David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: What have I done? view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I just want one clarification because the Chair is telling us that the taskforce is working on legal and policy guidelines. I just want to know the following: When will those legal and policy guidelines be replaced and what will happen to those students, like the ones that hon. Gichigi has talked about? I mean the ones who dropped out of school because they could not manage to pay school fees which was so much. For instance, the ones who were admitted to national or county schools this year? view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. At the beginning of February, I sought a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding school fees that is paid by students in national schools and all Government schools. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: The Chair of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology. view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me thank the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology although she took a long time to respond to this question which I asked at the beginning of this year in February when schools had just opened. There were so many students who were sent home because of not being able to pay the exaggerated school fees. I want to seek clarification from the Chairperson. She should tell this House that there is no policy or legal framework in the Ministry of Education to do with school fees. Secondly, why is it that there ... view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: What have I done? view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I just want one clarification because the Chair is telling us that the taskforce is working on legal and policy guidelines. I just want to know the following: When will those legal and policy guidelines be replaced and what will happen to those students, like the ones that hon. Gichigi has talked about? I mean the ones who dropped out of school because they could not manage to pay school fees which was so much. For instance, the ones who were admitted to national or county schools this year? view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to oppose this Bill. Many of my colleagues who have contributed before me have raised a lot of concerns. One of the most important points to note in this Bill is the levels of these boards. You can imagine at the county or ward level, the MCA is the chair of the board and we have Members of Parliament and governors sitting in the same board. The idea of constituting boards is good because Article 6 of the Constitution provides for consultation and co-operation between the county government and ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, under Article 95 of the Constitution, as Members of Parliament we have a role of oversight. The MCAs also have an oversight role. The work of the MCAs is to oversee the County Executive. If we, MPs, can go and sit in a budget-making process of the counties, then we shall be taking over the work of MCAs. The MCAs are not the councillors we used to know. They have a role in our Constitution and the work of budget-making at the county level falls under the power of the MCAs. The governors of this country ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You could reject this Bill at this point and it is taken back to Senate. We will then have that consultation committee so that we amend this Bill and we do away with the ward and constituency levels. If we can have a forum only at the county level where all the elected Members can come together based on Article 60 of the Constitution, that will be a good thing. With those few remarks, I want to oppose this Bill. It should stay as it is until it is amended to the level it is ... view