James Mwangi Gakuya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I ask for your protection, some Members are consulting too loudly. However, I would want to urge Members of Parliament to support this Motion. I believe the 8-4-4 system of education is not the issue. It is the implementation and management that is the issue. The syllabus has two tiers; you can go on through youth polytechnics after Standard Eight or you can go through the formal education; and all of you, could merge at the university. It is not an issue of the system being poor; it is the management. The Ministry of Education ... view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: We talk of free primary education, yes, but it is not free, it is subsidized. If the country has been able to carry on with the subsidized kind of education, what is wrong in just suggesting that we do not do KCPE; instead, we continue with Continuous Assessment Tests? That does not stop any one from joining any of the national schools. It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education to put in place systems and ways of selecting children, who will join national schools without hindrance. We have what it takes to be able to put our children ... view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion. view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have heard the Assistant Minister admitting that some of the information that he has given is incorrect. Is he in order then to continue discussing the Question instead of admitting that he has incorrect information and he would be ready to provide the correct information to the House in future? Is he in order to give wrong information to the House? view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. If you listened very carefully to the Assistant Minister’s answer, she said that the analysis will be given by the Government Chemist. Most of the rivers are polluted and it is true. The sewerage plant in view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Murang’a Town under the municipality emits the whole lot into a stream. It is not only Athi River that has this problem. Could the Assistant Minister spell out the policy of her Ministry or the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation with regard to pollution of drinking water in our rivers and streams? view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has indicated that he has recruited 19 Fund Managers. For your information, the CDF Board has been saying the same thing; that they are recruiting people to be posted to various constituencies including Mathioya Constituency which has been suffering for the last three years. Could he indicate to this House where the 19 officers will be posted to in terms of constituencies? view
• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security:- view
• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: (a) whether he is aware of the dismissal of Mrs. Jennifer Kimani, the CEO of NACADA on 25th October, 2010 and, if so, what are the circumstances that led to the dismissal, view
• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: (b) whether he is also aware that the NACADA Board passed a resolution recommending that Mrs. Kimani be offered the position of National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of NACADA Authority on 25th February, 2010, and, if so, why NACADA advertised the job on 2nd March, 2011; and, view