Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no student who had been admitted has been kicked out of any college. This Ministry which creates universities has been in existence for just over a year. If in that time we have sought and received funding to do 13 new colleges, I think the Member should give us a pat on the back. Nevertheless, we are very much aware and are conscious of the fact that the students in tertiary colleges should be more than the ones in university. We also expect to shepherd this in future so that if need be, rather than abolish ... view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: August 26, 2009 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: 2902 famous universities in the world have come up. Regrettably, I cannot promise you that we will admit students this year. we hope to start building these colleges as soon as is practicable and, certainly, before the end of the financial year. view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a problem there for the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. When I first said that we could no longer turn tertiary institutions into universities, I got many visitors and not only the Member who spoke. Many people are still asking why we are stopping them from having their own universities. We know, we are aware and we respond to that. I cannot tell you that we have resources today to build tertiary schools and also turn them to universities. Currently, universities are struggling but our aim is to build those tertiary institutions ... view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, may I use this moment to inform the hon. Member that youth polytechnics are under another Ministry, but we will pass his wonderful sentiments to them. As for tertiary education, I would like to inform the Member that we offer bursaries to tertiary students through the institutions themselves and that has always been the case. We have increased it since last year because we are aware that they need support. We do not assist them through the HELB because that is governed by an Act of Parliament. However, we have a separate fund for tertiary schools ... view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I do support this Vote. Through the Minister, I urge this commission to take their job seriously. They should do a good job so that when their report is brought before this House, it is passed without any problem. They should take into account the views of wananchi and work with speed. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me the opportunity to support Vote 10 of the Ministry of Agriculture. These days when we talk about agriculture, we are thinking of food security because of the number of people we see starving around the country. I want to commend the Minister and his colleagues because they have really gone out of their way to demonstrate that they are sensitive and they are listening. Obviously, behind this Minister, there must be very efficient civil servants working behind the scenes that nobody sees or even knows. Let me use this opportunity ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving an opportunity to support this Vote. While I do support the Vote, I would like to urge the Ministry to employ enough technical staff including the veterinary surgeons because the view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of the current drought, could the Assistant Minister consider expanding the number of schools in the ASAL areas under the SFP? This is because some schools which were under the SFP two years ago were removed from the programme. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:-_ THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs1,287,485,000 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet the expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2010, in respect of:- view