Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 595.

• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 2003, when free primary education was introduced by the Government, it targeted the poor people. Specifically in my case, it was an incredibly noble idea by the Government to try and create equal opportunities for everybody. In my constituency, there has been a 97 per cent increase in girls' enrolment and 57 per cent in boys'. Pupils have flocked to schools from all the villages across the board. Due to the current drought, we are having totally unmanageable classes. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have said, the introduction of the free primary education in 2003 targeted the poor. Specifically, in my case, it was an extremely noble idea by the Government to try and create equal opportunities for all. With 97 per cent increase in girls' enrolment and 57 per cent in boys' enrolment in my constituency, pupils have flocked to all schools. There has been demand for more schools and we have built about 20 new schools with the CDF funds. There seems to be a lot of problems. For example, large classes are unmanageable. As a result ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is the Government doing? The Assistant Minister has said that they have put some measures in place to improve the situation. What are the ways that the Assistant Minister is looking at to increase the number of teachers in our primary schools? view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask the Assistant Minister if she has studied other countries and seen how they have done with their free primary education programme. I hear that Tanzania has a perfect example of a two-shift system. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Assistant Minister for the compliment. That is actually Rendille English. view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, has the Ministry explored other possibilities? Have they looked at what other countries have done it? From my knowledge, I understand that Tanzania has done this very well with a two-shift system. view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) how many Government scholarships were awarded to people from Laisamis Constituency since 1963; (b) whether he could table a list indicating names of the beneficiaries; and, (c) what steps he is taking to ensure that children of Laisamis benefit from Government scholarships especially in the light of the fact that the area is marginalised. view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the answer is totally insufficient. The fact is that the Ministry of Education does not have records, and so he cannot give me an efficient answer. What do I tell my constituents? That is just another way of putting down those of us from northern Kenya, and we refuse to accept this kind of answer. What is the last time the Ministry kept a record? He should be able to tell me from 1970 or 1940 or whichever year--- This answer is zero. That is the problem. view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I asked this Question because, year after year, students from my area have applied for scholarships but none of them has ever gotten one since Independence. This is totally embarrassing, and it is one way of holding us back in our educational endeavours. If every Kenyan has the right to get those scholarships, so do we. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry should have taken into consideration the fact that this is one way of creating a big gap between the rich and the poor. This is a big contribution to that situation. Thank you. view
• 12 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I suppose we have no alternative, but to do so. April 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 595 view