Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: First, I would like to remind hon. Members that there were actually two riots and the university was closed twice during the month of March. The main issue related to registration deadlines. Some students had not met that deadline and when extension was view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thought the hon. Member will ask me questions after the Statement. There is no problem any way. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to respond to the issues that hon. Khalwale has raised. First of all, I want to thank him for asking his question in good faith. He has realized that there were political dimensions of the problem that had nothing to do with the students. I really congratulate him for that. That is the spirit. The documents talks about consultations that took place and the involvement of politicians. Let me also say that some students came and consulted me as the Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology. I told the students that ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am explaining, so that I can respond. You are too impatient! You do not want me to finish this one, so that you can ask another one! view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you realise that this is a matter that is generating a lot of interest. I am delighted because it is all in the spirit of all of us having an interest in our public institutions of learning. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Let me, quickly, address the issues raised by Ms. Karua on negative ethnicity. This is an issue we have spoken about for a long time. First of all, we need to address its face from the administration. Our universities are quite ethnicised when it comes to the top management. If you go to Luo Nyanza, you will find that the Vice-Chancellors and all the senior staff of universities in that region come from a certain community. If you go to Luhya Land, the scenario is more or less the same. If you go to the Rift Valley, you find that ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I did not say that the President appointed those fellows. What I said is that, by virture of our history, appointments have been done that way. Even now, when we are starting new institutions, some of us politicians are insisting on the same policy. For instance, if there is a new institution in Kisiiland, the political leadership in that area would insist that a Kisii must be the principal. We have read that in the newspapers. In Narok, the politicians themselves are saying that the principal must be a Maasai. So, ni bure kabisa ! view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we need to address this issue as a matter of national importance because, as long as--- view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I cannot see it, but I will do my best. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: So, even part of the tension you saw at Kenyatta University was because there are people from a different ethnic group who thought that the person who comes from this ethnic community should not be the Vice-Chancellor. That is a fact. I think the more openly we talk about these things, the better it is for this country. That is a problem across the board. So, why do we not even rotate these Vice-Chancellors, so that we have the one who is at Egerton University going to Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and take whoever is at ... view