Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2331 to 2340 of 2469.

• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Education the following Question by Private Notice. 1296 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 15, 2007 (a) Is the Minister aware that the University of Nairobi is de-registering students who are not able to pay fees arrears? (b) Is the Minister also aware that most of these students come from very poor families? (c) What action is the Minister taking to ensure that these students are not de-registered? view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, higher education, particularly university education, is very crucial in this country. Nowadays, most students who attain strong grades such as B+ (Plus) and are qualified to join the public universities, are not able to join them. Could the Ministry consider giving loans specifically to these students who have gone for the Parallel Degree Programme and yet they come from very poor families? Could they be assisted by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)? view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our universities have a policy of "no payment, no service" which the Assistant Minister has confirmed. Those students who are not in the Parallel Degree Programme are usually locked out of the hostels when they have not paid the full fees. Could the Assistant Minister ensure that these students who are not in the Parallel Degree programme are not denied these facilities in the universities because of non-payment of fees? view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the policy of "no payment no service", has been extended even to students who are not in the Parallel Degree Programme. You will find that students who have not paid the full fees are locked out of the hostels. Could the Assistant Minister ensure that this policy is not applied to students who have been admitted to university under the regular programme? view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: It is understandable, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have been asked by hon. J.M. Mutiso to ask the Question on his behalf. view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: , on behalf of view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand that the problem is not really with the Ministry of Science and Technology. The problem is with the Ministry of Finance. The Minister for Finance does not believe in bursaries. If you recall, he had even scrapped bursaries for secondary schools. Now that the Government is planning to waive tuition fees for secondary schools, could the Government also consider waiving the same for technical institutions? May 9, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1177 view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some few years back, the Government promised 1178 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 9, 2007 to create 500,000 jobs. One easy way of doing that is to provide bursaries for technical institutions. Those institutions train artisans, electricians, mechanics and so on. But the truth of the matter is that the Minister for Finance does not believe in bursaries. Would I be in order to ask the Leader of Government Business to highly recommend the replacement of that Minister? We are not getting anywhere as far as the issue of bursaries is concerned. view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my question is directed to the Leader of Government Business, who is not listening to me--- view