Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: While the education system is meant to create national development and advancement, cases of torching of schools in the country have been counteractive towards this goal. Within the last six months, we have seen numerous schools being burnt. To be precise, in today’s news, more than 100 schools have been burnt in less than six months. These cases have caused great losses to these schools in terms of property worth millions that has been destroyed. Further, we note that parents and the Government have incurred extra expenses in the restoration of these institutions. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The Ministry of Education seems unable to deal with this matter. It is high time this matter was declared a national disaster. In my county of Trans Nzoia, and in particular, Kiminini Constituency, a girls’ school, which is sponsored by the Catholic Church was burnt about two days ago. I know the students in that school have been disciplined and the head teacher has been on top of things. I do not understand what is happening. Rarely does a day pass without a school going up in flames. What is happening? This cuts across the country. It happened in Kisii, ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This is a serious matter that this country must look into. If you look at the Constitution, you will find that it clearly stipulates that Parliament must debate and resolve issues that affect Kenyans. We note with concern that we are almost going to third term. This is the term we expect examinations to be done. This is the time our students and pupils should be preparing for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE) respectively. Right now, some schools in my constituency do not have money for emergency to cater for ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Mating’i is sleeping on the job. He should have come and held a crisis meeting, at least, to put strategies in place to mitigate against this. He is the policy The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: maker and he is the one driving the Ministry. We have only known him on the roadside pronouncements he has been making pertaining to the running of schools. We have heard the banning of prayers for examinations and yet we know prayers have done miracles. In this country we know the International Criminal Court (ICC) cases and Hon. Duale will agree with me that he has been going all over to pray for the ICC cases to be terminated. Prayers should be allowed because we need spiritual intervention. Why the Cabinet Secretary (CS) has banned prayers--- view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am happy the Leader of the Majority Party has acknowledged that prayers are important and, indeed, we should allow prayers to continue in schools. Some are mission schools that are sponsored by churches and other religious organisations. We believe in prayer. Mathew Chapter Seven in the Bible says that if you seek, you will get. I am a prayerful person. I do not see why the CS should wake up and say that we should not allow prayers to continue because they lead to cheating. We want him to table any empirical study ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The only gift you can give your children is education. We are where we are today because of education. Education makes us equal and has no equal. As you sit for your exams, the status of your father or mother does not matter. We are all equal. With success through education, the sky is the limit. There are poor children who come from families which cannot afford school fees. At a time like this, poor schools have issues. Is the national Government or the county government coming in, in case of emergency to help build these schools? These schools have ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I am happy Hon. Melly is always there. He should be promoted to be the Chairman of the Committee. I am happy about it because he has been on top of things and I congratulate him. When such an important Motion is being debated, we expect the Committee to be well-represented. I salute you Hon. Melly for your good work. We need answers. Once there are students who have discipline cases in one way or another, the law must take its course. The Leader of the Majority Party wants to say something. view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Mr. arap Menjo for that Petition. When you go to Trans Nzoia, it is, indeed, a disaster. It is unfortunate that the subsidised fertiliser which was given to the farmers this year could not meet the standards. The crops are stunted. They are already flowering at knee height. I had brought a Bill on the Floor of the House to establish a fertiliser board which was assented to by His Excellency the President. The Executive must move with speed and implement the fertiliser board. Its core business will be to deal with ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We have had a lot of scandals in the procurement of fertiliser. We have unscrupulous business people who want to make money. So, we call upon the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives to investigate this matter, so that stern action can be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view