{"id":69409,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/69409/?format=json","text_counter":133,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mwatela","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Education","speaker":{"id":103,"legal_name":"Andrew Calist Mwatela","slug":"andrew-mwatela"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that Ruiru Education Office operates from a two-roomed office shared by 12 officials within the District Commissioner’s compound. (b) The Ministry of Education, in liason with the Ministry of Housing, is in the process of preparing a lease agreement for another office building within Ruiru Town as a temporary measure. Meanwhile the Ministry has allocated Kshs4 million for the construction of a permanent office which will be disbursed after the receipt of the bill of quantities and a land allotment letter. I urge the District Education Board, on which the hon. Member sits, to urgently submit these requirements. I will table the extracts of the sub-itemized estimates of the Recurrent and Development Expenditure which show an allocation of Kshs100 million for the construction of new offices for new districts."}