Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to issue a Ministerial Statement on an announcement that was made this morning by the Minister for Higher Education, relating to the closure of technical and vocational institutions which do not meet the standards. This morning, the Minister made a statement relating to the following categories of institutions:- (i) institutions with full and valid provisional registration certificates; (ii) institutions that have made formal application to the Ministry and their applications are being processed; and, (iii) institutions that have not applied for registration, and which have continued to operate with expired registration certificates. I would like ... view
• 25 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the decision to close institutions is made with regard to whether or not they meet the following criteria: Firstly, whether or not the establishment of an institution is consistent with the needs and policy guidelines of the country, and, secondly, whether or not the premises, accommodation, teaching and management staff are qualified. For an institution to continue operating, we require the following. All of them must be registered under the Education Act, as provided for under Sections 13-16. All the courses offered by the training institutions must be approved and indicated on the registration certificate, ... view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion and to rejoice with the other Kenyans that this is, indeed, a very good beginning. I was just listening to the communication between hon. Imanyara and the Attorney- General on who is wrong and I just was wondering. I remembered something; when we were craving for the multi-party democracy, there was a law that was changed regarding the period of campaigns and it went like this: Somebody changed it from “not less than 21 days” to “not more than 21 days.” Who was the Attorney-General then? view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point I was making was that with Lenaola and Ominde, we have made a very clean beginning. I am saying that it is a clean beginning because the biggest problem--- view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, especially when he has no choice but to be progressive! view
• 21 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that we have made a good beginning. I would like to congratulate the Committee for giving us two clean people. I am saying this because the biggest problem with reforming this country – even though we talked of zero-tolerance to corruption in 2002 – is that we let in non-reformers to be part of the Government which was supposed to support reforms. Therefore, I hope that as we vet appointments for the next commissions and committees, we are going to pay particular attention to the kind of people we are going to involve. I hope ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to give this Statement that was requested by hon. Wamalwa regarding the firing of Prof. Okubasu from Masinde Muliro University. view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Prof. Kubasu was appointed Chairman of department by the university, the main reason being that he was seen as one of the senior members of staff, who would be able to guide teaching and research responsibilities of the university. This is generally the tradition where the university selects from senior lecturers, persons holding the position of senior lecturer and above. However, Prof. Kubasu declined the offer for a number of reasons. Firstly, he said that he is the National Chairman of UASU, and in that capacity, he still had responsibilities to carry out, including continuing negotiations with the Government and ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Secondly, he also said that for personal reasons, he did not want to take up this position. After giving those reasons, the university fired him. He did, however appeal because he said that there were no reasonable grounds given for him to be fired. The matter of his appeal is with the University Council and I hope that the Council will come up with a conclusion that does not discriminate against Prof. Kubasu. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to say that by refusing to take up the appointment, he gave up some benefits amounting to Kshs33,000 a month. ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Secondly, in refusing the appointment, the professor did not refuse to continue with his other duties as a professor. He is teaching and researching. More importantly, if you are a member of a university staff union, it is actually good for the university management and the academic staff because you will provide a link or an opportunity for dialogue between academic staff members, students and the administration. The UASU is in fact supportive of the university management. I hope the council will listen to this matter and will not punish Prof. Kubasu because punishing him would be taking us back ... view