Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 981.

• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I also want to say this: For us to reduce the wage bill, we should oppose this Bill. By doing that, we will bring the wage bill down. We have also to fight corruption from the highest to the lowest level. We have also to fight nepotism, tribalism and also spread the national cake equally. view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have been wondering why there has been cattle rustling in Turkana, West Pokot and other areas. I have discussed the matter with some legislators from those areas in the National Assembly and most of them have told me that it is because of poverty. It is only camels or cattle that can feed their families and that is why they steal them. They do not want cattle-rustling, but they do not have anything else to do. This Bill has come at a wrong time. Although they say that it will align the qualifications obtained in Kenya with ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I also want to say that the monthly salaries of the Members of the National Assembly have been said in the media to be Kshs1.2 million which is wrong and I think we should put it right. Even in our negotiations with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) our salary was set at Kshs552,000 per month. So, it is way below the figure that they purport. In fact, I have checked against all the other salaries and I have seen National Assembly Members who are ranked just after the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: President and the Deputy President get far below what the chairmen and leaders of commissions get. view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, so that wrong assumption that Kenyans have got should be corrected so that we are not seen by them as if we are the ones who are consuming most of this money and consequently the economy of the country cannot grow. view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, last year which was 2013, Kenya had 446,969 children who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and those who attained a mean grade of C plus were 123,000. Out of these, it is only 50,000 who were admitted to universities. Instead of us coming up with bodies like this one which the Leader of Majority Party wanted us to set up, can we address this issue of building more universities and colleges so that these children who have attained C plus can get a place in them? If we can only get 50,000 every year ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not know whether it is Moi’s Government or Kibaki’s Government who made primary education free. I think it was Moi’s Government in those golden years. I want to say whoever’s Government it was, it was a noble idea and I most likely think it was Moi’s Government. view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: That was a very good thing but it has put us in a fix because there are so many children who attend primary schools because education is free but we have not built enough secondary schools. Instead of setting up this qualification authorities, can we build secondary schools so that like it happens in other countries, all primary school going children join secondary schools? We should also make sure that secondary school education is free because most of the families of these children cannot afford to take them to secondary schools. Even when the Government stipulates the school fees to ... view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, while opposing the Qualifications Framework Bill, I want to say that we have a serious problem of facilities for our children. Education is more important than most other things and our parents understand that everywhere in the remote areas. Let us also take affirmative action whereby we build schools in Turkana, West Pokot, Kitui and Kwale so that we do not have all the “Alliances” here in Central Province. Let us have facilities everywhere and let the secondary school education be free. view
• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I remember the Jubilee Government promised that secondary school education will be free. What happened since it is not free? We want it to be free and when CORD comes to power, we will make secondary education and university education free. view