Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

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• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure the hon. Member that I am also aware that there have been cases like those, but often, they have nothing to do with computerisation. Sometimes inefficiency has little do with computerisation. Even highly computerised systems have been known to be inefficient with respect to certain aspects of their performance. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have some information on what is happening in universities. For example, Kenyatta University has already obtained funding from the Rockefeller Foundation to expand their computerisation programme, which will include human resources, procurement, inventory and registration. Egerton University ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that universities are doing their best to ensure that the kind of problems that are related to inefficiency will not recur. That is why there is an interest in computerisation. More importantly, management has to be improved even if you have computers. I am sure that students have places to complain. They have the Dean of Students and students associations. I am sure they can also go to their professors. The problem is whether or not the reaction is as quick as some students would like. We have to ensure that students are ... view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to request the hon. Member to substantiate what he means by saying that the top management is from the same ethnic community. Is he saying that the top management of the Ministry of Education is from the Meru Community? view
• 11 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Somebody will. view
• 11 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to respond and congratulate all hon. Members who have supported this Motion, including the Mover, Prof. Olweny. He has picked an area that is crucially important - the education of those who are disadvantaged in this country. First of all, I would like to talk about the extent of the problem. It is a very serious one. Dr. Machage said that we have three million physically challenged Kenyans. In terms of the analysis and assessment that has been done through the Ministry of Education assessment centres, only 18 ... view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There are no affiliate colleges of public universities in Kenya. (b) The Ministry has got adequate measures in place to ensure that standards in public universities are maintained and even improved, including the Commission for Higher Education, which has been accrediting private universities. We are recommending from now on that, that mandate also includes public universities. Each university has got a comprehensive internal mechanism of ensuring quality through the Senate. They will not start any new programmes until the Senate has sat and approved programmes that have to be started ... view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having campuses or institutions that you are collaborating with does not in itself mean that you have a college. A college is like when you talk about Egerton University with the Kisii University College. These are university colleges. Colleges or high schools with which universities are affiliating are many. I agree with the hon. June 28, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2125 Member. I have a long list for Moi University which shows that there are eight middle level colleges and six campuses that are offering university programmes with them. Egerton University has three affiliate colleges. I ... view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in a sense, Dr. Rutto has answered his second question by talking about the Commission for Higher Education improving the standards. The universities, as we know, are autonomous. We have an interest, as Government, to ensure that even though they are autonomous, they offer quality and acceptable education because, in many ways, the Government is accountable. It puts resources into the universities. In addition to that, we are saying that this autonomy can only be measured. This is why there is a Commission for Higher Education, which is like an intermediary body between universities and ... view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you will appreciate, that 2126 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 28, 2007 supplementary question is outside this particular Question. The hon. Member is asking about colleges, which are set up by organisations that are completely independent of the Government. It is private entrepreneurs who are doing this. I am concerned like every other Kenyan, about the fact that there are many institutions of poor quality that are coming up all over the place. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one way of ensuring that standards are maintained, although this is not a question for the Ministry of ... view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I think it would be inaccurate to say that universities have opened "kiosks". Secondly, the hon. Member has said that we know the Senate will not be interested in checking the standards of these colleges and that is why we should get the Commission for Higher Education to do that. I have said that we made this recommendation through Sessional Paper of 2005 through the inspection report of the universities. We will ensure that the Commission for Higher Education is strengthened to also evaluate standards in our public universities. Mr. Temporary Deputy ... view