Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 741 to 750 of 977.

• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have set aside funds to complete all the infrastructure. This project will definitely be completed. We have money for improvement of infrastructure. I hereby table the list. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will consider assisting it depending on the availability of funds, since it is already on our programme to enjoin all ECD schools in our programme. view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry has allocated and disbursed Kshs25,293,320 for special education in Nakuru Town Constituency since the Financial Year 2003/2004 to date. The two schools which received the funds were Nakuru Hill School for the Mentally Handicapped and Menengai School for the Deaf. (b) The funds have been used for the following activities:- (i) Buying of food and rations for pupils. (ii) Paying of workers. (iii) Purchase of specialized learning and teaching material. (iv) Construction of classes and dormitories. view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member should give me the list of those schools and we will consider them. We will also support them. view
• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no child should be chased away from school because of any fees. To begin with, every child in primary school in Kenya gets free primary education. Every child is allocated Kshs1,020. On top of that, every child with a disability, is allocated Kshs2,000. That is a total of Kshs3,020. Therefore, it is out of question that any child is chased away from these special schools. We also give Grants-in-Aid to all the special schools. It is a lot of money. It is supposed to support those children. Therefore, they should not be sent away from school. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to state that this Question was on the Order Paper yesterday. There was another Question by the same hon. Member and the officer who prepared the answers had mixed them up. So, yesterday, we did not have the correct answer to the Question. I was disappointed by the FM radio stations which insinuated that I could not answer the Question correctly. I want to thank the Daily Nation for putting the matter correctly, that it was the wrong answer. I would like to appeal to the Press to tell the people ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I cannot hear the hon. Member's question. Maybe the hon. Members can consult a bit silently. I cannot hear what the hon. Member is saying! view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are holding discussions all the time with the Ministry of Finance because we would like to get more funds to be able to recruit more teachers other than just replace those who leave the service through natural attrition. At the moment, we have been balancing the teachers. There are some areas which had more teachers than others and we have balanced them. This is a continuous process. However, I would like to add that we also carry out regular re-training of our teachers through seminars, on how to handle a little larger classes. It is not ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is new infrastructure that is going on in all the districts. We have different programmes, especially the one that is funded by the Africa Development Bank for new infrastructure. In this programme, we are improving the existing schools and, in other areas, we are constructing new schools. More so, we are encouraging the construction of more day secondary schools, and particularly in areas where primary schools have excess land, they should construct more classes to absorb the pupils graduating under the Free Primary Education Programme. I know that many constituencies are constructing new secondary schools through ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question is not whether qualified teachers are available. It is about the funds. There are enough trained teachers who can be absorbed in these schools. As I said, we are looking for extra funds to recruit more teachers. However, there is room for those who would want to volunteer and we encourage them. view