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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbalu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jessica N. Mbalu",
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    "content": "All said and done, these clauses are to promote the education of our students. I fully support this Bill with the few amendments that will come in the Third Reading. I thank the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. This Bill should have come a long time ago. Education is the key to development. It is important for all Members to consider Bills that are going to touch on the sectors that really promote education in this country. As we promote basic education, we should not forget to talk on behalf of the teachers. We may do very good Bills to promote education, but when our teachers are not paid, they are not happy. They are not given the morale to teach, even with the good Bills that we are introducing in the National Assembly. We will be losing one arm of the education sector. A teacher who is not motivated, even though we sugar-coat and bring these nice Bills, will not do well. Even the output from the students will not be the best. I still urge the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology and the CS in the Ministry, as much as they bring the Bills, to ensure that our teachers are paid. In every constituency, polling stations and in every five or eight kilometres, we have teachers who give education to the students we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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