Alfred Bwire

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 541 to 546 of 546.

• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since these institutions are offering low quality training, could the Ministry consider regulating their examinations like is the case with the Kenya Accountants and Secretarial National Examinations Board (KASNEB)? In this case, anybody can offer training, but the examination body is one. So, I would like the Ministry to regulate especially the hotel industry, the media industry and other professional areas so that there is only one professional body to examine students. Such a body should be acceptable to the Ministry and the public. view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what the Assistant Minister is telling this House is that, according to the Education Act, no institute or college can act without registration by the Ministry, which we know is true. However, what we are concerned about here is the quality of education being offered by those private institutes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the department responsible for qualify assurance ensure May 13, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 969 that, after registration of a college, they go further and inspect it further and if they find that certain colleges are not offering quality education, they close them down? ... view
• 6 May 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. In supporting this Bill, I want to join those who have talked about the role of victims. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very revolutionary piece of legislation and I would like to commend the Tenth Parliament for coming up with very revolutionary pieces of legislation. Only recently, we saw an amendment to the Constitution by a way that is not known to many lawyers, which would call either by importation of legislation or by annexture. I hope this House will be bold ... view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Agriculture the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that Busia Sugar Company, which was started in 1980s, was placed under receivership in 2005? (b) Is the Minister aware that assets of the company so far valued at over Kshs100 million are set to be auctioned at a reserve price of Kshs30 million on May 1st, 2008? (c) If the answers to (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, could the Minister urgently consider intervening so as to stop the auction and safeguard the interest ... view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister for his answer. In his response the Minister said that they have put a caveat. However, that caveat was put by Mumias Sugar Company. It was carried in the Daily Nation of the 31st of March this year. As far as I know, Busia Sugar Company was placed under receivership in the 2005. Thereafter, the employees of the same company went to court to protest the same. The court ruled in favour of the employees. The decision, however, was later reversed. I would like to know, whether Mumias Sugar ... view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, farmers have planted cane and we were promised that a factory would be built when we acquire an acreage of 15,000 hectares. We have now acquired the 15,000 acreage. This was promised by the President when he was campaigning in my region. The Pentagon Members, and I am glad that the Minister for Agriculture is a member of the Pentagon group, also said the same. They said that once the acreage reaches 15,000 hectares, a factory would be constructed. So, now that we have acquired the 15,000 hectares which is the target, is the factory going ... view