Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 901 to 910 of 977.

• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that a fire tragedy occurred on the night of 24/25th March, 1998 in Bombolulu Girls Secondary School dormitory in which 26 children perished and several others were injured. (b) I am also aware that a commission of inquiry headed by Bishop Lawi Imathiu of the Methodist Church in Kenya was appointed to conduct a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire disaster. The Commission presented its findings to the former Head of State. Plans are underway to release the findings to the public. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have written to the Office of the President. I have a reply here which says that arrangements are underway to make the Report public. We will lay the Report on the Table as soon as we receive it. This letter is dated 11th July, 2006. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Ministry of Education received the recommendations contained in the Report and we have implemented them. Some of those recommendations are to ensure that the principals of boarding schools have a house in the school compound. There are also many other recommendations which we have implemented. However, we are waiting for the Report from the Office of the President. I believe it will come. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am unable to answer that question because it does not concern my Ministry. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree that it has taken a long time to lay the Report on the Table. However, that is something that is completely out of my control. I undertake to revert back to the Office of the President and request it to forward the Report to us as soon as possible. I will lay that Report on the Table as soon as I receive it. In the meantime, I have the extract of the recommendations that were made by the Commission. We have implemented those recommendations. If the hon. Member is interested in seeing the recommendations, ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The annual intake of P1 teacher trainees in the public teachers' training colleges in the country is as shown below: Year 2005; male, 4,547, female, 4,121, total 8,668. Year 2004: Male, 3,843, female, 4,225, total 8,068. Year 2003: male, 4,315, female, 4,210, total 8,525. The attached schedule shows the breakdown of intake to the various colleges for each district for the year 2005/2006. The Hon. Member has a copy of the schedule. (b) The allocation of college places per province and district quota is based on the TSC teacher approved establishment ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, indeed, I will table it. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the need for teacher mainly applies to public schools. But the fact that we train a lot of teachers means the teachers are always available for the private sector. So, there should be no shortage of teaches at all. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question was about trainee teachers, not the teachers who are currently employed. However, Nairobi has the least shortage because most teachers want to come and teach here. In fact, we should be transferring some of the teachers from Nairobi to other rural areas. Apart from Dagoretti which suffers the greatest shortage, Nairobi has the least shortage of teachers. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree that there is a shortage of teachers. But it does not relate directly to the teachers we train. Indeed, we have an excess of trained teachers. What is lacking is enough funds to employ all the teachers we need. As I have said in this House before, we have requested, and we are discussing with the Ministry of Finance, for more funds to employ more teachers. But, at least, we are going to employ over 7,000 teachers within the next month, and the vacancies will be advertised. view