Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 831 to 840 of 862.

• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, I asked for the minutes of the BOG meeting because I was concerned. It is quite clear that the BOG is exonerating the former headmaster. Unfortunately, that is not enough because the BOG and the headmaster could collaborate. The only step is for the actual procedure to be followed and the teacher will be listened to. The minutes of the BOG meeting will form part of the evidence. On the basis of that, if the former headmaster is found innocent, he will be reinstated. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am willing to go on record. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Although we have no official records regarding the actual dropouts from Kajiado District, we are aware as a Ministry that there are problems of dropouts across the country due to famine. April 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 725 (b) In response to the above problem, we have done a few things but we would like to do much more than that. Firstly, we have dispatched the first tranche of the bursary which is Kshs1 million for every constituency. For Kajiado it is Kshs3 million. Two other tranches are going to be released soon. ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, no child should be refused registration for examinations just because he or she cannot pay school fees. So, that is a matter that the parents and teachers can deal with. Secondly, I did indicate here that there is an amount of money that we are trying to provide as a Ministry to go to severely affected areas. I think in the next one week we will be able to support Kajiado schools along with many other schools in North Eastern Kenya and other parts of this country that are severely affected; of course, realising that the resources ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will do it as we have done before in that the next two allocations will be based on population, poverty index, the number of students in each of the districts but it will also depend on enrolment. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You have amplified the answer for the hon. Member. Hon. K. Kilonzo asked me about the next two allocations of the bursary funds and he further asked how much each constituency will get from what is remaining. That is why I was saying, it is going to be based on enrolment as we have done before. I did say that under these extraordinary circumstances, we have come up with a formula which is being worked on to be able 726 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 26, 2006 to have an idea of how much we will be ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can confirm that we are working on how to allocate Kshs60 million to the most severely affected districts. In time, we will come up with other resources. So, some action is being taken. The amount of money might never be as much as we would like, but something is being done. Some of this money is coming from the Supplementary Estimates that were approved yesterday. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it will be difficult for us to quantify all those areas that were severely affected, and the specific students. Even within communities that are affected by severe drought, there are people who can afford to pay school fees. Not everybody lost livestock. Also, not everyone in those constituencies depend on livestock. We have not yet got to the point of waiving school fees. We continue to insist that education is all about cost-sharing. We will continue to cost- share, even under difficult circumstances. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member wants me to give an assurance about what we should do to help poor children, but I did not get the last bit of his question. Maybe, he could repeat his question. view
• 20 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Ndabibi Primary School in Nakuru District was underpaid on two occasions during the release of Kshs350 per pupil in December, 2004 and Kshs185 per pupil in March, 2005. However, this was a mistake that occurred because of the data that was received from the field as of that time. In brief, this mistake has been corrected and the correct amount was reflected in other disbursements. (b) I would like to confirm to the hon. Member that the Ministry has already sent out the only remaining balance of ... view
• 20 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a number of similar queries for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, it is not the Ministry that is the problem. Sometimes, the problem relates to the actual data we get from the schools, in terms of returns. We sometimes experience problems relating to account numbers provided to us by schools. We try to ascertain the information 608 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 20, 2006 provided to us, to ensure that it is correct. You appreciate that we started this exercise only three years ago. We are gradually improving. With time, the number of cases have reduced. ... view