Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: After you advertise, it tends to be the case that many of the applicants come from the local communities. If you advertise a position in Bondo, it is mainly the Luos who apply. It is the same if it is in a university in Meru where mostly the Meru will apply. This is partly out of the experience of the ethnic clashes of 2008. People are now getting scared to go tocertain parts of this country. So, one way of ensuring that we deal with this problem--- What would prevent us from rotating the current crop of Vice-Chancellors and the ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are doing much in terms of asking for accountability. Somebody said that universities are collecting money. We should ask how they are using this money. It is not enough to just ask for accountability for money that has been given out by the Government. We also need to ask more questions about the use of the billions of shillings that they are collecting. We expect to get more co-operation from Vice-Chancellors. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, expansion will continue and I hope that as we talk about troubled institutions, we are getting to a point where we will have, at least, one university in every county in this country, but ensure that the management of those institutions is more national in outlook to continue supporting that "Kenyanness" that we like to see in terms of equity in admission in terms of schools and regions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also need to improve universities’ community relations. We are told that one of the problems at Kenyatta University is the neighbouring ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: tribalism at the lower levels of education? What will prevent us from ensuring that all our primary and secondary school teachers teach in regions which they do not belong? They are civil servants. When you are appointed a District Officer (DO), for example, you go to any part of the country. So, why are we recruiting primary and secondary school teachers locally, when they are, in fact, employed by the Government? If we begin at those levels, then we will begin to make a difference. So, we must deal with this problem very widely. If there are problems of quality ... view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: on a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister claims that there is tribalism because one Dr. Etiang’ who happens to come from his ethnic group was compulsorily sent on leave. Does he have evidence to prove that? He could just be alleging. How come that the person happens to be someone who is almost his villager? view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a very serious allegation. As far as we know, there is no evidence in any university that certain faculties are dominated by students from certain regions, or that there is a deliberate attempt to ensure that only students from certain regions are members of particular departments. This is very wild and I think very unfortunate because it not true. view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just want to say that yes, it is okay for us to talk about ethnicity. However, it is very difficult for us to say that it is more in this university than the other one unless we have evidence and data to prove that. Does the hon. Member have any evidence to prove that it is worse in this university compared to the others? view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not disagreeing. However, until we have the same disciplinary cases in other universities and we interview professors about promotion and come up with studies and analysis, we cannot conclude on the basis of data based on one institution that, that institution is much worse than the other one. That is what I am saying. I am not saying that there is no tribalism. I am saying that we cannot conclude that it is worse in this institution when we have not compared similar conditions in other institutions. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also oppose the recommendations of this Committee. I have several reasons for that. First, although it is good for parliamentary committees of this House to raise issues on matters that relate to transparency, especially with regard to recruitment to senior positions in this country, we also have to be careful about the implication of politicizing some of the decisions. Firstly, I think there have been complaints about lack of stability at KAA. If you remember, the former MD’s contract was renewed twice or thrice. There was anxiety ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thirdly, there is the whole issue of experience. There is no doubt that at this time in this country, if we have people who have the experience that is required to perform a task, and if they happen to have the qualifications, it is important that we support them, especially if they have not been beneficiaries of a process that is fraud. Fourthly, it is important for us also not to view everything from the point of vested interests. I am not saying that these vested interests are ethnic or gender related. There could be ... view