David Kibet Koech

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 1447.

• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, thank you for this opportunity to support this Motion for the approval of the Budget of the Ministry of Education. From the outset, I want to confirm to the House that the Minister together with the senior officers from the Ministry did appear before the Committee on Education, Research and Technology for purposes of interrogating the Budget together. This is a very important Ministry for the future of this country. For Vision 2030, we as a Government must focus mainly on the issue touching on education. As the saying goes, if you want to help ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to start by appreciating the Budget of the Ministry of Education by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. Kshs140 billion is not something small for us as a country. We note with appreciation as a Committee that this was up from the previous years by over Kshs14 billion. We would like to appreciate that particular gesture to the Ministry. Our main concern is on what the Ministry requested for vis-Ă -vis what they got. What the Ministry received was short by Kshs6 billion. So, if the Ministry is expected to implement ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we would like to appreciate what the Ministry has done with regard to the recruitment of teachers. It was the proposal from the Committee that in whatever circumstances, whether it is on permanent, contract or temporary terms, we insisted that for purposes of accountability, the employment of teachers must be done by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). I want to appreciate that that has already been done. Our appeal to the Minister is to ensure that all the procedures are followed so that no Kenyan will cry foul that he or she applied, qualified but ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also noted that the Ministry had requested for Kshs3.2 billion for the said purpose but they were only given Kshs2 billion. We also realized that in the last financial year, Kshs1.6 billion had been set aside for the employment of the so called intern teachers. That was forthcoming. It was and still is the feeling of the Committee that that money should have been rolled out this year so that every year something is done for the teachers. What has come out is that nothing was done in the last financial year as far ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I have always raised this issue; that some of us did not learn in classrooms. We learnt under trees and the person who made us what we are is a teacher who taught us under the trees. That is how important a teacher is. Other issues that we have raised regard the Quality Assurance Standards Officers. I want to applaud that Kshs241 million has been set aside for the assurance of quality in our schools. We would like the Ministry to ensure that we are able to account for the money by the end of the year and that we ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister has indicated that we have Kshs926 million set aside for the upgrading and rehabilitation of facilities in our national schools. As a committee, we want to state here that this is a very positive move given that in most of our national schools, the buildings and structures are of stone age. We want to believe, as a Committee that this money will be fully utilized for the benefit of all the national schools. We want to urge the Minister that the same gesture should be extended to other schools as we progress. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: A very important programme was started last year under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP). There was Kshs30 million for a school in each constituency. That programme was very popular and we note that gesture with appreciation. Most constituencies considered one gender, either a boys’ school or a girl’s school. Such constituencies should have expected a similar amount so that the other gender is addressed. It is important for the future of this nation that such kind of an amount is still considered for the same. On the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme, I would not want to add more but ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to seek further clarification from the Minister, courtesy of what he had already shared with us on Head 834 with regard to basic salaries and wages for the temporary employees. The Kshs2 billion is quoted under Development Expenditure. Why is that the case? Secondly, the projected estimate is Kshs2.2 billion for 2011/2012 and Kshs2.3 billion for 2012/2013. Is it a new policy that we are now going to hire these teachers on contract for the next three years? view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity to contribute and support this very important report. As I support the report, we are all aware that we formed a select Committee to extensively look into issues surrounding cattle-rustling in this country, and this one comes ahead of that. I want to state categorically that I do not come from Isiolo, neither do I come from Samburu. However, Isiolo and Samburu are part of this country known as Kenya. It is time that we, as Kenyans, looked at each and every part of this country as one ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, disarmament is necessary and very important for the security of this country. We had post-election violence in 2008 and saw many Kenyans using crude weapons when trying to protest to the Government. It was the prayer of everybody--- We thank God that none of these people participated in the post- view