Calist Mwatela

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 702.

• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Education is working closely with the Ministry of Energy. We have provided funding through KESSEP to try and have as many schools as possible connected to electricity. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to emphasize that the Ministry continues to provides fund to ensure that all public schools are well equipped. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not handled the matter casually. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very serious. I think I am one of the most serious Assistant Ministers among the Ministers we have. view
• 6 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The annual distribution of retired teachers against those who were hired in Murang’a South District in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 is as shown below. In the year 2006, the number of teachers recruited in secondary schools was 28, while those recruited in primary schools were 38. The total number of teachers recruited in that year was 66. Those who retired were 52. In the year 2007, the number of teachers recruited in secondary schools was 31, while those recruited in primary schools were 60. The total number of teachers ... view
• 6 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the concern raised by the hon. Member is genuine. As I have said, the Ministry will try all means possible to replace all the teachers who leave the service through retirement or otherwise. I agree with the hon. Member that it is the responsibility of the Ministry to ensure that teachers are replaced. We will definitely address that problem. view
• 6 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said earlier on that the problem has mainly been due to unavailability of funds. I also said that it is possible to try and replace as many teachers as those who leave. However, the problem is due to budgetary constraints. view
• 6 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, anybody who cares to look at the mathematical implication will realise that a teacher who retires does so at the top of the scale, while the one who is hired joins service at the bottom of the scale. So, you will always have a problem unless you have extra money to hire new teachers. If a teacher retires when he or she is earning Kshs20,000 and the one who is recruited earns Kshs10,000 definitely they are not earning the same salary. view
• 6 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not work for the Treasury. I think that is a different Question. view
• 6 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have many teachers who are qualified in this country but are unemployed. This group graduated in the last six to seven years. They have not been employed due to unavailability of funds. view