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    "id": 631524,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/631524/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank my colleague, Sen. Karaba, the Chairperson of the Committee on Education. From his figures, there is a confession by the TSC and by extension the national Government, that there is a staggering shortage of 87,000 teachers in the whole Republic. Out of which, 39,000 are in the primary section while 47,000 in the post-primary institutions. In fact, there is an acute shortage of teachers in secondary schools because we have few secondary schools than primary schools in Kenya. The TSC needs to tell us the truth. According to these figures, there is a good staffing level for the primary schools. Is this staffing evenly deployed throughout the country? Secondly, the figures that the Chairperson has given as data on West Pokot County has revealed a lot. He said that as at March, there was a shortage of 1,654 teachers in primary schools and 523 in post-primary schools. That is not the true position. The TSC does not update their data. No wonder they do not know how many teachers they need to employ. The Director of TSC in West Pokot County, Mr. Lesewa, has this information. Primary schools teachers on duty are 2,961--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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