Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 751 to 760 of 977.

• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, it is not correct that there is a concentration of teachers in urban areas. Dagoretti Constituency has a shortage of over 100 teachers and it is in the city. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that many teachers are in urban areas because they are couples. Their husbands or wives may be working in the City. It is, therefore, not always possible to move them elsewhere. However, during the balancing exercise, we do not take more September 6, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3741 new teachers for Nairobi. The new intakes are taken to rural areas. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr Speaker, Sir, affirmative action is in place. Whereas the cut-off grade for admission into teacher-training colleges is grade C+, but in the ASAL region, we consider C plain. Since we recruit at district level, it is possible to give the locals the first priority. We are looking into the question if you are not getting enough teachers from those areas. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think his English is too American! I have problems hearing him! view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think we are much better. We are willing to learn from others and compare, but Kenya is doing a lot better in the region. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to strongly oppose this amendment. I would appeal to the hon. Members to treat this matter seriously. I do not believe it is a laughing matter. More often than not, we have seen very many cases where women are defrauded. Most of them, would be these hon. Members' daughters. We know the majority of poor people in this country are women. Most of the time they are defrauded to believe that they are married. The man will do it intentionally and take advantage of the poverty of that woman. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: 3776 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 6, 2007 view
• 28 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would appreciate the opportunity to contribute not as "gender", but as an hon. Member of this House. view
• 28 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity, although it is only five minutes. Let me begin by congratulating the Minister and his very able team at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a job well-done. We are proud to see that the image of this country is steadily improving. We are getting more respect and the Ministry is the mirror of our country and; we definitely want to thank them. We know that in developed countries, ministries of foreign affairs are the number one ministries, and we would like to see our Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The following four District Education Officers have served in Makueni District between January 2002 and July 2007:- NAME FROM TO Mr. Mutangili 20/4/200 2 3/2/2004 Mr. J.A.O. Muyesu 23/2/2004 29/8/2005 Mr. A.G. Njeru 28/8/2005 10/7/2007 Mr. I.M. Indiatsi 10/7/2007 to date Mr. Muyesu retired. (b) The district mean scores in KCPE and KCSE examinations between 2002 and 2006 were as follows:- KCPE YEAR ENTRY MEAN SCORE IMP. INDEX 2002 19,653 269.23 -4.05 2003 21,736 266.27 -2.96 2004 25,738 261.61 -4.66 2005 26,319 260.78 -0.83 2006 24,348 257.80 -2.98 KCSE YEAR ENTRY MEAN ... view