Julius Odenyo Arungah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 176.

• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate what the Assistant Minister has said that he has a serious shortage of staff. What advice is he giving to the Member of Parliament because, right now, we are busy building health facilities all over the place and yet at the end of the day they will be white elephants since we do not have the manpower to run them? What would he advise Members of Parliament to do? Does he need us to get clearance from him before we start construction of any health facilities where we come from? view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the Assistant Minister should tell us what the policy is concerning this matter. In the case of Butere/Mumias, each division was given a vehicle. When one vehicle could not be utilised, they decided to take the one for Khwisero, which they have kept for one year. What does the Ministry intend to do to make sure that the vehicle for Khwisero is returned because I find myself in exactly the same position? It has been like that for one year. view
• 17 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are having delays in hiring of junior officers like assistant chiefs, to the extent that in Khwisero Constituency, I do not have up to four assistant chiefs. This is because the appointment has to be sanctioned from Nairobi. Why does the Ministry not delegate that responsibility to the District Commissioners (DCs), so that we can have these officers appointed more promptly? view
• 17 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make a comment. I will make three points. I am aware that one of the challenges of this Ministry is the shortage of staff. However, I want to appeal to the Minister that the constituency that I represent here has a very serious shortage of staff to the extent that the medicine that she says she has provided will go to waste, because without the nurses attending to patients, its availability, is of no consequence. Secondly, it may be possible that the Ministry is supplying medicine to ... view
• 17 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of ambulances, it is very sad to notice that over 40 years after Independence, the people of Khwisero are still being carried on mikokoteni and October 17, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2961 wheelbarrows to access health facilities. I know that some money has been made available for the provision of ambulances. The Ministry has promised us an ambulance for the last four years. Therefore, I hope that this time, it will consider us for the same, because I know that the Minister is a friend of the people of Khwisero Constituency. With those few ... view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Education the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Why has Mwihila Secondary School been omitted from the list of schools to benefit from the ongoing teacher recruitment exercise, taking into consideration that 11 of its teachers have either been transferred or interdicted? (b) What urgent measures is the Minister taking to ensure that the school as well as Luanda Dudi, Eshinutsa, Khwisero Girls and Khwisero Mixed Secondary Schools, which have inadequate teachers benefit from the recruitment exercise? view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in part "a" of his reply the Assistant Minister has given wrong information because I visited this school last week and the enrolment was 425 students. The figure of 240 students is for two years ago. There was no single teacher to teach CRE and there was no computer teacher. As for part "b" of the Question, I do not know what the Assistant Minister expects me to tell the parents who sell their chicken and cows to pay school fees. I will now have to tell them that they could not be given teachers because the ... view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, three secondary schools have a shortage of up to three teachers each. Could the Assistant Minister tell us what he will do to make sure that, at the beginning of next term, these teachers are made available? view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me take this opportunity to thank Prof. Oniang'o for giving me a minute--- view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Prof. Oniang'o for making a dramatic departure from the grumbling culture. As Members of Parliament, we are here to seek solutions to the problems of our people. She has come up with this Motion so that we can have an Act in place, that will force the Government to take certain measures so that our people do not continue experiencing famine. When you talk about famine, it is always assumed that it is the people from the ASAL areas who have this problem. For every one person that is starving from ... view