Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5771 to 5780 of 6175.

• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish, therefore, to appeal to all private sector players who would be the ultimate beneficiaries of that research, whose access by our talented scientists and researchers is expected to strengthen our capacity to use knowledge, to come forward and support that fund. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I noted earlier, the Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) sector is one of the priority sectors in the Vision 2030. The Government intends to make our country a preferred investment destination for ICT related activities that will create more wealth and employment opportunities. To achieve that goal, the Government will develop ... view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition to that allocation, the Government will ensure efficiency in the use of funds to improve quality and access to primary, secondary and university education, and re- orient our education system to make it more relevant to the needs of the economy. In this regard, and to demonstrate our commitment to enhance access to quality education, I have allocated Kshs8.1 billion for free primary education to cater for recurrent and capital expenses, and another Kshs7.3 billion for teachers' salary adjustments as part of the final phase of the agreement between the Government and the Kenya National ... view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are going a step further. I will be allocating an extra Kshs1.5 billion to recruit an additional 7,000 teachers countrywide to replace those that have retired through attrition. In addition, I have allocated an extra Kshs1 billion to recruit an additional 4,000 new teachers, bringing the total number of teachers to be employed in 2007/2008 to 11,000 teachers. view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we hope to continue recruiting more teachers in the medium term to increase the teacher-pupil ratio to internationally accepted standards. I expect the additional teachers will go a long way in improving the quality of teaching in our school systems. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to further improve the transition rates in our schooling system and reduce the households burden of financing secondary education, the Government will, with effect from January 2008 remove, as a first step, all tuition fees for secondary schools countrywide. June 14, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1831 view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: I have, therefore, allocated Kshs2.9 billion to cater for the tuition expenses for the period January, 2008 to June, 2008, within this financial year. And to ensure poor and orphaned but bright students do not miss school because of other non-tuition related expenses, we are also allocated an extra Kshs800 million in this financial year towards bursary funds to assist them to cater for such expenses. view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is over and above the amount available within the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this level of funding, together with the ongoing reforms in the education sector are aimed at ensuring efficiency is expected to release additional resources to rehabilitate and develop village polytechnics and vocational training centres. view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: The savings generated through expenditure rationalization are also expected to support free tuition for secondary education and enhance bursary funding for university education in the medium term. Mr. Speaker, Sir, turning to healthcare, the Government has implemented various reforms in the health sector, which are aimed at improving the quality and access to healthcare services. As a result of these reforms, as I mentioned earlier, over 1,000 additional dispensaries have been built countrywide, budgetary allocation for drugs has increased by 72 per cent and over 4,080 additional health personnel have been deployed to rural and needy areas to scale up ... view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government will also strengthen the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency's (KEMSA's) procurement capacity. The specific reforms will include; improving supply 1832 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 14, 2007 chain management of public health resources, establishing capacity within the Ministry of Health to monitor KEMSA's procurement function and, strengthening the supervision of medical supplies to rural health facilities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, turning to agriculture and agricultural productivity, agriculture is key to the realization of a hunger-free society, which is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this context and also being one of the growth engines for Vision 2030, ... view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: We are also allocating Kshs641 million towards payment of debts owed by the Coffee Board of Kenya to the farmers. view
• 14 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: In both instances, however, we will follow up on the culprits that occasioned these losses as per the law. June 14, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1833 Mr. Speaker, Sir, turning to the internally displaced persons, as we have done in the past, we will, in the coming fiscal year, once again deal with the problem of squatters and internally displaced persons. In this regard, I have allocated Kshs1.3 billion to acquire land for settling some of our fellow Kenyans who are internally displaced. view