Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma

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• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Two, is on the Committee of Health, which you have mentioned. There was the audit report, which the Committee on Health was supposed to call governors to come and respond. It started but it stalled mid-way. I do not know the reason for this. My people of Taita Taveta think that the audit report will not be looked at. We need to know from the Committee of Health when they are going to call or invite the counties to come and respond to the audit queries because some of them point towards loss of COVID-19 money. We have spent a ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 47(1) to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern and national importance; namely, the position of teachers regarding the proposed compulsory Teachers’ Professional Development (TPD) programme as launched by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Teachers across the country have expressed their displeasure at the compulsory retraining of teachers named TPD as recently launched and advertised by TSC. Madam Deputy Speaker, this training consists of six modules with each module containing five topics to be learnt in five years. A topic per year. This translates to 30 solid years of learning all the six modules in TPD. The cost of each topic in every module is currently pegged at Kshs6,000. This means that every teacher has to spend a minimum of Kshs30,000 for every module on tuition fees alone. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: For a teacher to complete all the 6 modules, they will have to spend more than Kshs180,000 on tuition fees. This is not the only cost involved because teachers will have to travel and get accommodation plus other incidentals during the time of residential training. This training is scheduled to take place in four institutions in Kenya, namely, Mt. Kenya University, Kenyatta University, Riara University and Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI). I wish to point out that there are many learning institutions in Kenya with capability and ability to deliver such a training, yet only these four have been identified ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: (b)It is a requirement that all Government programmes and projects need to be taken through the public participation process as enshrined in Article 232(1)(d) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. The TSC, as a duty bearer, ought to have provided a forum to afford teachers the opportunity to participate in such a decision that affects their lives in a massive way. Teachers were not consulted and they have, therefore, unanimously rejected TPD. (c)The research, which was done to identify the gaps in teachers training was against the general scientific norms of research methods because there is no way all teachers ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: (e) Such training is not an emergency and therefore the employer must withdraw it and hold consultative meetings with relevant stakeholders on the best options in rolling it out, if at all it is of any importance. The employer must also undertake to finance the total cost for the entire 30 years of the program for every individual teacher should it be rolled out. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: (f) Even if the promoters were to be pegged on Teacher Professional Development (TPD) modules as is being claimed, it is not possible for all the over 300,000 teachers on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) payroll to be promoted at once immediately after completing one module. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: (g) We are in an ever-changing world and therefore a refresher course whose content is designed to last for 30 years is out of touch with the reality and would soon become obsolete. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: (h) Under the current economic constraints, which has led to the freezing of salary increments for all Government employees, it would be immoral to subject the little salary that the teachers earn to finance programs which may never be of financial benefit in the long run. To add to this, teachers have not been spared by the current economic hardship occasioned by skyrocketing fuel prices, the effects of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) pandemic and the general inflation brought about by the soaring prices they have to shoulder. Madam Deputy Speaker, having said all the above, I conclude by appealing ... view