Beth Mugo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 931 to 940 of 977.

• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I appreciate very much the contribution of Mr. Oloo-Aringo and the Motion that I am supporting. However, I am completely opposed to him saying that wives are part of the security of property. Could he, please, withdraw that remark? view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Isyukoni Primary School in Machakos District did not receive two disbursements in Account One, which is a tuition account, and a total of four disbursements in Account Two, which is a general purpose account as shown below. Account One, Kshs358 per pupil in December 2004 and Kshs350 per pupil in January 1024 2006. Account Two, Kshs185 per pupil plus Kshs60,000 for July 2004, Kshs185 per pupil for March 2005, Kshs185 per pupil for April, 2005 and Kshs185 per pupil for August 2005. (b) The error has since ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get his question. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had some problems in disbursing money to schools, mainly when the money is sent to some accounts and it comes back. But this problem is less severe now. We were calling it a teething problem before. We are streamlining our operations. What happened here was that when the updating of records was being done, somebody somewhere left out this school. There is duplication of records in some areas, leading to same names of schools and accounts overlapping. I assure the hon. Member that we are trying everything possible to make sure that this problem ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are doing everything possible to rectify this error. We have over 18,000 schools which need funds to be sent to them directly. We have improved a great deal compared to when the money used to be sent through the District Education Boards and never reached schools. I think we have done quite well, because instances of money not reaching schools have reduced. But, sometimes, things beyond our control happen. We keep on asking banks why money has not been transmitted to schools. They usually say that there is some error in their accounts or in ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Ntulili and Mweromuthanga primary schools in Tigania East Constituency do not benefit from the school feeding programme, neither do the teachers receive hardship allowances from the TSC. (b) The Ministry does not discriminate against the above mentioned schools. The schools are in Meru North District which is not under the current school feeding programme. Under the current operation contract, 2004/2008, between the World Food Programme and the Government, the beneficiaries are pupils in the designated ASAL districts and some slum areas in Nairobi. The targeting is done based ... view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry does not designate areas which are arid and semi-arid. That is done by the Personnel Department in the Office of the President. They are the ones who designate and advise the Ministry about the areas. The Ministry, therefore, follows what is designated. However, I would advise the hon. Member to get his District Development Committee (DDC) as well as the District Education Office (DEO) to recommend such to the right office, so that my Ministry takes the right decision and implements it. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are procedures which are followed even in the Government. Every Ministry and department has its responsibilities. As I said, the gazetting of arid and semi-arid and hardship areas is done by the Directorate of Personnel Management and not the Ministry of Education. However, if those children are suffering, we will definitely bring that to the attention of the relevant Government department, so that the officers can visit the area to ascertain the situation. When they gazette it, we will be very pleased to supply food there. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not say that we cannot give food to those areas. I just said that the right procedure must be followed so that we are empowered to be able to include those areas in the programme. That involves the gazetting of those areas as ASAL areas. The right Government Department has to do the gazetting of the areas as ASAL areas. However, we shall recommend the gazettement of that area as an ASAL area. view
• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I rise to very strongly, oppose the amendment. A lot of the rape incidents we have read about in the Press involve school girls who are raped in hotel rooms or in public places. The girls are lured into hotel premises by grown up men; that they are going to be bought lunch or other gifts. At the end of the day, they are raped. When the hotel managers give keys to these so-called "men", they can see that whoever is being led into that hotel room is a child. Instead of supporting that child ... view