1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order under Standing Order No.25, which could as well have been initiated by hon. Machage. It says:-
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1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly:
“A Member who wishes to postpone to some future occasion the further discussion of a question which has been proposed from the Chair may claim to move “That, the debate be now adjourned”, or, in Committee of the Whole House “That, the Chairperson do report progress.”
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1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, given the arising matters, I would request that this debate be adjourned to a future time. As you make that decision, how the country wishes that the same
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1 Mar 2012 in National Assembly:
44 Thursday, 1st March, 2012 (P) vigour, excitement and energy from some of us is shown consistently, particularly even when we are talking about the stolen funds from the Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) kitty.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports pays a total of Kshs15,000 per youth polytechnic trainee annually. The Government only pays for the trainees who are in registered public polytechnics. (b) The registered youth polytechnics in Coast Province and counties within the province are as follows. In Kilifi County, we have 14 registered public polytechnics. In Lamu County, we have two registered public polytechnics. In Mombasa County, we have two registered public polytechnics. In Tana River County, we have two public polytechnics. In Taita Taveta, we have 23 registered public polytechnics. ...
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
(c) The names of all the students from the youth polytechnics who were assisted by the Government through subsidized tuition fees in Mombasa and Lamu counties in the year 2010 are in an attached list. It is a very long list, which I am going to table for scrutiny.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for any amount to be increased on the fee structure, there is need to do a professional assessment per item. The hon. Member will appreciate that the breakdown we have given for justification of all these payments is segmented for the first, the second and third terms. The justification includes utilities, stationery, transport, contracted professional services, including for the community employed instructors, co-curricular activities, internal examinations within those polytechnics, instruction materials, repairs and maintenance.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our challenge is that Members of Parliament should enrol as many students as possible. When you do so, it means that the economies of large scale apply. The enrolment for some areas of this country is worrying. If you have an enrolment of 1,000 students in one polytechnic, the entitlement for that polytechnic will be Kshs15,000 multiplied by the number of students. In this case, the polytechnic would get a lot of money. Economies of large scale will allow you easy access and procurement of the services and the commodities required.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
In this regard, and almost connected to a Question that was asked this morning, Members of Parliament need to utilize their CDF well to construct polytechnics and then the Ministry will come in handy to support them through provision of tuition and other infrastructural facilities that are needed in all the districts in Kenya. It is worrying because this is not really happening in many areas.
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29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very good question. Thank you very much, hon. Chanzu.
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