Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I mainly want to support the further amendment because I am against national institutions being given regional names like Kakamega or Maseno. These are national institutions. In the same breath, I am against national institutions being necessarily led by individuals from the areas they are located. We have become completely local about our universities such that if you are a Vice-Chancellor of Moi University, because it is in the Rift Valley, you have to be a Kalenjin. If the university is in Central Kenya such as the JKUAT, the Vice-Chancellor, must be a ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I did not say that they are not qualified or that they were not interviewed. Maybe we are also to blame because we have a system where we encourage this. I am just saying that this is a bad precedent. It has nothing to do with the individuals, but it is important to realise because there are other consequences in terms of what takes place. Anyway, that is a side show. I want to make my point and say that Mr. Muliro is a national figure who fought for this country, maybe, more than some ... view
• 15 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I think we should thank Mr. G.G. Kariuki for coming up with this Motion, instead of blaming him for saying that he was a Minister during that time. What is wrong with realising that something is wrong many years after and correcting it? Are we saying that we do not want to own up when we have made mistakes? In fact, we should commend him instead of blaming him. We need to support him. An hon. Member said here that a lot of ... view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there is a shortage of 76 primary school teachers in Bura Constituency against a total shortage of 309 teachers in Tana River District. (b) Recruitment to replace teachers who exit through natural attrition was conducted in August and September, 2006, in which a total of 43 primary school teachers were recruited in Tana River District. Out of these, 16 teachers were posted to Bura Constituency. That was 37 per cent of the total. Balancing of teachers is on-going to ensure that some schools do not suffer greater shortage ... view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said before, I hope hon. Members will not continue to ask more Questions on the shortage of teachers because, unfortunately, we only replace those teachers who are lost through natural attrition. We are not able to replace all the teachers that we need until the situation improves. This applies to the whole country. view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I might not be aware of that situation. But I would like it brought to us in the Ministry, and we will deal with it. A situation where a school has no teacher is 3606 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 14, 2006 unique. We need to deal with it differently. But the issue of the shortage of teachers is a challenge. Maybe in the next two years, we will have dealt with the problem once and for all. view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think it would be true to say that primary school education is zero, because we do not have enough teachers. I think it is quite clear that we are making a lot of progress. The free primary education is making a lot of difference to many children who would not otherwise have had a chance to access education. Nevertheless, we are trying our level best to provide more teachers. However, we do not have enough resources to employ more of them. As I have said, in the next two years or so, this will ... view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a shortage does not lead to a contradiction. It is completely different. I think efforts are being made to alleviate the shortage. But we do not have enough resources to do so. The case of Bura Constituency will be addressed along with other cases in the country. view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, last week, Prof. Oniang'o sought a Ministerial Statement on the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination after it was reported in sections of the local Press that there were candidates who were not registered for the examination. A section of the Press reported that 11 candidates in Nairobi and six candidates in Uasin Gishu were not registered for the year's examination. However, as a Ministry, we were not informed of any such cases. It is, therefore, unfortunate to read in media reports that there are candidates who were, indeed, not registered. I would like to take ... view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that relying on the web site is being elitist because not many of our parents, including hon. Members, surf the internet to check for information. However, I said that this is one of the measures that we have taken. We place advertisements through the Press and explain that deadlines are gone and that parents should go to schools and check. The web site is just one of the ideas. It is not an ideal way of communicating with majority of Kenyan parents. With regard to action on teachers who collect money but do not register ... view