Alfred Bwire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Assistant Minister for the answer he has given. In part “a” of his reply where he is saying that “we are making comprehensive programmes to access this geothermal and biomass which have been put in place” could he specify any particular area or place where in Kenya you have wind or biomass or solar energy? You are being very vague. You are just saying it is in arid areas. Can you specify which particular areas you have put in place comprehensive programmes for accessing renewable sources of energy? view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are aware that Mumias is one of the private sectors that is now able to supply co-generation power. What is the Ministry doing to ensure that this power is connected to the main grid? view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that this Question has raised a lot of concerns from Members of Parliament, I also wish to request the Assistant Minister that when he comes with the comprehensive report, he tells us when this review of the feed-in tariffs policy is going to be completed. view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology:- (a) whether the recent ranking of universities included all the universities in the country in view of the mushrooming of universities in the country and why Kenyan universities ranked poorly even among African countries; (b) whether she was aware that most universities do not offer programs in particular disciplines but they are driven by the desire for financial gains; and, (c) how the Government is addressing the problem of shortage of lecturers in public universities, especially in specialized fields such as engineering and medicine and the issue of most universities relying ... view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Tuesday. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Medical Services:- (a) how many patients have been diagnosed with the highly contagious and drug resistant XDR-TB infection in the country and how many have died due to lack of treatment; (b) whether he could confirm or deny that the only XDR-TB treatment – Nomosim, has not been registered by the Government; and, (c) whether the Government has set aside money for development of isolation and treatment of XDR-TB infection and prevention of its spread and, if so, how much and whether he could also state gains made in arresting the TB burden in the country. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I accept that. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) what the Government is doing to ensure that books and instructional materials for primary and secondary education that parents buy address social issues such as gender, environment, HIV/AIDS, children rights, human rights, computers, drug abuse, school safety, peace education, among others, and; (b) whether there are plans to have regional and decentralized centres for the production of such books and instructional materials. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for his answer. In his answer he has failed to address totally the issues that I have mentioned as emerging issues. I have mentioned nine of them and he has simply touched on one. His answer says that these emerging issues are reviewed according to the needs and in consultation with stakeholders. What has the Assistant Minister done to ensure that there is a timeline which in itself tells us when the other emerging issues that he has avoided to adress will be incorporated into our school curriculum at both ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the second part of the Question, I have addressed myself to the fact that the Ministry should be thinking about decentralizing the functions of the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) which develops the curriculum in accordance with the new Constitution. We are devolving our systems to the counties. Here, you are not addressing that as such. What are you doing about it so that we can decentralize these services as per our new Constitution? view