James Onyango Oyoo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: be denied an opportunity to vote. We do not want people to miss such that elections are not conducted. We know the circumstances under which this Committee was formed. We expected them to do a very good job - slightly better than they did. Members should take time and read the Report conclusively so that if at all the Bills are tabled, we can debate them from a point of information and not fumble. Those of us who have had the experience of unfair nominations do not want to debate much about it. I just want to take this opportunity ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to speak to this very important Motion, given that there is serious demand for quality education in this country. Recently, the President showed us the way by offering opportunity to those people who did not qualify to join several public universities. The Government will now be taking care of them in terms of school fees by giving them bursaries. This over-diversification of quality university education should not alter or dilute the standards of our education. It is just like what my colleague Hon. Rose Nyamunga has talked about. We grew ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: 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
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Today, I stand to argue my case because in my constituency, I have a concept on education and I give it a big priority in my dispensation. For any student who does KCPE in a public school and is invited to join a national school in this country, I pay 100 per cent to make sure that they all report and I supervise them for the period they are there. Secondly, for any student who is called to join university to study architecture, medicine and any type of engineering, I also support them 100 per cent. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: But now my efforts are being diluted because this term, I have seen students coming to me with college letters from Egerton University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Kirinyaga University, which I thought was a polytechnic. They have been admitted there with B+ (plus). I have students who are going to study Economics with A (plain) in UoN. It is going to force me to extend the benefit to the students with B+ who have been admitted to Kirinyaga and Egerton universities. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It only occurred to me the other day that even Egerton University offers medicine course. I was left to wonder how and whether we have requisite teaching staff that can mould students. I know for sure that most lecturers are borrowed from other universities. You find a lecturer from UoN or Kenyatta University (KU) going to offer services in Mombasa. They travel with Coast Bus in the night and arrive there in the morning and the class starts at 8.30 a.m. He has not even washed his face or, maybe, the car broke down and is shivering with cold and ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: We have students who are studying medicine in universities like Maseno or KU going for practicals in public hospitals which are run by our chaotic county governments. When they are supposed to be learning, the doctors are on strike and the governors are grandstanding. The doctors who are there are also half-baked and are not real doctors who used to teach our students at King George Hospital - now Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: We need to do something to make sure that our students go to the university and get quality education. There is craze for university degrees and even Parliament has got its share. You can see this from the beneficiaries of the so-called liberalized university education on the Floor of the House. They wait when there are hardly any Members they speak to the wall because they are not well tested. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I want to appeal to Kenyans to support the current CS for Education, Dr. Matiang’i, because he is equal to the task. His stand is making sure that we offer quality education to the downtrodden and people who deserve it. We should not over-politicize our stand because we want to make profits and fail to give our students quality education. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Student leadership has been talked about. I do not know if we are going to give democracy room or allow our universities to be traversed by gangs. Student leaders are supposed to be representatives of the interest of students, such that when there is a problem, they can intercede on their behalf. Today we see young men who are professional students. They remain students forever. They drive cars and we do not know where they get them from. I want to appeal to those in the Government or Opposition who are using them that universities are supposed to be learning ... view