Edward Oku Kaunya

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• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion in Order No.12 on the Policy Measures to Ensure 100 Per Cent Transition from Secondary Education to Tertiary Education. I support the Motion by Hon. John Wambugu. It is timely and quite critical especially at a time when we are looking at middle income or developed status as a country. This Motion seeks to develop policies. The policies should look at how we can fund and equip technical and vocational training institutions. We need to equip the institutions that have been developed. We ... view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. After that short interruption by Hon. Sankok, I will continue. I was saying that this Policy should address the equipping of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. It should address the equipping of the newly built TVETs. I will give the example of my constituency where we have Chamasiri TVET which is complete with students who are eager to learn, but it is unequipped. I am aware that there is now an existing Policy to have TVETs in all the constituencies. It will be important if the policy in this ... view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the policy should also take care of internships and apprenticeships. Developed countries have made it a must for private companies and the government to provide apprenticeship opportunities to all students who go through formal education. The students are attached to companies and government departments to learn useful life skills to enable them work. Through this Motion, we should formulate a policy that makes it mandatory for apprenticeships and internships. As Members are aware, in this financial year, Parliament has provided funds to the Public Service Commission to hire 3,000 interns. The interns have actually been hired. ... view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Another area that this policy should look into is attitude or mindset education. This policy should deliberately develop systems to ensure that our youth regard blue collar and white collar jobs equally so that they do not aspire to get white collar jobs only, but start valuing skills they get at the lower level. For example, plumbing and electrical skills are in great shortage. Even in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: farming, we need to have a deliberate policy to ensure that we educate and sensitise the youth and give them confidence that working in other types of jobs pays in the same way. In developed countries, the percentage of students who transit to university is usually less than 15 per cent. The majority crave to go for practical skills which enable them to self-employ or work in industries. So, if this country is to develop, we need to change the attitude of our youth by spending more on mindset education. We need to change the mind-set of our youths so ... view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: If we are to develop as a country and actualise the Big Four Agenda, especially that on manufacturing, we need 100 per cent transition from secondary schools to post-secondary school education. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask Question No.399/2019 to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development: view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am a member of that Committee. I would like to confirm that our Chairman, Hon. Paul Koinange and the Vice- Chairman have been here. They have just stepped out shortly. view