Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, both Mr. Wamalwa and Mr. Mungatana have raised the issue of why the Ministry should not intervene. I would just like to remind this House that since 2004, we allowed universities to be autonomous institutions. As a matter of fact, even chancellors of universities are not government officials any more. So, there is that autonomy. Of course, we have a supervisory role because universities also depend on the Government but that role only needs to be administered if due process has not taken place. Right now the matter is with the university council. If the university council ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (a) The JAB is not a legal entity. It is a forum for the respective Senates of public universities convened each year after the release of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Examinations (KCSE) results to organize admission processes. However, we, at the Ministry have directed that this function be taken over by the Commission for Higher Education as provided under the University Act, 1985, Section 8(3). view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (b) The students who have been cleared by the Ministry for the last four years for overseas studies are 2,401 but this number does not include a good majority of who make their own arrangements to go overseas. Those who come to the Ministry are only those who need visas or clearance. Others are those who have scholarships which have been organized through my Ministry. There are many more students who make their own arrangements and they do not report to the Ministry to indicate that they have gone to this or that country. The steps that the Ministry is ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (i) From last year, the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has availed loans to students in private universities at competitive interest rates, for instance, four per cent per annum. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) Incentives are provided to private universities through tax waivers on imported learning and teaching materials. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (iii) There is support that is provided on issues related to quality assurance, validation of programmes and follow up on the goings on in the universities. (c) The Ministry is currently holding discussions with stakeholders of public and private universities to discuss the possibility of making the central admissions board to be expanded to include representatives of private universities. These are some of the reforms that are underway. Already, some meetings have taken place between private and public universities at our Ministry. We hope to have even more meetings in order to consult further. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to appreciate the fact that this issue was raised and that, we are all working together. He is a member of the private universities sector and we would like to continue working with him and others. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know the Mover will also be called upon to reply. So, I do not know if we have enough time. In other words, we want some kind of compromise. Otherwise, I would like to support the Mover of this Motion. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Indeed, we need to increase the amount of money that is available to our students in public universities as well as those in other institutions of higher learning. So far, as it has been said, almost 300,000 Kenyans have benefited from HELB. But we need to do much more. I also appreciate the fact that the allocation to the Ministry has not been as much as we would like. This year, we got only Kshs1.45 billion. Together with the recovery of Kshs2 billion, we had a total of Kshs3.45 billion available, although the demand is actually Kshs6 billion. So, there ... view