Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 811 to 820 of 862.

• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this will be part of the investigation. If Mr. Gaturu is found to have given out the Press Statement, he will have to apologise. But I would like to assure Members and the public that if people want to interfere with investigations, they will also be dealt with, just like we would deal with the head-teachers of schools if we find out that they are covering up these kinds of acts. view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have nothing to hide. I asked the Chairman of the PTA to give me some information. Even if I have to come and answer a Question in Parliament, I like to seek information from all the parties. He seemed to have a report from a doctor who was not able to examine the student. He can enter my car; I have nothing to hide. I met him at the gate, he said he wanted to come in and tell me something, and because there was nothing I was hiding like the Armenians, I just let ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that HELB has not halted recovery of loans from teachers who have completed paying their university loans. However, the HELB communicated to all loanees who were previously repaying their loans but had stopped the repayment before completion to pay. The HELB has instructed their employers, including the TSC, to reinstate the repayment until all outstanding loans have been repaid. (b) The HELB has acknowledged receipt of all deductions from teachers who have their university loans recovered and remitted by the TSC. So, there is always an acknowledgment. In ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if there are any teachers queuing at Anniversary Towers, HELB Headquarters, it is because they may be getting reimbursements. In case of over- recovery, the HELB instructs the TSC to stop deductions. Whenever there is over-repayment, teachers are reimbursed by HELB. view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the parallel degree programme was introduced as an income-generating project for the university. So, it was always assumed that the students who would register in those institutions would be able to pay for university education. However, we know in reality, that is not the case. There are many poor students who could not get admission through the regular programme and have to join. So, we are negotiating with commercial banks to see whether we can start a programme of low interest loans for students in public universities who are doing the parallel degree programme but do ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the letter is only to the TSC instructing that they continue recoveries for those that stopped repaying loans before they had completed. However, in cases where teachers are being asked to pay and they already have completed paying, we are correcting that and instructing the TSC accordingly. Equally, if there are teachers who have over- paid, they should report this to HELB and appropriate action will be taken. view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1321 BUNGOMA MUNICIPALITY view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There are approximately 21,000 Kenyan students in Uganda. Six thousand are in tertiary institutions and approximately 15,000 in secondary schools. There are a number of reasons that motivate our students to want to go and study in Uganda especially in the universities. First is the limited places that we have in our universities. Those who do not meet the cut-off grade go to Uganda where private university education is relatively inexpensive. Another reason is its proximity to Kenya. I have given the other reasons in the detailed answer which I have ... view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we hope that as we expand facilities and are able to accommodate more students, we will deal with the backlog of students and that problem will be solved. Some of the strategies we are proposing will also help in terms of reducing the backlog so that our students can join universities as soon as they are through with their secondary education. view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we would like to do much better. I am personally very concerned that we are leaving a lot of students who attain grade B out of the universities because most of them are from rural disadvantaged schools. I hope that we will be able to resolve this problem because by expanding our facilities to admit students who have grade B and even C- Plus, we will also be dealing with the issue of equity which is a serious problem. I feel pained about this and hope that we will be able to expand our facilities to ... view