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    "id": 92835,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also noted that the Ministry had requested for Kshs3.2 billion for the said purpose but they were only given Kshs2 billion. We also realized that in the last financial year, Kshs1.6 billion had been set aside for the employment of the so called intern teachers. That was forthcoming. It was and still is the feeling of the Committee that that money should have been rolled out this year so that every year something is done for the teachers. What has come out is that nothing was done in the last financial year as far as the employment of teachers is concerned. This year they are about 18,000 being employed on a contract of three years. We are raising a serious warning that this is just but a postponement of a problem because in the following years, if you employ again another 18,000, in three years time, how will you absorb them? That is a question that must be captured and be addressed so that the commitment given to the teachers is actually qualified. It is still the belief of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology and those who love and believe in education that it is still possible for the Government to employ teachers on a permanent basis. I want to call upon hon. Members and the leadership of the country that as we approach next year, let us openly and sincerely address the issue of teachers so that we do not just talk of a very large Budget but at the end of it you find children in class but no teachers."
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