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    "id": 780450,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/780450/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
        "slug": "ronald-kiprotich-tonui"
    },
    "content": "are not passing this information? Those are the issues that need to be tackled. The desperation on the issues of unemployment is forcing people to go to places which are risky. As a House, we need to ensure that as we deal with the budget-making process we provide adequate finances so that we employ more teachers. Now that we have shortage of teachers of about 104,000, let us put more resources towards education. If we invest in the education sector, certainly we will not lose and it is going to be a wise investment. Once we have teachers all over being paid, that will be money circulating in the local economy and in the rural areas, and that will ensure that the economy grows at a better rate. There are teachers who are camping at the TSC Headquarters. It was so unfortunate and heartless for the police to throw teargas at them. These are people who were running away for their dear lives. When they come to look for security and transfers, they are tear-gassed. That is painful and unreasonable. We should never expose our teachers to such situations. I know the leadership from the North Eastern has made their comments and also condemned those incidences. I believe they will go further and organize local meetings to sensitize the locals on the need to ensure that they protect teachers. I believe the locals can protect the teachers…"
}