Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the Assistant Minister to inform this House whether he is aware of the payment of Kshs2,000 that was made on 13th October, 2009. The payment was made by the community and there is a copy of an official receipt. What have they been doing ever since for a period of over two years now? view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This area is called Konyo in Karatina. Is the Assistant Minister in order to talk about summonses and lack of witnesses? What will he do differently to ensure that the process goes on 22nd? view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say very few things because I had made some contribution last week. Let me start by saying that this Motion does not in any way intend to scrap the examination at Standard Eight in total. It is dealing with the issue of one-off examination process, where we examine people on one day and determine their lives with the examinations for that day. It is important to appreciate what it means when you examine 13 year old kids. In the case of our young girls, they could be taking the examinations while going ... view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the point at which a Standard Eight student does examination, we are talking of 13 or 14 years. We cannot give that child an identity card. We cannot engage that child in any gainful employment because it is against the law. What do they do in between 14 and 18 years? It is important that we keep them in school because during that time they will also have matured and they will be able to make career choices in life. It is also important to note that the country gets to recognize these young ... view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: to engage in activities that are not useful to this country. It is important that we support this Motion. I am calling upon Members of Parliament to appreciate. It is not that it will be implement it immediately, but it can be done over time. There will be need for infrastructural services to be done. However, the Government can face this issue over time. With those remarks, I wish to move this Motion and ask my good friend the Member for Kirinyaga Central, Mr. Gitari to second it. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to donate two minutes to hon. Mbadi and two minutes to hon. Kigen. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank the hon. Members who have supported this Motion as well as those who have brought in new ideas. I also want to thank those who opposed the Motion because, in doing so, they opened up the thinking space. I want to encourage many others to see the good aspects in this Motion. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: I particularly want to thank hon. Nyamweya, hon. Wanjiru, hon. Mwangi, hon. Mbadi, hon. Lagat, hon. Kigen, hon. Chepchumba, hon. Chepkittony, hon. Mbau and hon. Kilimo for supporting the Motion, and also thank hon. Shakeel for having found time to even contribute to this Motion. It is important to note that what we are concerned about is the condemning of our 13 year-olds as failures. That is not tenable in this country. It is important that we have now gotten a way of dealing with this situation. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the amendment of the Motion helps us to realise that we have kids who have continued to attain marks in Form Four. In my constituency, there are students who obtained grades “A” plain in the KCSE examination, yet they obtained less than 250 marks out of 500 marks at the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) Examination. This means if we allow people to remain in school longer, they will be able to discover their strong points and what they can do. They will also become useful in life. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: I want to appreciate the many things that have been said. We have nine million kids enrolled in primary schools. It is important that, as Parliament, we continue thinking of how we can allow them to access education. I know that the Ministry has the statistics but, currently, we do not account for over 700,000 kids at the end of every academic year. It is important that we wake up to this reality. Last year, we could not say where 700,000 out of the total number of kids who sat the primary school examination went to. This figure comes up ... view