Atanas Manyala

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 196.

• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as per my information, these children are in this house and if they are not there, then we may decide to look for them later but as at now they are there. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is asking a different question other than the one that was asked earlier. If the hon. Member has other concerns, he can raise them in the office and we will deal with them. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Yes Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will undertake to do so. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There is no current and reliable statistics on the number and ages of street children in Mombasa, since no proper census has been done. However, in the year 2000, it was estimated that there were over 6,000 street children in Mombasa. (b) In 2008, my Ministry, in conjunction with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government, Municipal Council of Mombasa and UNICEF established a child protection centre at Tononoka Social Hall in Mombasa. At the centre, the children receive various services such as hygiene, sanitation, nutritional ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are plans to carry out census of all street children in the country’s major towns to establish their numbers, ages, gender and needs. This will help during policy formulation, planning and decision making with regard to street children with a view to rehabilitating them. The Child Protection Centre Programme is aimed at attracting vulnerable children to the centres where they are able to build relationships with social workers, as a first step towards developing support plans for each individual. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I confirm that the Government will take serious action from now on. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, the Ministry will take up from there. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has asked where these children sleep. As I have told you, we have rehabilitated these children and at the moment, the centre provides extensive rehabilitation programmes after which the younger ones are re-integrated back to school while older ones are given vocational trainings. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the moment we have 39 children in nursery school, 144 in primary school, while 41 are in secondary school. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, they are rehabilitated at Tononoka Child Protection Centre. view