13162,"legal_name":"Moses Otieno Kajwang'","slug":"moses-otieno-kajwang"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Chairman of the Education Committee for bringing the statement at short notice. We expected it to come yesterday, but we debated a Motion of Adjournment on the same matter. If you divide the Kshs1.3 billion with the 260,000 teachers, it comes to about Kshs4,000, per teacher. This is really a pittance. We are already paying village elders, old people all over the country such an amount and yet we find it difficult to pay our teachers this amount. I just want to find out from the Chairman of the Committee the economic cost of a three week shut down of the education system in this nation. We have shut down the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}