Daniel Dickson Karaba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 1622.

• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that the contents in this Statement are for the TTCs. Separate guidelines were given to secondary schools. The total for secondary school fees is Kshs54,000, against that of TTCs which is Kshs64,472. It can be paid in three installments. These institutions need to collect this money because they cannot run without this it. This amount was arrived at as a result of there being a commission which was appointed by the President and all the stakeholders agreed that this amount of money be paid. As far as the issue of Mpesa is concerned, I ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the understanding here is that the schools and colleges demand fees. Fees must be paid. Whether one pays it in full or three installments, the requirement is that one pays Kshs54,000 for secondary and Kshs64,000 for college. That is what has been agreed in a policy issue guideline by the Ministry. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the policy is that one pays an annual total school fees of Kshs54,000 for secondary and Kshs64,000 for TTCs. How one pays it is an arrangement between one as a parent and the principal. I have been a principal, and I have experienced this situation. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am talking about what I know and experience. To date, the principals have already issued fees for third term if it is the TTC. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am talking about what is in the policy. The policy is that one pays Kshs54,000 for secondary and Kshs64,000 for TTCs. One can pay a certain amount for each term depending on private arrangements which can be done and it is in the guidelines. If one wants to pay the whole year, they can go ahead and pay. That is what some people do. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Senate Standing Order No.45(2)(b); on Wednesday, 20th July, 2016, Sen. Kagwe requested for a Statement regarding the upgrading and the elevation of some former provincial schools to national school status. The Senator requested the Chairperson to state: 1) The number of national schools and the list of such schools per county in the country. The answer to that is; the number of former provincial schools elevated to national status is 85 going by the list of schools per county. I have 47 counties, with your permission, I can go through it. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are two national schools per county except for Nairobi and Kiambu counties. If you so wish, I could go through it. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it will be tabled. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will answer all the questions. The first one is about the amount of money given. I stated in the response that Kshs25 million was given to the new national schools and Kshs48 million to the old ones. That is the way the Government found it fit. We thank the Government for coming up with this policy because in previous years, we have not had this kind of development. There are schools in some counties which are given Kshs25 million to start off. As I respond to Sen. Kagwe’s concern, this is a process of upgrading ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the rationale is that even the established schools had not reached the threshold of the population optimum of the students. Some of these old schools – you can hold me right or responsible for the utterance – a school like The Alliance Boys High School had two or three streams. The three streams were not able to cope with demand of the pupils and the population in the neighbourhood and the country. So, for them to continue with the standards, of course, on infrastructure, they had to be given more so that they can add more ... view