Asman Kamama

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: So, all other Chinese universities which are not in the list that I will table here are not recognized. I want to make it very clear. (b) My Ministry has taken the following measures to promote awareness about these Chinese universities. 1. Through the Commission for Higher Education (CHE), the Ministry conducts annual exhibitions on Kenyan universities and foreign universities, where universities showcase their programmes and accreditation status. Kenyan parents, guardians and students are encouraged to visit the CHE website: www.che.ke and other related sources of information. Parents are also advised to make enquiries from the Commission for assistance and ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to recognition of graduates of such universities, I would like to state categorically that graduates with degrees, diplomas and certificates awarded by foreign universities and institutions in accordance with the standards and guidelines set out by the CHE from time to time are eligible to compete for available employment opportunities in this country. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the Member for that question. This is because quite a number of parents and their children actually get lost when it comes to getting proper information from the correct office. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have stated that the CHE has a website and you can access it any time from anywhere in the world. At the same time, the Ministry also has a website, which you can access any time from anywhere in the world. So, I want to say that our offices are open. I have even mentioned that the CHE has within the region, especially in Uganda and Tanzania, a database. So, parents and students can access it if they are interested. I want to really mention here that parents must be on the lookout. Parents ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a good question. This issue appeared in the dailies, I think, sometime last week or two weeks ago. I want to really, for the sake of clarity, to ask hon. Duale to prepare a specific a Question on KIU. There are courses that we recognize--- view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to confirm that he was very clear. I just want to say that Kampala Univeristy is an accredited university in the East African region. Some courses are actually recognized and some courses have not been cleared by the CHE. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm that KIU is recognized within the region. But they are offering some courses that have not been cleared by the Kenya’s CHE. Normally before they undertake courses, especially in the sciences, we, as a Ministry, through the CHE, must clear them. So, courses that have not been cleared by CHE will never be recognized by Kenya. But courses that have been cleared will have no problem. As I said, the university is recognized. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to confirm to hon. C. Kilonzo that China has more than 1,500 universities. But the ones that we have recognised, in liaison with the equivalent of our CHE in China, are 743 universities. For purposes of recognition in Kenya, most of the colleges, especially the ones offering courses in engineering and medicine, must work very closely with our CHE. So, I am talking of specific courses offered by KIU. I do not want to go into specifics because hon. Duale knows the course we are talking about. However, I want to confirm ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I have stated very clearly that we have sufficient information in our offices. One can access relevant information through the CHE or any of the other offices that I have just listed. If we find that a student has gone to any university which is not recognised, we will advise him to take another course from a recognised university. We will not gamble with accreditation and quality. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Shakeel comes from a constituency where people love education. I have stated categorically that Kenya, being an independent state, will not gamble with matters to do with quality. Kenya’s education standards are known continentally and globally. So, even though other countries may recognise those courses, we will subject the courses being offered by those universities to our standards. So, we will not gamble with quality in this country. view