Alfred Bwire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Now that we have so many newly created districts, can the Assistant Minister assure this House that he will create a police division in all the newly created districts? view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Education following Question by Private Notice:- (a) why the Government, through the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), suspend study leave for teachers pursuing higher education? (b) What is the Government doing to revise this move, so that those willing could take up studies again? view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason the Assistant Minister is giving for this freeze on study leave is that there is shortage of teachers. Lack of teachers is a failure on the Government side. So, the Government failing to employ enough teachers for our schools should not be a good enough reason to punish the teachers who want to go and further their studies. It is unfair that the Government is using punitive measures on these innocent teachers. The Government should, therefore, lift this ban with immediate effect. What is the Assistant Minister doing to ensure that the Government advises ... view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister is aware that there are very many schools being put up with CDF funds, particularly secondary schools, and these schools need teachers. Just as my colleague has said, the ESP teachers will be just a drop in the ocean. The reason given by the Assistant Minister of shortage of teachers is not good enough to justify the Government stopping teachers from going on study leave. When you go for study leave, it means you are also paid some money while studying. Therefore, the Ministry should definitely allow teachers to go on study leave; ... view
• 20 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: My question is: Do you not think it is a punishment to teachers to be denied this right to go on study leave? view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion. I wish also to say that I support it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to speak about issues that have not been mentioned here by the previous speakers, because I am a Member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology. We had an opportunity to visit Kenyatta University as a Committee and saw for ourselves the damage that was caused. Therefore, some of the issues that I want to talk about may not be what has been said by the previous speakers. ... view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already given the evidence by saying that those who were punished, suspended and so on, their names were suggesting that the exercise was selectively done. I have already said that. That is an example and we have a list of the people who were punished in our report. I have also said that with regard to promotions--- One of the lecturers we talked to said that he was on the same scale for more than 10 years at the same university. He said that one of the reasons why he cannot be promoted ... view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think that is a point of order and so, I do not have to respond to it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the student leaders were not inducted. They had just been elected but they had not been inducted. Therefore, they did not know their role. As a leader, you need to know your limits, what you can do and what you cannot do. The student leaders who had been elected were not given that opportunity. So, there was conflict of interest between the former student leaders and the new ones. The ... view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe that came after we had done our report. But at the time we did our report, there was none. Then there was this issue of the student who was killed. There was conflicting information on this. This was because there is rivalry within the security system. One organ of the security system is privately hired by the university while the other one is employed by the university. The employees of the university do not take orders from the security firm which has been hired on commercial basis. In fact, it was even alleged by ... view