Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very outrageous accusation! Which are the friendly and politically well-connected schools, if the ones in hon. Bifwoli's constituency are not some of them, him being a good partner in the GNU? There is nothing like that! There is already a mechanism to allocate whatever resources that are there. A lot of the money is available for the Arid and the Semi-Arid (ASAL) areas, outside the money that is available to all schools in this country. view
• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had a similar Question from hon. Ojaamong yesterday and I said that the resources that are there are allocated on the basis of certain criteria. In addition, if there are cases that are in great need, especially in specific communities of this country including parts of Pokot and others, the money is available for those disaster-prone areas. view
• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only thing that we can do is to continue to partner with the local hon. Members including hon. Bifwoli and the District Education Board (DEB) to ensure that we can do whatever we can as partners, so that learning resumes. view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There is no school in the district that has been condemned by the Ministry of Health due to buildings being unsuitable for human habitation. However, Katakwa Primary School was assessed and inspected on 3rd April, 2006, by the public health technicians and also inspected again on 7th April, 2006, by the District Works Officer. Both recommended 12 new classrooms to be built since the old building had cracks and would be uneconomical to repair. (b) I am aware that the two dormitories at St. Monica Chakol Girls Secondary School in Teso District, ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we had resources, we would be willing to do that. With regard to emergencies and classrooms being blown off by the wind, there are emergency resources in the CDF. I do not think we should wait until we get funds from the Disaster Management Fund in order to repair these classrooms, when we could use resources from the CDF to get children back to school. Wherever there are possibilities, we are quite willing to consider. view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, right now there is no specific Vote for that. I would like to inform the hon. Member that, if there are any resources we will consider the issue. We would like the hon. Member to appreciate the constraints in which the Ministry is operating and realise that it is not given that, that must be done. If we can organise that, of course, we will be quite happy to consider. view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we normally do not wait for disasters to happen before we act. Unfortunately, sometimes we get to know about disasters once they have been reported. But, as soon as they are reported, we take action. NON-ISSUANCE OF UK VISAS TO PROMINENT KENYANS view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that a fire tragedy occurred on the night of 24th/25th, March, 1998 in Bombolulu Girls Secondary School dormitory, in which 26 students perished and several others were injured. (b) I am also aware that a Commission of Inquiry headed by Bishop (Rtd) Lawi Imathiu of June 20, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1433 the Methodist Church was appointed to conduct a public inquiry and present the findings to the former Head of State. (c) The findings of the inquiry were not released - and cannot be released - because the appointing ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you knew the former President so well. He formed so many Commissions of Inquiry for which he gave no reports. He mainly formed them to ventilate pressure or just to divert attention. So, there are many other reports that he did not make public. In any case, a President appoints a Commission of Inquiry after being convinced that he should do it. I consulted the Attorney-General before I came to answer this Question and according to him, according to the Commissions of Inquiry Act, only the appointing authority can release the report. This particular report should have ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, now that you have pushed me to this point, this is a matter for the Office of the President. In fact, we should have diverted this Question to the Office of the President. However, who could be a better authority on advising on law than the Attorney-General? He has informed me that it is actually the appointing authority who should have released the report. I would, therefore, like to request that we divert this Question to the Office of the President. That was the appointing authority and I am not in that Office. view