Julius Kipbiwot Melly

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 371 to 380 of 1003.

• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on Monday, 9th September 2019, the Commission received information from the County Director in charge of Bomet County to the effect that a pupil at Kabiangek Primary School, Konoin Sub-County, Bomet County had committed suicide. The Commission also received allegations that before the untimely demise, Jackline had been scorned and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: humiliated by her class teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Chemutai, for soiling her school uniform during her menses. It was further alleged that it is as a result of the supposed humiliation by the teacher that the pupil committed suicide on 6th September 2019. In responding to this, the TSC has just outlined its mandate as per the Act, but I will not go over that because it is in the public domain. I will go straightaway to the issues and how the Commission has handled this particular matter. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The CEO says that due to the sensitivity of the matter, the facts of the case and the wide publicity of the issue, the Commission invoked the provisions of Regulation 136 of the Code of Regulations for teachers and decided to send the teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Chemutai, on compulsory leave. The objective of sending the teacher on compulsory leave is to accord the Commission a conducive environment to conduct impartial investigation of the matter and confirm any professional culpability on the part of the teacher. This will also accord the teacher her personal security and safety and grant her an ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: On preliminary investigation, the Commission also launched investigation on the matter by constituting a joint investigating team comprising officers from the Commission and the State Department of Basic Education and Early Learning. The investigating team comprised the following officers: (a) County Director of Education, Bomet County; (b) TSC County Director, Bomet County; (c) Quality Assurance and Standards Officer; (d) Sub-County Director of Education in Konoin Sub-County; (e) TSC Sub-County Director of Konoin Sub-County; and, (f) Curriculum Support Officer of the zone. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The team visited the school on 11th September 2019 to investigate the allegations that the pupil committed suicide as a result of being ridiculed by one of her teachers for soiling her school uniform. At the material time, the team had only one report from the head teacher confirming that Jackline Chepng’eno of Standard VI, admission number 006, committed suicide on Friday, 6th September, 2019. On arrival, the team was received by the head teacher of the school. Normal teaching and learning process was on in the school and there was peace within the school environment. The pupils and teachers ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: These are the preliminary findings. On Friday, 6th September 2019, the late Jackline reported to school as usual at about 9.45 a.m. together with the rest of the pupils. She attended a Pastoral Programme (PPI) lesson in the morning. During the English lesson which occurred between 10 a.m. and 10.25 a.m., the class teacher and teacher of English, Madam Jennifer Chemutai, asked the pupils to write a composition using pencils. The few pupils who did not have pencils, including the late Jackline, were instructed to go and borrow from the lower classes. Jackline hesitated. The teacher prevailed upon her to ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: sanitary towels, Jackline walked towards the gate and went home straight. When the teacher finished the inquiry on the whereabouts of the towels, she spotted Jackline walking towards the gate. Her attempts to call her back did not bear any fruit. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Upon reaching their home, her mother inquired why she had come home early. Jackline told her that the teacher had advised her to go and change her uniform she had stained and get back to school. The mother similarly instructed her to change and wash her uniform and return to school in the afternoon. The mother asked her to wash one of her clothes. She complied, picked a bucket and a leso and went to the river. At around 2.00 p.m., word reached Jackline’s family that she had committed suicide. According to statements given by her classmates – the statements ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Jackline’s parents separated long time ago. Her mother and her siblings were staying at her maternal grandmother’s place and, unfortunately for Jackline, both her mother and grandmother are addicted to alcohol. It is Jackline who had the responsibility to undertake all the family chores. Her elder sister had been hospitalized for terminal illness for the last two months at Kapkatet General Hospital, leaving behind her two children under the care of Jackline. The sister had just been discharged from hospital at the time of investigation. The investigation’s team also found out that the school had received its full consignment of ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The team counted 17 packets of the remainder of the said consignment in the school store. According to the teacher in charge, Jackline and the rest of the eligible pupils received their supply of the towels for the months of August and September on 30th July 2019. The team further visited Jackline’s home and confirmed that she used one of the two packets of sanitary towels given to her by the school on 30th July 2019. This was corroborated by the mother. view