Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: It is also the case that some Kenyans are able to go abroad through different programmes. We should encourage that because they bring diversity and complement whatever new ideas we have in our institutions. There is increased funding to constituent colleges; it is an average of Kshs400 million to Kshs500 million every year. This is affirmative action where we target the most disadvantaged, especially women and students from remote parts of Kenya. Our development partners are also helping us in terms of developing infrastructure to accommodate more students, and there is a deliberate effort again to ask universities to complete ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government is also supporting universities. We are giving incentives to private providers of university education through tax waivers like when they import construction materials, or when they import educational materials for teaching and learning. The fact is that some Kenyans will be able to pay for private university education, but the cheaper we make it, the better so that we have many more Kenyans and accept the fact that even as we open up universities, we also have to have--- In addition to having the physical universities, we also have to expand that other ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, we have to be realistic. It is not possible to do it now. We have to stagger it just as we have started staggering admission to university. We are also getting rid of the system, where students wait for two years to join university; we have accelerated the intake. Between now and May, the universities will implement this, so that in the next year students who will graduate from high school will not have to wait for two years in order to join universities. These things require time. The intention of the Motion is great and I really hope ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I also say that there is no country in the world where transition to university--- Universities are also generally elitist institutions. The important questions are: How elitist must they be? What can we do to increase the numbers? We still appreciate the fact that many Kenyans who will support the development of this country also have to go to diploma institutions, because for every engineer we need a technician, and for every doctor we need like eight nurses and so on. So, we need to open up universities but we must also appreciate these other components that we must have, ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I conclude by saying that I agree with hon. Maina Kamau that we need to open up our universities. We are already increasing the numbers gradually. We appreciate that there will be a crisis by 2015 because of the Free Primary Education (FPE) and the Free Secondary Education (FSE) programmes if we do not do something dramatic. That is already being done by constituent colleges, technical institutions, opening up universities and supporting the private sector to be part of the providers of university education in a way that it is not too expensive for the majority ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr view
• 14 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to supporting this Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I would like to say that for us to use the coming 11 days effectively, we need to forget a lot of other side shows. In the last few weeks, we spent too much time politicking about the International Criminal Court (ICC), Presidential campaigns and campaigns for governors and senators, and not on the business that we should be involved. So, I would just like to call upon Members of Parliament to appreciate that we have to give in a ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to also contribute in support of this Motion by Dr. Khalwale. Like Ms. Mbarire, I also grew up in a tea growing area. My father was a tea farmer. Thanks to that, that is how he was able to pay for my secondary school education. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that we appreciate the difficulties that our farmers find themselves in are also political; if you go back to the politics of interference in our coffee and tea industries. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, following on that, I would like to say that the problems that the tea farmers have experienced were the same problems that were experienced by coffee farmers in this country, especially because of the political interference in the management of farmer’s organizations and the industry in general. Therefore, it would be unfair to punish farmers for problems that they are not responsible for. The situation of tea farmers, like that of coffee farmers, especially the small-scale farmer, has deteriorated with time. Firstly, because the families have become larger and yet, the land that is available ... view