18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I hate to interrupt hon. Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o, but it appears to me that the Government has been shortchanged here in terms of responding. The official responder was supposed to take 20 minutes, but apparently, he only took ten minutes. Could the Chair, please, facilitate--- It appears that hon. Wamwere did not quite exhaust his response.
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26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Kenya National Adult Survey is jointly being done by the Department of Adult Eduction in my Ministry and the Central Bureau of Statistics in the Ministry of Planning and National Development which is mandated to undertake surveys in the country. The survey has the purpose of fulfilling the following objectives:- (i) Generating comprehensive data and information on adult literacy for national planning and reporting on national targets. (ii) Establishing literacy levels among the youth and adults. (iii) Identifying causes of illiteracy among the youth and adults and seeking solutions. (iv) ...
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26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
The hon. Member wants to know how much money we will use, and I was just giving him the figures. The money will be sourced from the Department of Adult Education, the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Education through the Kenya Education Sector Programme. The donor component is also being provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Development Fund for International Development (DFID). The field work for the survey is expected to take two months and data collection was to be conducted in early June, ...
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26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a procedure used in allocating personnel to do that exercise. For each district, there is a District Statistical Officer involved under the July 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2339 District Adult Education Officer. We have people on the ground, and if you want their names, I am ready to give them to you. They are all from Samburu.
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26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for now, a department in My Ministry called Adult Literacy Department is managing that programme. We have no choice other than to execute our mandate.
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25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the residential training of the national Women's team was postponed from 15th June, 2006 to 9th July, 2006 due to technical rather than financial constraints. Earlier on, the team received adequate residential training as it prepared for their match against Djibouti. Furthermore, some of the players are students who had academic assignments to complete. As such, the players continued to train with their respective clubs before assembling on 9th July, 2006 to begin their residential training. Since the team members are familiar with each other and have received ...
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25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenya was playing against one of the best teams in Africa. In fact, Nigeria is the best followed by Cameroon. The results against the Djibouti team which was seven goals to nil, is something that attests to the training of our women football team.
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25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am satisfied with the performance, given that Kenya was playing against one of the best teams in Africa. We are waiting to meet Cameroon in the next two weeks. I hope the Member of Parliament will be there to cheer our ladies.
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25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we are prepared to do our best to ensure July 25, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2291 that our ladies perform well. We shall also look at that request that the Member of Parliament has made.
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18 Jul 2006 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my name is Mr. Joel Onyancha and not Mr. Mwancha Okioma.
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