Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 711 to 720 of 862.

• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know this from their names and from the very good information that the hon. Member has given. He has said that one of them is his villagemate. I assume that Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry's villagemates are Maasais. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was not blaming Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry for the fact that the Maasais are beneficiaries of the scholarships. Of course, more of them should benefit, especially because they are under-privileged and we intend to support affirmative action. However, when people who have been awarded scholarships do not take them up, replacements are identified from the original list. This happens a lot with the scholarships to China and Russia. If the gentlemen did not take the scholarships up, I am sure other persons were identified from the same list on the order of priority and were awarded those scholarships. ... view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a list of 380 cases. I had not been brought to know that those gentlemen did not leave Kenya. Once I know, then I will be interested in finding out who replaced them. There are more cases than the two that are replaced. The Question was not about who took up the scholarships. It was about the number of people who have been awarded scholarships, which regions they come from, and the criteria used to award the scholarships. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that we have a good number of students on the Parallel Degree Programme. There are many other students who also take up higher education scholarships overseas on their own. However, there is no programme which has been specifically targeted to the Parallel Degree Programme students. Sometimes we get some bursaries for the students. When we advertise for the scholarships, even those who are on the parallel degree programmes are entitled to apply and would be considered along with the others. This is the best that we can do, especially given the fact that we ... view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: 3108 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 25, 2006 HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE FOR WUNDANYI/TAVETA TEACHERS view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, again, I apologise for the delay in answering the Question. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. There are no plans for paying hardship allowance to teachers working in Wundanyi and Taveta. The two areas have not been gazetted as hardship areas, according to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Code of Regulations, which was revised in 2005. Only Mbololo, Mwatate and Voi Divisions are classified as hardship areas. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me first indicate that there is a bit of confusion across the whole country. There are certain contradictions with regard to the areas that are benefitting from the hardship allowance. This is the reason why a task force was formed in 2005 by the Office of the President, to ensure that we did not discriminate against areas that should be benefitting or schools that border areas that are benefitting and they are not. This committee came up with a report in 2003. However, it was decided that we should harmonise that for all civil servants. We ... view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a matter of fact, the hon. Member had invited me to go to Taita-Taveta about three months ago, but we did not make the trip. I was on another matter. Obviously, I am always prepared, but not immediately. It depends on my own programme. However, we acknowledge the fact that there is a problem in Taita-Taveta, which is being addressed along with similar cases across the country. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be quite happy to give the Ministerial Statement this afternoon or tomorrow. view
• 19 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. I agree that roads are very key in terms of achieving development. There is very little we can achieve without good roads infrastructure. The development of roads should be an end in itself. Even if we construct roads after compartmentalising this country into sections and adjust roads without caring whether or not they lead up to tea zones, coffee zones or other areas of immediate economic activity, we will come to later on reap the benefits of the fact that we constructed them when ... view