Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 862.

• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, related to this is also the issue of demarcating land. There are problems of clashes because land has not been demarcated. This applies all over, including my constituency, namely, Tigania West and Tigania East, where people continue to clash over land because it is not quite clear where your particular permanent settlement is. Again, one of the ways of dealing with this issue is to quicken the process of land adjudication across the country. Finally, if we agree, politicians have a lot to do with this and especially politicians who have benefited from that kind ... view
• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry provided Kibarani School for the Deaf with a grant of Kshs150,000 vide cheque No.141058 on 30th, September, 2006. The money was to be used for the purchase of specialised teaching and learning materials. (b) Secondly, the Ministry also allocated a grant of Kshs890,000 to the school on 30th June, 2006, for purposes of rehabilitating the school's infrastructure. The school has used the money for the construction of two classrooms, which are now complete and ready for use. We will continue giving the necessary support to Kibarani School for the Deaf ... view
• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, there will be additional support to this school and other institutions of this nature in the country, when the next Budget is read. view
• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the policy with regard to supporting new secondary schools is that we send out teachers once they are registered. As soon as the institution is registered, we will be more than happy to send teaching staff and other support that we give to all secondary schools. view
• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: INVASION OF WETLANDS BY WATER HYACINTH April 3, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 291 view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that a large number of pastoralists children have not joined Form One due to loss of livestock markets closed as a result of the outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF). I have, however, received requests from the communities living in the areas affected by either drought, floods or the Rift Valley Fever for extra support to secondary schools in view of the negative effects of these natural calamities including the RVF. (b) The Ministry cannot waive fees for Form One students from the pastoralist areas because we do ... view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not true to say that ASAL areas get the least when there is relief support. In fact, the bulk of that support is targeted to those districts. I will give an example of how much went to Samburu District. In 2005/2006 we had Kshs3,372,207 for bursary funds. In 2006/2007 we had Kshs1,260,000 under the same Item and more is still to come. For laboratory equipment support we provided Kshs3,169,720 in 2005/2006. This year already Kshs1,899,647 has been disbursed. For the ASAL grant, Kshs651,410 was disbursed in 2005/2006. This year, already Kshs388,943 has been disbursed. On ... view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I itemised the various allocations that go to these constituencies. There is a relationship between them. If there is a fire, you need fire-fighting equipment. So, it is not totally irrelevant. Money was provided for the drought situation for all districts that were affected. There is much more money being allocated to pastoralist communities than to other districts. This is because we anticipate that people in these areas will experience many more problems. We are doing our best. We are taking account of the difficulties in those communities. As soon as we approve what is being proposed, ... view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am baffled by the question from the hon. Member. Whatever we are doing to fight illiteracy runs across the board. There are other Ministries that support us in this regard including the Department of Adult Literacy. We have implemented free primary school education for all districts in this country. We are doing a lot to improve the quality of education in primary as well as secondary schools. This would be the basis in terms of fighting illiteracy. All districts of this country are benefiting from these programmes. I think a great deal is happening. It might ... view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not true to say that the allocation has been Kshs800 million in the last two financial years. It is also not true that there have not been other allocations. I have already said that some money was voted just to deal with issues related to drought. I also talked about some money that was allocated disproportionately to areas that are drier. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the money allocated for bursaries is not enough. We have been talking about ways to supplement it. We have even talked about using resources outside the Ministry. I would not want ... view