Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Eregi Teachers College is under the Ministry of Education. Therefore, it is not the responsibility of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology to take it over. Masinde Muliro University has to make a request to the Ministry of Education. The Ministry has to consider it and give consent for the upgrading before the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology can come in. Masinde Muliro University has not made the request nor has the authorities of the Eregi Teachers Training College indicated that they would like to convert their institution into ... view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you were not listening, he said he had no further questions! view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this was in response to a specific Question. However, I would like to assure hon. Members that we have a masterplan regarding how we can move out of cities to the countryside to start more institutions. However, it has been easier to start with already existing facilities. December 2, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3741 We would like to make it very clear that, aware that the expansion of the primary and secondary school education has put a lot of pressure on the need for more university opportunities, we are coming up with a plan that pinpoints areas that ... view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as far as I know, Masinde Muliro University has not made any such request. If I knew, I would have given the names to the hon. Member. view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the surprising thing about Parliament and the demands by Kenyans is that they want universities, but at the same time, they do not want institutions to be converted into universities. They ask questions regarding conversion and then, later on, they say it is not a good thing. I do agree with that. That is why we must reach a compromise. The compromise is such that even as we convert these institutions into constituent colleges we are hoping that the institutions will retain their unique character of training diploma and certificate students while we have a component of ... view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not use all of it. I guess other hon. Members would like to contribute. I already had ten minutes on Thursday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to reiterate the point that has been made severally here, this is a Bill on safety to safeguard Kenyans against the unintended use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In other words, it is to guard against the very same fears that a lot of us are expressing with regard to issues of biotechnology. It is also to guard us against a situation which is already occurring in that we already ... view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also have to take advantage of technology, generally. It has often been said that the real gap between the industrialised countries and the developing ones is the technological gap. Countries that are more advanced in technology also happen to be advanced economically and in all other sectors. So, until we bridge this gap by taking advantage of technology, we are going to always lag behind the countries that were the first to take advantage of technology. In fact, we also cannot decide to only adopt certain technologies. We cannot say that once we adopt ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this very important Bill. I want to begin by saying that it should be very clear to those who are opposing it that there is nobody who is saying that you must use bio-technology products or Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The exact point is that we want to prevent usage by putting in place the right regulatory framework. So, really, if you care so much about the damage that technology is likely to bring, then you should be the first one to support any law that ... view
• 27 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to point out that it is unfortunate that 3728 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 27, 2008 it has taken us so long, for a country that is among the very first to embrace technology, to be in fact, one of those lagging behind in this continent. It is unfortunate because discussions started as early as 1995; even before we got to regimes where we are changing so many things in this country, including the way we do business and how we use science and other reforms to improve the state of our economy, ... view