Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I agree with the Senate proposal for one reason. We know that the Auditor-General is independent but this Board, to me, would be more of a consultative forum rather than a forum which is going to directly advise him. So, when they sit together so that the sitting is not in vain, it will be more consultative and so the Auditor-General should chair this Committee. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me thank the Mover of this Bill for having come up with this Bill on the examination fees. As I understand it, this is an amendment that is giving effect to what the Government has been saying all along, that examination fees for Standard Eight and Form Four candidates is going to be abolished. It is a move to assist the very poor. As we talk about examination fees, it is very important that we critically start examining Article 43 of the Constitution. As much as we would like to have a few ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: bursaries. We now have bursaries all over the place. We have bursaries from the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), county governments, ward funds, the President and some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in this country. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Even the proposed Affirmative Action Bill from our lady colleagues also has some element of bursary in it. What is happening in this country is that with all this multiplicity of bursaries, there are no clear guidelines as to who gets and who does not get. There are no clear guidelines that one family should not benefit much more than the other families because the guidelines come from different entities. The elephant in the room is this: We should be able to very quickly reach a stage where we say we have universal basic education. That is the direction we ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: In my constituency, quite a number of kids have been picked to join national schools but because of the aspect of school fees, they opt to join nearby day school secondary schools. Therefore, we are losing some of our best brains in this country. As much as I support this Motion wholeheartedly, as a country and House, we need to move further and make primary and secondary education absolutely free, and leave further development to the abilities of every child. If a child qualifies to join Alliance High School or Mang’u High School, such child should be educated for free. ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I do not know from where the Bible got the verse that says: “Those who have, more will be added and those who do not have, even the little that they have will be taken away from them.” One day we shall ask the people who are more learned in this field to tell us what exactly the Bible meant by this verse. What we want to do is make sure that it is only the ability of the child that is going to determine what that child learns - not money. Most of us would not have gone to ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: too many levies that come along the way. Therefore, we should emphasise that free education should be absolutely free. Finally, as much as we have many children attending schools, there is an acute shortage of teachers. It is incumbent upon the Government to come up with a policy of employing enough teachers. When you look at the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for the coming financial year, the aspect of teacher employment is not captured anywhere. This is something we are sweeping under the carpet but it really affects the quality of education in this country. With those remarks, I support. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also join my colleagues in thanking the Committee and everybody who has spent hours in putting this law together. It is a law that is going to move this country forward. I especially love the idea of local contractors. We really need to protect our own at this stage. I also laud the aspect of the youth, women and people living with disabilities. This is a law that has looked at the people who have always lived in the peripheries of the communities. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also support it because, like it has been said, it will go against the Constitution. As much as we do that, if we are to support that and it is deleted, then if you go back to Clause 58(b), the very last word also needs to be deleted. I am throwing this to the Chairman of the Committee. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, I was trying to make it a little neater that if we are deleting Paragraph (c), then (d), right at the end, also needs to be deleted. That is all I was saying. view