{"id":726055,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/726055/?format=json","text_counter":449,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":434,"legal_name":"James Nyikal","slug":"james-nyikal"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to support the same. This amendment tends to improve what was in the original Bill. I do not think it goes far enough. It allows some people at some level to charge fees. The Mover would have done better to declare that a teacher who imposes a charge, and leaves out all those within and without, shall be liable to a conviction. That would have made this provision of the law clear. We know that when you allow people to levy a charge, they have a tendency to increase the charges. The essence of having free ECDE will be lost. So, I appeal to the Mover that this be amended further to exclude any charges at all."}