George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4961 to 4970 of 6196.

• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the other Thursday, you granted leave that the statement which came from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on the matter of interdiction of teachers would invite some comments from me and the Hon. Members interested. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have read this statement on the matter and having been in Parliament for two terms, I can only confirm that this statement is not only inadequate, but also contemptuous of the parliamentary process which was invoked. In terms of the information sought under sub-paragraph (b) (c) and (d), the TSC has not offered any response. Instead, it has invoked the sub judice rule stating that there are two matters in court and so, they cannot respond to the matters. Those two matters are stated to have been set for hearing on 15th October 2019 and on 17th ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, TSC is not telling us how the grant of this information in respect of those matters they talk about will prejudice the fair determination of those matters pending in court. Hon. Speaker, I am treating the denial by the TSC of responses with regard to those three questions b, c and d as evasive and as a matter taking Parliament for granted. I did state when I was requested for this statement that a number of the teachers who were interdicted passed on following the shock of interdiction. It is confirmed to me that some colleagues in this House ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am telling this House because it is very painful for me. We all are processed by teachers at some point in time but, in response, the TSC, indeed, confirms that the teachers I was talking about died following the shock of interdiction. They actually died. There The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: is, on the list provided by the TSC at No.12, a lady called Ogolla Pamella Ngura. She is confirmed to have died following the interdiction. The TSC has confirmed in this Statement that a total of 245 teachers were interdicted. This is despite the shortage of teachers we have across the country. Hon. Speaker, when we were dealing with the situation of North Eastern in the last Parliament where even untrained personnel were now being requested to step in and teach, the TSC is telling us boldly in this response that despite the known shortage, a total of 245 teachers ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: “Following the interdiction, we subjected all the affected teachers to some form of disciplinary process”, for what they termed as incitement against the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the list given in terms of the determinations by the TSC in those disciplinary processes is what will shock people. You get a situation where teachers cited for the same offense and same details, are being meted against very different and discriminate sentences. You get teachers who have been cited for incitement according to the list, some are being dismissed totally from the teaching profession, others have their TSC numbers revoked totally; meaning they cease to be registered teachers. Others are getting mere warning; others get suspension for six months, others three, four or two months. What I ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: We are not being told in the statements what were the responses to the individual teachers and what were the specific claims against teachers. Hon. Speaker, you limited my time. However, looking at these statements, I cannot help but conclude that the TSC has run rogue. Teachers are being treated as if they are even below children. Even children’s rights are protected. They are being interdicted, dismissed so casually without due process. That makes me request thus... I know the procedure invoked for seeking this information was very limiting because it does not open this process up for deeper interrogation. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to make a plea to you as the Head of this House that, because of the seriousness of this matter and the gravity of the issues raised in the response from the TSC, considering that these are not things we seek for ourselves but for Kenyans outside there, you accept to invoke your powers under Standing Order 1 that this matter goes before the Departmental Committee on Education and Research so that it can be interrogated deeply so that we can have TSC meet - because of the limitation of this process - with the Hon. ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, there is a request that I am going to make. There is need for this House to think deeply about the composition of the TSC. If you look at the Judicial Service Commission, the Chief Justice, the Deputy Chief Justice, a judge elected to represent Court of Appeal, a judge elected to represent the High Court and the Magistrate’s Court. Then commissioners elected by advocates are sitting there because it is about the legal profession. In the National Police Service The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can ... view