{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148038","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=148036","results":[{"id":1498562,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498562/?format=json","text_counter":156,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mathare, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Anthony Oluoch","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you Hon. Speaker. In a related question, the Cabinet Secretary has a duty to let Members know what the general policy of the Ministry is, to ensure that TVETs, which this House allocates money to every year and is supposed to be a bridge between secondary schools and universities, do not collapse. I ask this because of the perennial non-remittance of capitation to TVETs. Could the Cabinet Secretary enlighten us on what the general policy is to ensure TVETs do not collapse and that they get capitation like universities?"},{"id":1498563,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498563/?format=json","text_counter":157,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Bartoo."},{"id":1498564,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498564/?format=json","text_counter":158,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Moiben, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Phylis Bartoo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have a related question on TVET. When is the Cabinet Secretary planning to complete the construction of Moiben Technical and Vocational Training, which has been incomplete for the last 15 years?"},{"id":1498565,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498565/?format=json","text_counter":159,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, I said only one joyrider and now, I can see so many hands. Hon. Taitumu."},{"id":1498566,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498566/?format=json","text_counter":160,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Igembe North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius M’anaiba","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue of hardship allowance is a weighty matter in this country. In 2021, a tripartite taskforce went round the entire country, mapping out regions that needed to be included as hardship areas. Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that the report has not been released? Why is that? The taskforce involved the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and the TSC. It was to map out new regions that required hardship allowance. Again, it is civil servants in those hardship areas that are supposed to benefit, and not the officers in other categories."},{"id":1498567,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498567/?format=json","text_counter":161,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Cabinet Secretary."},{"id":1498568,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498568/?format=json","text_counter":162,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Julius Migos Ogamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Education","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon."},{"id":1498569,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498569/?format=json","text_counter":163,"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."},{"id":1498570,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498570/?format=json","text_counter":164,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Julius Migos Ogamba","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Education","speaker":null,"content":"Speaker. To Hon. Basil’s question on capitation, capitation is normally released based on the Exchequer release that is received and it is distributed across the country to all the learners. I was here before and indicated that there has not been a year when 100 per cent capitation has been released. There is always a shortfall. As a Government, we try as much as possible to ensure that we distribute what we get evenly across the country so that, as many children as possible can be in school. In terms of hardship areas, I can answer the question generally. It is true that there are discrepancies on how a hardship area is determined. The other day I was in Rabai, which is a hardship area, but is not registered as one. As a Ministry, we have prepared a document that we will present to the Ministry of Public Service and Human Capital Development in order for them to harmonise hardship areas. For example, TSC has determined Yatta as a hardship area, but TVET trainers do not benefit because they fall under the Civil Service. That is not right, and we are working towards harmonising the issues surrounding hardship areas so that there is clarity. On the question about Moiben Technical Vocational Training Institute, the challenge is getting funds for the infrastructure. A number of institutions are incomplete and Moiben is one of them. Under the TVET Department, we have come up with a register of all TVETs that are not complete and work out how much money we require in order for them to be completed. We are going to present this and hopefully, this House will allocate resources so that we can complete the particular TVETs, even as we construct new ones. In terms of non-remittance of capitation to TVETs, just like in universities, that issue has been addressed. I came into office and found that it was an issue, but we addressed it. Now resources are released at the same time we are releasing university capitation, because they face the same issues. So, the matter has already been addressed"},{"id":1498571,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498571/?format=json","text_counter":165,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Yatta, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Robert Basil","speaker":null,"content":" He has not answered all the questions."}]}