Atanas Manyala

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 51 to 60 of 196.

• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would request that if the hon. Member has some information--- If she had an answer already why is she asking the question? If she has the information could she give it to us now? view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not true that the boy child has been discriminated against, as opposed to the girl child. Let us look at the figures. Under the boy-child education, campaigns on the promotion of the boy-child education can be linked to the National Census of 2009 which indicates that 1,150,890 boys were enrolled in pre-primary; 2,771,900 boys were enrolled in primary school and 962,887 boys were attending secondary school as at 2009. The figures for the girls were as follows:- A total of 1,096,181 girls were enrolled in pre-primary; 4,629,300 girls were enrolled in primary school; 833,580 girls ... view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, sir, I have taken note of the concern by the hon. Member. I plan to undertake a situation analysis that will enable the Government to formulate appropriate programmes. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply--- view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have told him that we have already established centres in some districts to assist street families and, particularly in Nakuru. As regards to who we are collaborating with, one of the partners is UNICEF. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet has discussed and passed it. We shall bring it to the House as soon as possible. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have said, we are collaborating with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government to establish rehabilitation centres. We have a Rehabilitation Trust Fund which is supposed to assist those children when they are removed from the streets. That is where they are assisted. The Government is very serious on this matter. It is a very serious issue as we all know and we are taking every step to assist. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is aware there are various NGOs which are working in partnership with the Ministry to assist the street children. However, if there are some who are maybe soliciting for funds and misappropriating it, we shall investigate and take the necessary action. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the hon. Member has rightly put it, the issue of street children, especially in Nakuru Town, could have partly been caused by the issue of IDPs. We are working together in collaboration with the Ministry of State for Special Programmes and all other Ministries because this issue cuts across to make sure that the IDPs are resettled. We also we take care of these street children. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my answer, I said that my Ministry in collaboration with the Trust Fund which is called Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund, is undertaking a programme of establishing children protection centres countrywide to support these children. That is what we are doing. view