18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to add my voice in supporting this Motion, which is so timely and very crucial. I would like to throw the first challenge to the Minister for Education. Is this Motion really necessary? Is this something which we should be telling the Minister? It is like legislating that a mother should feed her children or the father should pay school fees. Do we need to legislate these kind of things?
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18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we bring Motions here just because we know and think that the Government is sleeping. There is no reason, absolutely, why we should tell the Government to hire teachers. This is something that should be done naturally. The Government should be coming to this House to tell us that it intends to hire teachers aggressively. We do not require to have a Motion that says these kind of things. However, now that this is the way this Government responds to its natural duties, I would like to support the Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ...
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18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, please, protect me from the Front Bench on the other side. That being the case, it is only good that we begin to ask the Government to start now. We are lagging behind everybody else. A young country like Rwanda, which has gone through turmoil and other things, is ahead of us in Information Technology (IT). We are moving slowly. We cannot afford to go at the rate where we are begging the Government to recruit teachers to provide a basic service like primary school education. We are very big on free primary education as ...
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18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
I do not understand what your point of order is! So, Mr. Assistant Minister, proceed! That can become an argument!
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18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
I now call upon the Mover to reply.
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