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    "id": 711865,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/711865/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakara",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2926,
        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": "they stay for three months without getting their salaries yet they have families to feed. Some of them have rented houses. When there is delay in disbursement of funds, these people experience a lot of problems. It is my prayer that the two issues, namely, the increment of the support staff salaries and timely disbursement of funds must be dealt with by MOEST. Finally, there is the issue of registering new schools. Recently, many head teachers in our place went through a hard time. They were told that they cannot get the money for the FPE unless they register the school. Some schools are built in rural areas where 90 per cent of locals are pastoralists and pastoralists do not have money throughout the month. So, we are requesting the Government to include the money for registration to the FPE Fund to save the head teachers. The head teachers have to run up and down looking for money and even fundraising. Sometimes, District Education Officers (DEOs) threaten the head teachers by telling them that if they are not going to register the school within a certain period, they are not going to get the money. You will find the head teacher running up and down, using his or her money to register the school to be able to access the FPE funds. That way, we are tormenting our teachers. We make our teachers suffer because schools are not their property. Schools are not their houses. The school belongs to the community and the Government. It is good if we could set aside some money from the FPE Fund to be used for registering our schools, so that we can save the teachers from running up and down looking like beggars to register schools. Finally, I want to thank the Government for waiving examination fees. Many students in hardship areas had their certificates held by schools for failing to complete paying school fees. When the President declared that no student in this country, no matter their background, should leave school without getting their certificates, it was a relief in our areas. Now, students can collect their certificate and use it to look for jobs as they wait for their results. With those few remarks, I support."
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