Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 771 to 780 of 862.

• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have already started and we will do it in phases. We will not be able to employ all of them at the same time. In the next one or two years, we should have adequate inspectors because we have done enough in terms of ensuring that the terms and conditions of service are improved. view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it seems there was a bit of misunderstanding. I did not say we have no money to employ inspectors. I said we are trying to employ inspectors and we have improved their terms and conditions of service. I also did say that we are trying to train headteachers so that they can do some management and inspection because we do not have enough inspectors. We have training programmes to improve the standards of headteachers so they can do some of the work. Essentially, I think I responded. This is what I said earlier on. view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Machakos District has a shortage of 17 school inspectors. It looks bad because Mr. Mwanzia is very concerned about his constituency, but it is not any worse than in a lot of other places and that is why Mr. Munya and others are coming up with this issue. Unfortunately, we cannot get them from other districts to post them to Machakos. We have to solve the problem nationally so that, as we recruit them, we can send them to all the districts and not just Machakos alone. I would not promise that we would be ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to apologise because I do not have the answer. There was a misunderstanding between Mrs. Mugo and I as to who would answer the Question. If I had passed through the office, I would have brought the answer. I expected her to be here and she also expected I would be here. view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I have no evidence to suggest that some headteachers of secondary schools, in cahoots with PTAs and DEBs, conspired to beat the Ministry's guidelines on fees. (b) I am further not aware that this is a conspiracy of the rich against the poor. (c) The Government has taken a number of steps to ensure that parents are not exploited by school administrators. The steps are: (i) Issuing annual fee guidelines for various types of schools, that is, national schools to day schools. (ii) Directing school headteachers in public institutions to observe ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member knows where I live. We experience the same conditions. We have actually published the school fees guidelines. We have also insisted that when young people are admitted to secondary schools, the school fees guideline must go through the District Education Officers (DEOs) so that they can check the extent to which the fees have been increased. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also insist that any increase in school fees must be approved by the PTA and the DEB. That information should then be passed to the Ministry for approval. It is also up ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be quite happy to ask DEOs to ensure that all parents know what the various school fees guidelines entail. What I meant by saying that hon. Members must be there is that at the DEB level, decisions are made as to whether or not to increase school fees. If we are there, we can always avoid a situation where there are increases that make it impossible for poor kids to attend secondary school. We agree that we should continually publish these guidelines so that all of us are aware of what should be paid ... view
• 6 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware of the transfer of Mr. Wellington Obwamo from Nangina Mixed Primary School to Obiero Primary School, Losholo Primary School and back to Nangina Mixed Primary School between September, 2005, and 3rd October, 2005. (b) The drop in the KCPE mean score of the school may not have been attributed to the transfer of the teacher since he was out for a short time. There are many other factors that explain a drop in performance. The results of the last four years also indicate that performance has not been ... view
• 6 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Dr. Ojiambo has asked me whether I know that this July 6, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1899 man is a husband to a wife. I now know. I would like to say that we have realised that the situation is getting serious. Even the pupils of the school complained, and he has since been re-routed back to that school. If there is any reason to suspect that he is being victimised, I would like to know because we would not accept that to happen. We would like the teacher to be settled for his own sake, the ... view
• 6 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not like to disrupt learning whenever it is possible. However, sometimes there are reasons for transferring teachers. There are times when local communities and politicians demand such transfer, while at other times transfers are effected on disciplinary grounds. Sometimes we cannot avoid it. However, where we realise that it is pointless to transfer teachers mid-term, especially in cases where it is a problem for most of the students, we try to keep the teachers in those schools. That is why, for example, this teacher has been re-routed to his former school. We hope that ... view