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    "id": 95208,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/95208/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry suspended study leave for teachers pursuing higher education as a result of the acute shortage of teachers due to lack of funds from the Treasury. Currently, the country is experiencing an acute shortage of 66,000 teachers in both primary and secondary schools. We have a shortage of 43,000 teachers in primary schools and 23,000 teachers in secondary schools. However, despite this freeze, teachers are encouraged to enroll in school-based programmes for diploma and post graduate courses in the universities during the school holidays, evenings and weekends. (b) Once additional teachers are hired under the normal annual replacement exercise and Economic Stimulus Programme to address the current shortages, the temporary measure of freezing study leave will be reviewed."
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