Calist Mwatela

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 381 to 390 of 702.

• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) In order that the Ministry disburses funds to schools, bank accounts have to be submitted. Katangi Special School submitted its bank accounts to the Ministry on July, 15, 2010, which was too late to factor disbursement for 2009/2010. (b) The school has now been captured in the Free Primary Education (FPE) data and the funds will be disbursed in October, 2010, actually tomorrow as I speak. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that the delay in the disbursement of Free Primary Education (FPE) and Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) funds has affected the running of schools. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (b) I am also aware that the slow disbursement of these funds has affected payment of suppliers and academic performance in our schools. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (c) The Ministry will disburse a total of Kshs3.568 billion for the FPE grants by the end of September, 2010 and another Kshs4.832 billion by April, 2011. The Ministry forwarded the payment schedule for the FDSE to the Treasury on the 25th August, 2010 for the disbursement of a total of Kshs9.7 billion which will be available in the school bank accounts before opening of the third term this year, that is, before 6th September, 2010. In future, the Ministry will disburse both the FPE and the FDSE funds immediately to schools and districts which have submitted their financial returns, ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the concerns of the hon. Member. Our biggest challenge in the Ministry has been receiving relevant statistics in time. There have been delays from our officers on the ground. That is why I have started at the end of my answer that in future, we will disburse funds to the schools and the districts that submit their information in time. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: I would like the hon. Member to appreciate the fact that we took action immediately we received this Question. A lot of work has already been done. Indeed, I have talked about the end of September, but the reality is that it could be earlier than that. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have admitted that there are delays and they affect performance in public schools. One reason for the delays is the reception of data. We have 19,000 primary schools, and we have to get all the information from them before we disburse the money. Indeed, that is a mammoth exercise. That is why I said that we will try our level best to get the funds in time in future. The delay is definitely due to the volume involved. That is why they--- view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the damage that has been done should not continue to be done. That is why we are doing our best to make sure that in future, the disbursement is out in time. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you had given a ruling earlier on that bursary funds are different from the free day secondary education money, which is true actually. The first position that you gave was right. Bursary money is different from free day secondary school education money. So, I think I can only investigate about the bursary element and give the answer tomorrow. view