Calist Mwatela

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Samburu East District has 11 adult literacy centers, 392 adult registered adult learners, one full time permanent teacher and 10 part-time temporary teachers. (b) The Ministry will post a district adult education officer in Samburu East District when we get funding for the employment. Currently, there are 118 districts in the country, including Samburu East, without adult education officers. However, the district will continue to be served by the District Education Officer who is in charge of the larger Samburu District. (c) The breakdown of the number of adult learners who sat ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree there is need to provide more centers and, indeed, more will come up. We are in the process of finalizing employment of new adult teachers. So, more centers will come up. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member should appreciate that, in the past few years, there has been an increase in the number of districts. What used to be constituencies are now districts. That is the main reason why we have that huge shortage. We are trying very hard to cope with the creation of the new districts. We need resources for the new districts. All the previous districts have adult education officers. It is the new districts which have created the shortage. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the hon. Member’s concern that the adult education learners should also sit for the national examinations. I would want the Questioner to appreciate the fact that the Ministry’s mandate as far as adult education is concerned, is not to prepare the adult education learners for national examinations. It is for literacy and numeracy. It is to equip them with the knowledge of reading, writing and number handling. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to beg the indulgence of this House to get a little more time. This is a very serious matter. We do not want schools to open before the disbursements. I have spoken to the hon. Member. I have scheduled a meeting with my officers so that I can give a very adequate and relevant answer. The answer I have here is inadequate! view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to be given up to Tuesday next week. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is true. We had agreed that tomorrow would be adequate. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: But I have since found out that the relevant officer is not in the office. So, I cannot have a meeting with the officer today. I will have that meeting tomorrow. That is why I have changed it to Tuesday. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Tuesday afternoon! view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: No, I did not; I was just coming to this other side. view