Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: The Member for Nakuru Town West, Hon. Arama, asked a question on schools denying students their certificates. It is in the Order Paper and I will answer it at the right time. The Member for Kilgoris asked a question on the ideal number of students in a classroom. It is 45 students at the ratio of 1:45. In our universities, it is supposed to be 1:20. In our Technical Vocational and Education Training institutions (TVETs) it is 1:30. The 100 per cent transition is a very positive thing in this country and it has made enormous impact. We have challenges ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: KCPE, and the minimum score was 280 marks. Apart from that, you have to come from a family background that the income is not beyond a certain level, and we are catering for those families which, of course, are the poorest. When we rolled out the programme at the Bomas of Kenya, if you had the opportunity to attend, you would have seen many of those children arriving without shoes. The kind of clothes they were putting on confirmed that, indeed, they came from a background that would not have raised the kind of fees that are required in our ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: The Member of Parliament for Kwanza, the criterion used for change leadership is sometimes poor performance within a school. There are many factors which determine the performance of a school. Of course, one component is the teacher, the headteacher, but again, parental and community involvement. All those other factors are such that we cannot really apportion a blame to the teachers only. We also have quality assurance officers that we are trying to activate their roles. The report on quality assurance is supposed to inform certain decisions to be made even by Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on transfer of teachers ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank the Members of Parliament for raising those Questions. As Members of Parliament are all aware, the Free Primary Education Programme was started in this country in 2003, while the Free Day Secondary School Programme was started in 2008. The Free Junior Secondary School Programme started recently with the first Grade Seven Cohort in the year 2023. The capitation rate for Free Day Secondary Education was reviewed by the Taskforce on Secondary School Fees in 2014, popularly known as the Kilemi Mwiria Taskforce. The Taskforce was established to review the cost of ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: the approved figure of Ksh22,240 per learner per annum, we gave Ksh17,456 because we could not give what we did not have or had not been given by this House. To address under-funding, we have continuously engaged the National Treasury and Parliament through the Departmental Committee on Education and the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Other issues, including inflation and escalation of food prices, are to be taken into consideration as well. We appeal to this honourable House to enhance the Ministry’s budget so that the capitation is provided at the approved rate. Once you give us the approved rate, I ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: I submit. 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: Thank you very much. The first question is on capitation. As I said, this is one area that we admit to have a problem and the answer is not anywhere else, but this House. You are the ones who appropriate funds. Education is a fundamental constitutional right for the young people as enshrined clearly in Article 53(1)(b). We cannot run away from it. This year, I have had discussions, and our figures are based on real numbers. We are able to give the exact figures that we require in terms of capitation. When you go through the Budget Policy Statement ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: the Members of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, I am hoping that once you give us those figures, it will work out. I have had a meeting with all the principals of the national schools. Among the discussion was that where they have numbers because of economies of scale, they are able to manage. We are able to give them the required figure. They would manage until we form some kind of a taskforce that would do some assessment on whether we have to increase the school fees or not. We want to make education accessible. We do not want to make ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: I stop there for now. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker and Member for Nakuru Town West Constituency, Hon. Samuel Arama. Yes, we have a law which was enacted by this august House, stating that it is against the law for any institution to withhold KCSE or KCPE certificates due to a student for any reason, including non-clearance of school fees. To be specific, if you go to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) Act, which is an Act of this Parliament, Section 10(1)(b), it clearly prohibits institutions or any persons, be it a principal or teacher, from withholding KNEC certificates or diplomas from the candidate. ... view