Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: There is a question on capitation. When I come to that particular question, I will answer it because I have it in my written answers. I can answer it at that particular time. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: As I said, we have set our safety measures. The major concern in the Ministry, particularly when we have either any activity bringing schools together or even when school children are moving out, we have insisted that the county director of education must be informed and part of his responsibility is to ensure that the vehicle they are travelling out in is 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
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: compliant, properly serviced and meets the required standards before the children are taken out. We have strict timelines on when they should start and end the journey because we do not allow them to travel at night. We are also working with the police on the incident that happened in Murang’a and I am sure once we compare our notes, we are going to get answers on whether the driver diverted and did other things. There is an element of criminality in this because it might not only be a disciplinary action, but someone will have to be taken to ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Charity Kathambi's question on the transfer of teachers is among the questions I will answer. This will be covered in that question. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, thank you for raising the issue of Egerton University and other universities that were on the verge of collapsing. Egerton University was on its knees, but thanks to the allocation from Parliament, we are now paying our professors and lecturers at 100 per cent. Progressively, we are looking at financial stability in our universities. The question of TVET is a concern for each Member of this House. I admit that 70 of our TVET institutions are not fully equipped. We negotiated with the Government of China and expect to get the equipment from them. We are also following ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker and my friend, the Member of Parliament for Nyakach. Hon. Members, as you are aware, the Infrastructure Fund is a limited resource basket that is meant to supplement other infrastructural development resources, mainly from the NG-CDF. I commend Members because when you go to every part of this country in every constituency, the infrastructural development, whether classrooms, administration blocks, dormitories, or laboratories, most have been constructed using NG-CDF. Those infrastructure funds are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: disbursed, being limited as they are, to schools across the country based on an infrastructure needs assessment, equitable distribution and availability of funds. Schools with poor infrastructure that seek to benefit from those funds should request the Ministry of Education through the Sub-County Directors of Education. The applications detail the infrastructure conditions of the school, the enrollment, and the estimates of the infrastructure needs. Additional supporting documents such as Bills of Quantities, assessment reports, recommendations and photographs may also be provided. The Boards of Management should also provide minutes indicating the infrastructure needs. Those applications are then forwarded to the ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: institutions with an enrolment of 1,593 learners. We also have 66 pre-vocational special needs education institutions with a total enrolment of 952 learners. As the Member has rightly put it, each learner with special needs at the primary school level receives an allocation of Ksh1,420 as capitation. Each learner is then given Ksh2,300 under the Free Primary Education Programme as a top-up for specialised learning materials and assistive devices. This amount is intended to enable schools to procure specialised learning resources, assistive devices and technologies for learners with special needs and disabilities. We have established that a certain amount of ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. There are several questions, including others, that are appearing in the Order Paper. However, I will seek your indulgence. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: There is a question from the Member for Isiolo that there is only one national school in Isiolo. His Excellency the President and I were in that school two weeks ago. Hon. Members, we are in a country where a greater percentage of our students are not in national or extra-county schools, but day schools. 66 per cent of our schools are day schools. Our main challenge is improving the day schools because that is the way to go. As much as everyone would like their children to be in national schools, they only constitute about 1 point per cent ... view