Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it fair for Dr. Khalwale to quote a report and tell us who has been cleared and who has not been cleared by a report which has not been brought to the Floor of this House and authenticated? view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to take this opportunity to support the Report of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology even though I think the Committee should have gone a little further in its investigations to give us concrete evidence especially on what happened at Kenyatta University. Their recommendations are generally good but there are some missing links in the Report. Everybody knows what happened at Kenyatta University was organized criminality. Guns were ferried from town and transported to Kenyatta University to go and cause mayhem. There were links between those who organized and other universities. ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not enough to say there were general complaints, highhandedness and all that about the students because there will always be complaints and some problems at universities. But when we see wanton and organized destruction of property, razing down of a newly constructed computer lab that cost taxpayers millions of shillings, property of the university, one that benefits the students, it is not enough to just fight general problems and say these were the causes. Clearly, there was politics involved which is known. Clearly what we have been told and from what we have ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: organizing and inciting students to cause mayhem because they were not happy with the changes that the new Vice-Chancellor had brought to the university. A new broom had come in and it was sweeping clean and the cleaning was hurting certain sectors; certain people in the university, those who were benefiting from vested interests in the university were no longer getting those benefits. These things must come out clear! view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: You cannot say that when students are given deadlines to register then they say that was the cause because they were given deadlines and they could not meet. Come on; give me a break! Deadlines must be there. Students are being trained to have discipline to meet deadlines. Even in our work places and Parliament here we meet deadlines. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Of course, there is a lot of tribalism in our universities, there is no question about that, it has been creeping in, in the teaching staff and even in the student body. Before when we were in universities when we were electing students to student bodies, we did not care where the student leader came from. We never did that because we wanted quality leadership and we were thinking like Kenyans. Now the students’ politics have degenerated obviously in our universities these days to the level that we hear even there are camps allied to certain political parties: ODM and ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not even just the student bodies. Most universities, again, will have personnel in certain departments only coming from one region and we ask whether this is by accident that certain departments are dominated by individuals from one community or from a certain region and this is happening in our universities. So it is a big problem! It is not one issue that we can point out and say that, that is the problem but we have seen that degeneration. You also see promotions in universities not following merit. You see a lecturer is ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: That is what I am trying to say in very few words; they are decaying in terms of standards, teaching quality and this is also bringing down the morale of the students. This also leads to some of this unrest you find there. I would even want you to ask yourself: Is it by accident that you find our universities situated in certain areas and the vice- chancellors must come from those areas? Is it by accident that vice-chancellors of Moi University and its affiliate campuses are most time from the Kalenjin community? Is it by accident that vice-chancellors in ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: culture that now we are localizing universities? If a university is situated in your village, therefore, the vice-chancellor must come from your village? view