Beatrice Kones

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 11 to 20 of 41.

• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: First of all, I would like to clarify that the prisoners’ earning scheme is at Kshs30 per day. The earning scheme is provided for in the Prisons Act, Cap.90, Laws of Kenya, and in Chapter 68 of the Kenya Prisons Standing Orders. The Standing Orders provides as follows:- “The participation of prisoners in the earning scheme is a privilege for good conduct and behaviour. The earnings received under this scheme do not constitute a salary or wage. It is a token for appreciation for hard work output, good conduct and behaviour by prisoners.” It should be noted that prisoners are ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my presence is more than a signature. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I pointed out, there is a task force which was formed last year to work on the issue of the conjugal rights. It is part of the report which I said my officials are working on. Later on, it will go to the Attorney-General, the Cabinet and eventually the Bill will come to the House. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, nowadays, there is no money given to prisoners nowadays. What is being done is that the convicts are being trained. They are being given a range of educational skills in development programmes. Some of them are being taken through grade tests and the Ministry pays for them. So, almost all of them are not given any money nowadays. Instead they are being taken through courses which will eventually help them when they complete their prison terms. So, nowadays no money is given to prisoners because it was too little and it could not help them in anything. ... view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since the task force has been established, they have come up with a report which is now at the Ministry level and it will go to Parliament, I know very soon that the Bill will go through because we cannot cut short what we had given the task force. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is nowhere where I have mentioned that, as an Assistant Minister, we will never end up in such a place. Prison is not meant for anybody. Anybody can end up in such a place because it is not planned for anybody. However, what we are doing as a Ministry is to make sure that we do something concrete for this country. We know this will be effected and it will really take care of the conjugal rights of the convicts. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The number of prisoners who sat for KCPE is as follows:- view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have two borstal institutions in the country. There is Shimo La Tewa and Shikutsa in Western Province. In Shikutsa Borstal Institution, we have five teachers who are registered with TSC. Six of them are not registered with TSC. In Shimo La Tewa we have 11 teachers. Five are registered and six are not registered. But registration is in progress. We have advised those teachers to apply for registration with TSC. So, we are waiting for the response from TSC. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are planning to increase the budgetary allocation to cover for the necessities in prison schools. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, normally, willing donors and NGOs donate books. As of now, we have established two libraries. One is in Naivasha and another in Nakuru. view