6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
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6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This response has been covered in the earlier response because it is still on virtual learning and out of school learning. Students in informal settlements will use radio as advised earlier on. There is one particular question, question two, if you may allow me to read: Could the Ministry confirm that physical infrastructure such as electricity and internet connectivity is available to all learners? I wish to confirm that currently, physical infrastructure such as electricity and internet connectivity is not available to all learners. The Ministry has been leveraging on the electricity infrastructure that has already ...
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6 May 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Members for the very incisive discussion that we have just had. We agreed that he appears tomorrow at 10.00 a.m., and we want it in the plenary.
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also agree that Chairs of Committees should have seats so that they can respond to Statements and Questions. I pray that I will bring these Statements back to the House on Wednesday, next week. I also have a Statement.
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On Wednesday, last week the Member for Nairobi, Hon. Esther Passaris, sought a Statement from the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research regarding the distribution of sanitary towels to students while schools are temporarily closed during this period of COVID-19 pandemic.
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Passaris asked the Cabinet Secretary to among other things, answer the following questions: (i) How many girls are still benefitting from sanitary towels while schools are closed? (ii) What measures are put in place to ensure that the sanitary towels programme continues to cater for girls who are registered in public schools by the Ministry of Education to access the pads? (iii)What mechanisms are being employed in the distribution of sanitary towels to all girls at their places of residence and the measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19?
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
We got a written response or Statement from the Cabinet Secretary and he said that sanitary towels are expected to benefit a total of 1,698,763 girls who are enrolled in classes six to eight in selected public and all special primary schools in the 47 counties in the country that were captured in the programme when the distribution is complete. The delivery of sanitary towels to the sub counties directors of education offices was completed by 31st March 2020 for the current 2019/2020 Financial Year at a cost of Kshs375 million before schools closed. The Cabinet Secretary attached a table ...
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Question two asks the measures which are put in place to ensure that the sanitary towels programme continues to cater for girls who are registered in public schools by the Ministry of Education to access the pads. The programme is aimed at providing sanitary towels once to girls in public primary and special schools across the country for use throughout the school calendar. It mainly targets girls in class six to eight which is the age at which maturity sets in. Other girls who join school at an older age and are in lower primary are also included in the ...
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
The package which is issued to each of the targeted girls is expected to last them throughout the calendar year.
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29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly:
Question three asks the mechanisms which are being employed in the distribution of sanitary towels to all girls at their places of residence and the measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. The response from the Cabinet Secretary is that the sanitary towels are delivered directly to the sub counties directors of education offices by the manufacturers. The headteachers of schools in these specific sub counties pick them based on the number of beneficiaries from the institutions. The sub counties that received their supplies before the closure of schools issued the sanitary towels to the headteachers who ...
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