Julius Kipbiwot Melly

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 1003.

• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, these amendments are intended to deter the management of early childhood education centres from imposing additional charges or disallowing pupils to attend school due to non-payment of additional costs. This is to ensure that all the children in the country attain basic education. This will apply to head teachers and those teachers who take care of children in ECD centres. If they impose additional charges, they shall be dealt with accordingly by law to deter them. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The original Bill proposed by the Senate was allowing CECs and even their boards to impose some fees. In this case, and Hon. Okoth, who is a high-ranking Member of this Committee, was aware of this fact, we indicated that we want to sanction proposals intended to deter the imposition of additional The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: charges and deter teachers from sending children away for non-payment of those additional costs. In this case, the intention of the Bill, as was given to us, was that there were certain costs that parents were supposed to pay. Our stand is that we do not want them to be paid and we are giving a sanction to the teachers. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. We are deterring them, but we are not expressly telling them not to charge. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. First of all, I want the Members to read this Bill because we are against tuition charges. The Bill is very clear in Clause 48(a)(2A) that if head teachers are to run schools, parents will have to pay for trips and meals if there are any. This is practised in our schools. If you look at the Bill, its proponent was lifted The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: from the Basic Education Act and the intention was that the children of Kenya shall not be charged tuition fees. A foreigner can be charged. What are these charges? A penalty will be imposed on the principal or manager of a school if he goes against them. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: If you look at the sanction we are giving, it is to ensure that the fees are minimal and in consultation with all the stakeholders. In essence, we are not allowing head teachers to charge fees, but telling them to charge for trips or other things and this should be in consultation. We are in Kenya and we know this happens. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Extra charges. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I have listened to the Hon. Member’s contributions and fears. First of all, the intention of this Bill was to ensure that ECD is accessible to all Kenyans. But looking at the sanctions, they are opening up a loophole. I wish to propose a further amendment to the section of being refused to attend school because of non- payment of the additional costs. So, it ends at imposing a sanction on the part of the head teacher. Thank you. view