Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1211 to 1220 of 1730.

• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 1978, a national policy of seven years free education was announced. The changes, up to that date of 1978, had made it possible for the enrolment of the school going kids to jump from a 23.3 percent; that is, from 98,849 pupils in 1964 - to slightly over a million by the year 1968. By 1983, the total enrolment in school had gone up to 4.3 million kids. But the usefulness of that primary education was put into focus, or was put to question in 1975/1977, with the issue of school fees between Standard ... view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Following the death of the first President of this Republic, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the governance under the second President of the Republic, President Moi, full free primary education was again declared. That was to continue until 1988, when cost- sharing was introduced. That had the effect of dealing a blow to the impressive primary enrolment rate. We ended up with reduced number of pupils in primary schools. That, again, was reversed in 2003, when the NARC Government came into power, and introduced the Free Primary Education in all grades of primary learning. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just highlight one or two things that should be obvious to Members of this House. One is that education is really a fundamental human right and it is enshrined in many numerous instruments that have been signed by our Government with other international partners. Just to highlight a few examples, there is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, which talks about the need for free and compulsory basic education, and the International Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1976, which talks about the need for child protection and the ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill and thank the Minister for the work that he has done. I would like to echo the sentiments of many that this is also yet another milestone in our country and in the implementation of our Constitution. I think it sends a clear signal to Kenyans that Parliament is keen on implementing the Constitution. A supreme court is important because it will help us resolve issues that arise out of the Constitution. They are about to be many. With the Supreme Court, we have the ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Likewise, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (d) by inserting the words “in reviewing constituency and ward boundaries” after the words “with interested parties”. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: What are these people going to engage in? The mechanisms for the Commission to facilitate consultation should be on constituency and wards boundaries. This is just for clarity purposes. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I do not think there is need to insist on this. I withdraw the amendment. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: My amendment is on page 2444. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended in Paragraph (k) by inserting the words “of the Constitution” after the words “by Article 82(1)(b). view