Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 May 2023 in National Assembly: With regard to hardship areas, I have gone to many parts. I went to an area known as Ndaragwa in Nyandarua and neighbouring constituencies. Teachers are facing hardships. Within the same climatic and geographical conditions, one side gets hardship allowance and the other does not. We got that request. I went to Nyatike in Migori County and Taveta. We The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 May 2023 in National Assembly: got the same request. I assure you that we are putting together a list of all areas that require to be considered for hardship allowance and then we will follow the normal process of enabling them access hardship allowance. For teachers in Nyandarua County as in any other parts of the country, we will progressively address this problem. That is so that we make sure teachers are available in our schools as we move on. view
• 3 May 2023 in National Assembly: I am happy to report to this House that one problem we have encountered as a country is on higher education. This is because the criteria we used was known as the Differentiated Unit Cost (DUC) where the Government of Kenya was supposed to support every programme at a cost of 80 per cent. For the last five years, Members, you are aware that the amount you allocate to our universities has not managed to cater for the 80 per cent as required and as provided for in that policy. Like in this financial year, the total amount that we ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to speak to the Motion. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Committee in their findings. We should not consolidate the Uwezo Fund, the Women Enterprise Fund and other Funds to form the Biashara Kenya Fund. To begin with, it is crystal clear that to access financial credit from the mainstream financial institutions like banks, there are several conditions that you are required to fulfil. In fact, it is very difficult even for the working class, those on payroll, to access these facilities. For starters, you are required to have some security or collateral for you to access these facilities. Therefore, ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: The Uwezo Fund is about people forming groups and seeking funding together, not necessarily people with the kind of securities that are required by banks. They register a group and it becomes very easy for them to access money from the Funds. As a result, they keep on rotating the money they receive, in the small businesses that they do, and they are able to gradually grow together. A group of beneficiaries is collectively given Kshs50,000 or Kshs100,000 and they are obligated to pay back the money for onward lending to another group. At the end of the day, they ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education the following Question: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why the construction and operationalisation of the Riatirimba Technical Institute in Nyaribari Masaba Constituency has stalled since 2009 despite donations worth about Kshs1.5 billion in form of machinery and other equipment from the Government of the People's Republic of China? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the measures the Ministry is putting in place to ensure that the facility is fully functional? (iii)Could the Cabinet Secretary state when the Ministry plans to deploy instructors and other personnel to the facility ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Members’ Services and Facilities on a study visit to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada that took place from 14th to 18th October 2019, laid on the Table of this House on Tuesday, 1st December 2020. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Select Committee on Members Services and Facilities on Establishment of the Parliamentary Health Services Unit. Thank you. view