Prof. George Saitoti

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 241 to 250 of 271.

• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Kshs500,000 was actually a grant from UNICEF. Those development partners are still coming up and they will produce more of those resources. So, the Kshs500,000 was not really money from the Government of Kenya. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, once again, I do agree here that the funding has actually come down. We would have wished, indeed, that this funding would have remained at its own level. But, unfortunately, the Budget has made it what it is. But as I said earlier, we do hope that we will be able to continue with training, which is extremely important for field personnel out there. It is our hope that in the process, when we are able to mobilize more resources, funding on that item will go up. It will be reflected in the Supplementary Estimates. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the buildings that were to be constructed in the last financial year were completed. I agree that there is still need to build more houses as far as special education is concerned but again, we must live within our means. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it will be observed that this was a grant from UNICEF. We have already put a similar request to them, and we are hoping that the training will continue. However, until that sum of money from UNICEF comes to the Exchequer, we do not wish to reflect it here. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is, indeed, true that there is a big margin between the two institutions but, again, that is inherent in the size of the two institutions. It is, indeed, true that Maseno is a new university, but at the same time, at this particular time we had to make sure that we allocated money very prudently and the KU has several thousands of students. Another more important thing is that the KU, which the hon. Member referred to, has inherited two new undeveloped campuses, that are Kitui and Kilifi, especially this year. It will be ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, not only have I visited Maseno University several times but I have also visited the hotel that they run in Kisumu, which is first class. I am aware of the difficulties that are being faced by other institutions. But let me say that under what we call "the Kenya Institute of Support Programme", where we are having substantial resources committed by our development partners, in the initial stages, it was only primary education that was recognised for funding. Fortunately, now secondary and university education has been recognised, and it is from here that we expect ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the university is going to be buying some two new facilities, one being M/s Rivatex. We all appreciate 2646 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 18, 2007 the fact that their own faculty of technology will now go beyond theory into actualization of what is being learnt. There is another facility called "Kagoche". That is basically why we have given that. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Which one? view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. In this respect, it is my very great pleasure to move Vote R31 and D31 for the Ministry of Education. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, but before I present the details in these Estimates, I wish to reaffirm the Ministry's commitment to the full implementation of the current policy framework governing the sector whose goal is to provide equal opportunities to education for all 2528 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 17, 2007 children and other learners, including those with special needs. As expected, in the ... view