Calist Mwatela

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• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that this Question is coming on the Floor of the House for the third time but I would like the hon. Member to appreciate that it is not the responsibility of the Ministry of Education to designate hardship areas. That is why I have tabled the letter which is self-explanatory from the Ministry of State for Public Service indicating that they are in the process of reviewing those areas. Maybe, this Question is best placed to be answered by the Ministry of State for Public Service. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am waiting for your direction. Maybe, the hon. Member can repeat the question because it was directed to you. He had asked whether this Question could be referred to the Ministry of State for Public Service considering that I have tabled a document which is self-explanatory. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: I have no objection, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have done my bit from the Ministry of Education. I have written to the Ministry of State for Public Service and I have the answer which states clearly that they are reviewing the policy. So, I have no objection. They can come and state here, as a Ministry, when they will complete that exercise. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a Statement with regard to the implementation status of the resolution of the House on 20th April 2011 on doubling and tripling of free secondary and primary education funds, respectively. I beg to give a report on the implementation status of the House resolution adopted on the 20th April 2011. While taking cognizance of the House resolution urging the Government to double the grant per child in secondary schools from Kshs10, 265 to Kshs20, 530 and that of primary schools from Kshs1, 020 to Kshs3, 060, I ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I rise to give a reply, I would like to thank the hon. Member for raising this fundamental issue of funds. I would like to state from the outset that I spent two days in Emuhaya looking at different schools where the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) projects were going on. The Question seeks to find out whether the programme was successful. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: (a) The establishment of tree nurseries in the primary schools as I saw on the found was really successful. However, the actual tree planting programme faced many challenges and is generally unsuccessful. One of such challenges that I established was that there was no ownership by the community. There was also lack of ownership by the students, and as such we cannot rate the programme as having been successful, even though we have seen very many nurseries. In Emuhaya, 20 schools were allocated Kshs60,000 each through the ESP, and they started their projects, which are in various stages of development. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: (b) The programme to purchase and plant seedlings in the 50 schools, which was to be subsequent to the earlier programme, did not take off as planned because the Ministry did not receive funds earmarked for the programme in the Financial Year 2010/2011. So, that one has not taken off. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you realize that the ESP programme came up as a measure to mitigate certain circumstances in the economy of the country. The Ministry was not given much choice by the Ministry of Finance. We were given the progamme to start tree planting in schools. Yes, there was some training that was undertaken, particularly in the establishment of nurseries. But as I said, the issue of ownership where communities were to be involved, I think, did not take place. This is unfortunate because tree planting is such a major thing. It is not something that should have ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think there is a bit of confusion. The hon. Member is talking about a different programme, but which is of the same type; that is, the Green Schools Programme. That programme is much more successful than the programme that we are talking about. That is because, again, in that particular case, the community is more involved and there is greater success than in that particular one. Maybe, the follow up has not been that good, but I will be very much willing to revisit his constituency again and see how successful it is there. But ... view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, hon. Duale has just been in the Government. view