{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148055","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148053","results":[{"id":1498732,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498732/?format=json","text_counter":326,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Robert."},{"id":1498733,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498733/?format=json","text_counter":327,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kathiani, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Robert Mbui","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Allow me first to inform the Cabinet Secretary that Members of Parliament do not construct classes. I have heard that, but we do not want it to go on record. It is NG-CDF that does that, but not Members of Parliament. Numbers do not lie. The Cabinet Secretary has clearly indicated that a total of about 16,000 classrooms will be built for purposes of JSS. The Government's policy is that every primary school is supposed to transition to JSS. Therefore, they must have a Grade Nine class by January next year. At the same time, some of the schools do not have a single stream. They have either double or triple streams. There are over 32,000 primary schools in Kenya. If he has talked about 16,000 classrooms, that does not reach half of the schools. More than half of the schools in the Republic will not have a class ready in January. The Cabinet Secretary should tell us what the principals or heads of the institutions are supposed to do. Secondly, it is also important to note that the number of teachers he has enumerated here is not enough to teach in all those schools. JSS starts from Grade Seven and Grade Eight, and it will be up to Grade Nine next year. We do not have enough teachers. What advice is he giving the principals and the heads of the institutions to figure out what to do when the children report in January? Thirdly..."},{"id":1498734,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498734/?format=json","text_counter":328,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Enough, Hon. Mbui. Cabinet Secretary."},{"id":1498735,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498735/?format=json","text_counter":329,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kathiani, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Robert Mbui","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Speaker, I am not done. The Cabinet Secretary was taking a joyride on my Question. He talked about resources and textbooks, but he did not mention the laboratories that are needed for JSS. Can he tell us when we will get enough laboratories for our schools? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."},{"id":1498736,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498736/?format=json","text_counter":330,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu spoke off the record)"},{"id":1498737,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498737/?format=json","text_counter":331,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Let him answer that first."},{"id":1498738,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498738/?format=json","text_counter":332,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Julius Migos Ogamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Education","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I indicated that an assessment was done to determine how many classrooms would be required for our students' transition from Grade Eight to Grade Nine. It came to 16,000 classrooms. The Ministry of Education is undertaking its construction. Additionally, the NG- CDF - in partnership with the Ministry - will construct another 6,800, making a total of 16,000 classrooms, which I have indicated. There is a method that was used in assessing which schools require to have which classrooms."},{"id":1498739,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498739/?format=json","text_counter":333,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Cabinet Secretary, the most important issue he is asking is what you will do when classrooms are not ready, and when children resume school. Secondly, can you tell the country whether you have prepared the necessary facilities, like laboratories in the schools? The others are a repetition of what you have said."},{"id":1498740,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498740/?format=json","text_counter":334,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Julius Migos Ogamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Education","speaker":null,"content":" I have said that 16,000 classrooms will be ready to admit the students in January. This is the assessment that the Ministry did. We will be ready. There is a programme to construct 2,000 laboratories next"},{"id":1498741,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498741/?format=json","text_counter":335,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Julius Migos Ogamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Education","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}]}