Amos Wako

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that the Ministry of Education cannot avoid responsibility in setting standards. It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education to have educational policy and standards. In Regulation 15, it does not specify standards in primary school and above. It is just standards in education. They do not say educational policy in primary schools and above. It just stays educational policy. The time has now come when the Ministry of Education can at least be a regulator in terms of setting the standards of the ECD curriculum, how it should be taught and how it ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to join my colleagues in giving the youngest Senator in the House my sincere congratulations on his nomination. I have already been impressed by two things. One, the way he handled his nomination. It will be recalled that on the unfortunate passing away of Sen. Prengei, at every meeting, people were pleading to the authorities to have an Ogiek to replace him. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: Then, the name of the youngest Senator came up and he is not from the Ogiek community. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: I was, therefore, very pleased by the way you handled that problem before you were sworn into this House; that you are there for the youth and to represent them. You will also be representing even the minorities. I even heard statements from the Ogiek community that they now accept you. That is a plus for you. Continue along that path. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: The other one is your Speech today outlining your vision and quoting our founding fathers. I was quite a bit interested also in your quoting Harold Macmillan. He became a Member of Parliament at a very young age and went on to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: If you read his autobiography, you will notice that although he was very young in Parliament, he said that he would speak on each and every topic that came along. In particular, his voice would be heard on controversial issues, so that his name could appear on the papers and would be on everybody’s lips. You may wish to read his autobiography can copy that example to speak on most of these issues. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: One thing I have noticed is that although the youth are 75 per cent of the population, their voice is not proportional to that high population. In fact, they tend to be used in other ways as youth wingers to politicians, other than on issues that confront this country. There is a danger that they then become absorbed in the ills of our society as a whole and, therefore, the society does not have a future to look into because the youth have now taken the ills of their fathers and perpetuate them. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: One thing I would urge you is that inside and outside the House, try to be very focused on issues. Let the voice of the youth be heard. Last night, there was a programme on the youth. I believe it was on Kenya Television Network (KTN) news or CNN and so on. One of the contributors said that we have not heard the voice of the few youths who were elected in the last election. They have been absorbed. The other one said that when they went there, they became the mouthpieces of the party leadership. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in Senate: Be your own person. In as much as you must respect and obey the party policies, you must be seen to have contributed very positively and effectively to the policies of the party, rather than being just sitting as polices are made, while yours is to sing them without any contribution. view