Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: It is also a case that the cost of food in tea and coffee growing areas is much higher. They cannot grow subsistence food, except for potatoes and a few horticultural foodstuffs. When you consider the main staple food in Kenya like beans and maize, those farmers have to go out to the market because they cannot grow that. So, they find that their limited resources are also being expended to buy foodstuff that they have consume at home because tea is not a food crop. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to point out the fact that, unlike in the old days, when young men and young women were ready to support their parents with labour to tend the coffee and tea farms, these days, they are becoming less interested. So, you will find that the parents who are getting older have to continue working on those farms. If they cannot do it, then they have to higher labour which is much more expensive. Again, they have to spend their resources in so many different other ways. As we support the farmers ... view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not the one who promised, but he asked for it. I would like to ask for a little bit more time because I have just known about it. I know you had asked for it, but I thought the Minister had prepared something for it. Apparently, nothing was prepared. I have been out of Nairobi for some time. So, I would like to ask for more time. So, we could give it next week. view
• 29 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Wednesday afternoon, will be okay with us. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was only one part of the Question we were to answer and that was on the procedure followed whether it was right. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Prof. Njeru was reappointed on 7th November, 2011. However, the Ministry has noted that the process followed was not proper. In this regard, the Minister advised the University to ensure the right procedure on reappointment of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor as provided for in the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Act statute is adhered to. We have advised that they follow the right procedure. There is nothing to prevent ... view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a letter will be sent from the Ministry, effective today to that effect. We accept the fact that procedure should be followed. That is what we stand for. However, I got very interested in this matter and I found that there are accusations that have issues that will require investigations by the relevant anti- corruption body. If found true, then, of course, that will bar Prof. Njeru from contesting. However, a lot of it, although I am not a judge, appears like witch hunt. I also found that the way the matter was taken there is quite ... view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the graduation ceremony for Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology is threatened following demonstrations by students that led to indefinite suspension of students. As a matter of fact, the graduation is taking place tomorrow. My Minister is already headed to the University. We also know that the President who is a Chancellor will be awarding degrees and diplomas tomorrow. (b) There were no riots. However, some engineering students demonstrated concerning the registration of their colleagues who had graduated and they had not been registered by the ... view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to the graduation ceremony, the university has made the necessary security arrangements which are usual in all functions. The security arrangements are made to ensure the safety of guests and graduands. I think they should go ahead and conduct the graduation ceremony, even though the university is one of those that are on strike. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Finally, the university has submitted the engineering curriculum to the Engineering Board for approval. The curriculum that is currently being implemented by the university is the one which was accredited when Western College of Science and Technology was a constituent college of Moi University. So, the Registration Board has been talking to our universities and some of them have complied. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) complied and there is no problem. At the University of Nairobi they are clearing only one unit. But there are still problems with Egerton and Masinde Muliro universities. For the sake of ... view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the ERB is a professional body and there are rules that guide its operations. I think we also want to be sure that if you are determined to be an engineering or medical graduate, you really have to be fit for the obligations that go with those qualifications. So, clearly, there were problems. But those problems are being rectified. They will be rectified for groups that are in the university now, and the ones that will come later on. Meanwhile, there will be negotiation with ERB to see what kind of measures could be taken to deal ... view