John Kiarie Waweru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I first start by sending a message of condolence to all the families that lost their loved ones from the tragedy that happened yesterday at Precious Talent Academy, which is in Ng’ando Ward in my Dagoretti South Constituency. Yesterday was indeed a very dark day for the residents of Dagoretti South and beyond because the people who are affected by the calamity are people from all over the country. I can assure you that yesterday we spent a very long day taking care of the people who were injured and affected by this calamity. ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me at this point to say that a wise person once said that if a fish was to be adjudicated by its ability to climb a tree, that fish would grow up knowing that it is stupid. How we judge our people in their examinations should be based on their God-given talents and not just their academic performance. As such, I would like to support what has been proposed in this Sessional Paper. There is an issue I thought would be left out in this Sessional Paper, but I am so glad that the Committee ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: technological world. This is the issue of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). Some of the things that we are teaching our students today will be obsolete by the time the learners leave school. Allow me just one minute to prosecute this final point, which is the critique of the education system we are proposing for our country, in this day and age. There is a critique that has been raised that the CBC risks the chance of being a perfect system for private schools, but not suitable for public schools. How will a school in your constituency, which is far-flung ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will take this early opportunity to, once again, pass my condolences. We did have a very tragic incident yesterday in Dagoretti South Constituency. In the interest of time, I will spend the next three minutes putting the record straight, because we all saw what happened following the tragedy that happened at Precious Talent Academy yesterday. view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Precious Talent Academy is not a public institution. However, this does not exempt it from the examination that should be undertaken by the quality assurance department within the Ministry of Education. It does not exempt it from the qualification verification by the Nairobi City Council Planning Department. I would also like to put the record straight on this matter. We received a lot of heat from members of the public in Dagoretti South Constituency. We were castigated for presiding over a dispensation that has left an entire ward without a public school. view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to put it straight here that going by the market rate, it would take a Member of Parliament at least 24 years to purchase a five-acre plot in Ng’ando Ward, if he were to buy land at Kshs40 million per plot to consolidate them to five acres. Going by the rates that we have today, if your development budget in NG-CDF is around Kshs40 million, it would take you an entire 24 years to just purchase land that is big enough to construct a public primary school that would be sitting on five ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I would like to take exception to a report that was aired by Citizen Television last night, in which it was alleged that Hon. Members are disaster celebrities. I am a resident of Dagoretti South Constituency. I am only a few minutes away from where the disaster happened. For me to be there with my people when the disaster happens does not make me a disaster celebrity. In fact, for the media fraternity, they cash out on such disasters because they get airtime by portraying disaster images. Therefore, it would be wrong for them to castigate a Member like Hon. ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would take my last minute to invite all Hon. Members … view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I invite all Hon. Members to assist us in condoling and laying to rest honourably the children who passed on in yesterday’s disaster, taking into account that some of those families are from the lower end of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: income bracket. I invite all of you to assist them as we lay the young souls to rest. No child should die when they are pursuing education. This is an issue that we should revisit. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view