Elias Peter Mbau

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 501 to 510 of 513.

• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my very humble apologies. view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Local Government the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that seven families were left homeless when fire gutted their houses on 23rd March, 2006 in Maragua Township? (b) Is he further aware that the Maragua Town Council does not have any form of fire- fighting equipment despite being the main town in Maragua District? (c) When will the Ministry provide Maragua with a fire engine to prevent such kind of tragedy in future in this fast growing township? view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, first of all, I would like to inform the Assistant Minister that I do not have a written response to this Question. view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister is aware of the fact that despite Maragua Town Council being the biggest town in the district, it has no fire-fighting equipment. If this fire- fighting equipment had been available in Maragua, the seven families whose houses were gutted down would not have been left homeless. There were very spirited attempts to rescue their properties. Indeed, two persons sustained physical harm in the process of putting off that fire. When will he ensure that there is fire-fighting equipment in that town? It is now 40 years after Independence, and yet Maragua Town Council ... view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister says there is a need for surrounding local authorities to organise themselves within a certain region, so that they pool resources together and secure this fire- fighting equipment. The other day, we saw the Ministry of Local Government declining to receive fire-fighting equipment from a donor in the United Kingdom, yet they knew that small townships that are not able to acquire this equipment are still facing this problem. Between declining to receive donations of fire-fighting equipment and trying to organise surrounding local authorities, which is easier? When will the local authorities surrounding ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to support this very important Motion. The Motion proposes what should have happened many years ago. This Motion is long overdue. It worries me that we are talking about our transport and communication system being inadequate and out of place when the neighbouring countries of Tanzania and Uganda which got their independence after us have road networks and port systems that work better than ours. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very discouraging to note that the whole of our transport system has been deteriorating instead of improving. If you consider the railway network, currently we cannot talk about a railway system that serves this country effectively. There were times when we used to have people and cargo transported by railway from Mombasa to Nanyuki, Mombasa to Kisumu and to other destinations. Today the railway network does not transport human traffic at all. This can only imply that the people who would normally use this cheaper means of transport now have to pay more ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he is aware that the Teachers Service Commission has been retiring teachers within school terms leaving students including candidates without proper tuition; and, (b) what steps he will take to ensure that teachers due for retirement do so during the holidays and are replaced at the start of the next term. view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while thanking the Assistant Minister for the answer, you have heard him accept that the Ministry is not aware that teachers who are in service under the TSC retire every month because they were not deployed at the same time or month. It is curious to note that the Assistant Minister is unaware that teachers retire every month. The Assistant Minister has told us that the TSC has lapsed in implementing the existing policy of teacher replacement after retirement. Who is supposed to enforce that policy if not the Assistant Minister? The TSC and the Kenya ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the Assistant Minister to tell us what he will do because free primary education is being undermined and sabotaged by lack of teachers in our schools. The teacher/pupil ratio is very high! I have many classrooms which are hosting 100 pupils per one teacher. It is inconceivable for one teacher to handle 100 pupils! Is the Assistant Minister aware of those discrepancies? What is he going to do to ensure that free primary education is successful? We are using colossal amounts of money on free education, but it is being undermined by lack of ... view