Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. As hon. Members will recall, we passed Sessional Paper No.1 of 2005 in the year 2006. In 4552 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 17, 2007 this Paper, the recommendation was that basic education comprise of up to 14 years of formal schooling. That is from pre-primary, primary to secondary schools. The 14 years would include all the four years of secondary education. The commitment is to have free basic education all the way to the end of secondary education. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in line with that recommendation, several measures have been taken. At the pre-primary ... view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will realise that the same people who are now asking whether or not free secondary education is possible, also doubted basic education. I would like to say that, that was a commitment which was implemented. We are now committed to implementing free secondary education. If we have to come up with resources from the supplementary budget, we will do so. There is that commitment. view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can confirm that we are committed to implementing free secondary school education, just like I can confirm that in 2002, one of the campaign pledges of NARC was provision of free primary school education which was implemented. view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I spoke to Mr. Angwenyi and we agreed that this is true and I can confirm. So, he is basically getting what he asked me to deliver. view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will realise the hon. Member said that "he thinks I am misleading the House." Fortunately, it is just a thought. So, I would like to confirm that, that thought is misplaced. As I said, we have that commitment. view
• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the hon. Member says he wants to get it from the horse's mouth when he has said that there are only two horses in this country. I would like to confirm that the reason he is asking the Question has nothing to do with the teachers. Yesterday, he confessed to me in what we call friendly parliamentary parlance that this is actually a political Question. I did tell him that I would respond to it politically. So, we are committed to this. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to apologise to the hon. Member if he did not get the written reply. I have a copy that I will share with him afterwards. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Hon. Members will recall that we discussed Sessional Paper No.1 of 2005 and passed it in this House. The recommendations of this document were that we would have 14 years of basic education which would include--- view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of this House. We need more information on that matter, which touches on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Apparently, they did not give us the information they should have given us. So, I would like to request that we answer it on Tuesday next week. view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Government has not issued a directive that all school heads should release withheld certificates of students with fees balances. However, the Ministry is currently collecting data from all secondary schools on the total number of withheld certificates and fee balances. By the end of October, that exercise will be finalized. It is then that the Ministry will take the decision with a view of assessing those students who are unable to clear their balances and seek appropriate support. view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, by the end of October, we will have enough information as to which certificates should be released without payment of fees balances as well as the number of students to be supported. I cannot confirm that we will order the release of the certificates because we are analyzing the data to find out which certificates will be released without the parents paying the fees balances. Until we do that analysis, I cannot, for sure, confirm what the hon. Member is asking for. view