Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

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• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: I am not sayig that they do not have persons that are qulaified; I am saying there are many August 6, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2353 disadvantages that make it much more difficlt to get to that point and those are the issues--- view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is completely out of order to say that I have implied that their students are not qualfiied. Obviosuly, there are many students from north eastern Kenya that get first class degrees and so on but the question is: Given the number of scholarships which I spoke about which are only ten and given that we have to take care of issues of balance, is it possible for 152 districts to benefit from ten scholarships every year? view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, I would like to say that issues of marginalised communities and education have been addressed and if you go back to the Minisry of Edcuation, there is a lot that is being done to support marginalised commutities with respect to special programmes, better facilities and so on. Having said that, about airlifts and forefathers, you can appreciate I am not a forefather but airlifts were necessary when we did not have our own institutions. Now, we have up to nine public universities and the intention of this Government and the Ministry is to open ... view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know this matter is becoming much more interesting than I had expected. But it is all right! Your point has been taken! view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: That is a preamble, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am very surprised that hon. C. Kilonzo thinks the 35--- They are from which constituency? Are they from one constituency? view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: There has not been--- The total number of scholarships from Morocco in the last ten years would not amount to 35. But I would like to propose the following, so that we could have the truth to play around with! Could he lay the list of the 35 people who were airlifted to Morocco on the Table? view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Exactly! The point is that he should substantiate! That is the point I am making because I am pretty sure because I was--- view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Yes. But you see, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is not right to say that he does not want to substatiate the obvious. It is only obvious when--- It is clearly not obvious today to a lot of other people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point I am making is that I was in the Ministry of Education in the last Government. There was no time when there were that many scholarships to one country! I can tell you that, for the last five years, there cannot have been even five scholarships to Morocco! So, for ... view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: I do not need to make that assurance here. We have always ensured that those who merit are considered. But we want to have a data bank. If, in the last ten years, there are communities that have not benefitted, then they will be the first ones to be given the opportunity. We will do that until we reach every district in this country, as long as there are qualified candidates who apply. view
• 5 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: 2322 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 5, 2008 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not realise that he had not been furnished with a written answer. We shall plan to do so but I have an extra copy which I could give him. view