Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 651 to 660 of 862.

• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have the Commission for Higher Education that registers institutions that are legitimate to offer degree programmes. I have also said that we have published this information on our website which many of us cannot access, but it is available. I do agree with the point made by the hon. Member that we should have a system of stopping bogus institutions from operating. This is why we are harmonising our laws through a review of the Education Act to ensure that different Ministries do not register institutions and place the Commission for Higher Education in a ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is quite surprising, because many of these institutions were registered during his term as the Director of the Criminal Investigations Department. But I would like to say that this matter is in court. The institution has taken us to court for closing it. We are waiting for a court decision. I think, being the former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department, the hon. Member knows that we have to follow the law. Unfortunately, our hands are tied by it. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware of a shortfall of 391 primary school teachers and 78 secondary school teachers in Ugenya Constituency. More teachers will be posted to Sifuyo Primary School by the end of November, 2006. (b) During the recently concluded recruitment of teachers, Siaya District was allocated a total of 183 teachers of which 159 were for primary schools and 24 for secondary schools. Out of these number of teachers, Ugenya Constituency will get a share of 65 primary school teachers and 10 secondary school teachers. Ugenya and other areas with a ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me again repeat that we have issued several Press releases asking Kenyans not to register their children for such university programmes. But some of them continued to do that. I would like to say that once this case is determined in court, obviously 3458 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 8, 2006 we shall take whatever action we will deem necessary against the proprietors of this institution. As of now, I would like to urge Kenyans not to register their students at this institution. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure I said that we would send teachers to the school when they become available. It appears like teachers are now available. So, in both cases I am saying the truth. November 8, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3499 view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will recall that this matter has already been discussed and we have made the recommendation that we should be recruiting teachers immediately. I would like to caution hon. Members that when the interviews are done there is always a priority list that we adhere to. The system could also be abused whereby District Education Boards (DEBs) also recruit other people. As soon as we perfect the system, we would like this to be the way. For instance, if we have 30 vacancies in a district and we only manage to recruit 20 teachers after the ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is it that I am being asked to confirm or deny? So, I choose one of the better one. I deny that allegation. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is talking about what we normally refer to as system of vetting. Even after the DEBs have submitted lists, sometimes there are certain cases where members of DEBs may have vested interests. There are some cases where some are recruited while they should not have been recruited. This is to be expected since there are hundreds of teachers. For example, in Meru North District where I come from, some teachers were recruited for 2003 when the list of 2002 was not completed for a number of reasons. Some of them were ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I already indicated that we have been negotiating with the Treasury. We have also presented a paper to the Cabinet to discuss this matter, to see whether we can go beyond the ceiling and do the recruitment. As soon as Treasury gives us more money, which I believe will be before ten to 20 years, we will then have enough teachers. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware because if a school loses eight teachers, there should be some effort at making replacements. It is good that eight teachers from that school have become headteachers, but that is unrealistic. Nevertheless, I will check that information. I do not think that is the case. I am not aware. If that is the case, and there are no replacements, we will try to help the hon. Member to ensure that some teachers are posted to that school. view