Benjamin Jomo Washiali

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• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Also, Usenge Boys High School, six students; Ukwala Boys High School, 11 students; Rangala Girls High School, two students and 10 students from Ngere Secondary School in Kisumu. Oriwo Boys High School in Homa Bay, four students; Nyakeyo Secondary School in Kisii, 15 students; Friends School in Trans Nzoia one student and 18 students in St. Marks Girls Secondary School. In Nakuru, Shinners Girls Secondary School, 14 students and 25 students in Njoro Boys High School. This goes on and on and in total, we have quite a number of students who were arrested and taken to adult cells. In ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: number. In 2017, 108 students were arrested. I am sure going by what is happening this year, the number of students arrested will increase. The reasons why students cause unrest in schools are as mild and lack attention from school administration. Sometimes schools have strict rules and unsolved grievances. We have even cases of poor diet. Also, not being allowed entertainment time especially during the World Cup when some students went ahead and burnt their schools. Students who want to avoid exams and others have rioted because of delocalisation of their head teachers. Others have been arrested because of possessing ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: You will also realise that this is the age when we have a lot of internal changes and some of them easily affect the children. For example, boys start self realisation and this affects their behaviour. Therefore, I come before this House to request my colleagues that in as much as we appreciate that students are wrong, we must always give them a second chance as parents. Chances are that what they have committed may not be intentional. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, I am requesting my colleagues to help me put pressure on the Government to consider sending the students to rehabilitation schools. At the time of Independence, we had approved schools which took care of students who had behaved in a manner that required a bit of correction. So, the Government should be considerate and not send students to normal cells where sometimes they are exposed to hardcore criminals. This does not correct their manners. I request the Members listening to me to support this Motion, so that we can achieve this for our children. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, I request the Government to increase funding and staffing levels in approved schools, most of which have been neglected. In fact, they are not funded and are forgotten. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I request that while the students are paying for the crimes they committed, the Government establishes programmes that focus on changing behaviour and beliefs among the juvenile that are conducive to good education, good health, physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development as required in the Children Act, Cap 586 of the Laws of Kenya. The Government should also focus on vocational training courses to distinguish between male and female skills so that as they are rehabilitated, they are also exposed to skills that would help them become normal citizens. The electronic version of the ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I move and request Members who may have had those experiences to support. This is because issues of students being detained in adult cells cut across… view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I request Members to support this Motion so that we can give an opportunity to our students to be corrected in order for them to become good citizens of this country. With those remarks, I beg to move and request my good brother, Hon. Lemein from Narok South, to second. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Motion has overwhelming support. Many Members still want to speak. If you allowed me, I would donate one minute each to Hon. Odanga and Hon. Babu Owino. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Babu’s support had already been expressed. I thank all the Members who have supported this Motion. The Motion urges the House to make a resolution. When a Motion receives as much support as this one has, it means that the House has resolved that the Government must act. Therefore, I request the Committee on Implementation to take up this matter because this is already a resolution of the House. Secondly, I wish to sit with the legal officers and look at what the Members have contributed in terms of developing this Motion into ... view