17 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to thank Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for the good work that she is doing. I would like to also add something on matters to do with Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) Wherever we go in this country, there are many complaints on readiness and preparedness for this particular programme to continue. I have heard that Sen. (Dr.) Milgo is now with the Committee interrogating the same. I want to inform them that they should not involve stakeholders during the time of interrogation, so that we streamline this particular curriculum based system of education because it ...
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17 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, whenever we get teachers they tell us how confused they are about this curriculum. The training they have undergone was not sufficient for them to handle this system. Further, most of the complaints are on the costs and also lack of preparedness to engage the students in junior and senior secondary schools.
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17 Nov 2021 in Senate:
I know she is equal to the task and I appeal that she handles it with a lot of care so that she can advise us and the Ministry of Education effectively on the same. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
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17 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me this opportunity also to support my Chairman, the Senator for Nyeri. We still have a long way to go, more so, when it comes to the cost of fuel and energy in this particular country.
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17 Nov 2021 in Senate:
While going round in my county, I realised that the high cost of fuel has affected the self-employed boda boda people. The initiative of self-employed youth who ride
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17 Nov 2021 in Senate:
was introduced in this country during the time of President Mwai Kibaki. The boda boda industry has employed many youth who otherwise could be idle in our society and doing all manner of things. The boda boda sector has helped the youth to earn a living and live relatively stable lives in their homes. However, the same business has been affected negatively by the high cost of petroleum.
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17 Nov 2021 in Senate:
I just want to encourage Members of our committee that we still have to work hard to ensure that the cost of energy and fuel in this particular country comes down because it actually drives a larger number of the youth who are self-employed. The work we did the other time was encouraging because we headed to the right direction. The greatest challenge we had was failure by the Cabinet Secretary for Petroleum and Mining to appear before our committee. I hope this time around, with the declaration that we made and the ruling of the Speaker today, that gentleman ...
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16 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement Standing Order from the Standing Committee on Education concerning increase of fees in institutions of higher learning. In the statement the Committee should - (1) Explain why public universities have been increasing their tuition and related fees for academic programmes at random thereby affecting students and more specifically those from disadvantaged backgrounds, some of whom have had to
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16 Nov 2021 in Senate:
discontinue their studies; we have also seen several strikes following the same hence disrupting academic programmes. (2) Explain the policy informing the criteria used by the universities to review tuition fees for various courses, stating how stakeholders are involved in the same process. (3) State the amount of Government capitation vis-à-vis student enrolment, disbursed to institutions of higher learning in the last 24 months. (4) Cause the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to investigate the financial records of public universities to ascertain prudence in utilization of funds allocated to the universities in compliance with the law; this is because ...
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11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to congratulate Sen. Cheruiyot for almost reading our mind because the issue of land leasing which has affected Kericho, Bomet and Nandi has become a thorn in the flesh of the residents from those areas.
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