Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware of the problems being experienced by Kenyan students in Russia under the Universal Education Trust Fund. (b) I wish to inform the hon. Member that I have written to the Treasury seeking financial support for these students since the sponsor has indicated inability to continue with their commitment. Secondly, 65 of the said students have now been offered places in our local universities under the Joint Admissions Board. They, therefore, have an option to come back here and take up those places. In case they do so, they ... view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would very much like to do so. However, there is the question of funding. The Ministry does not have a fund that we can delve into to sort out a problem like this. These students intended to get their degrees. We very much appreciate so and we hope they can get those degrees. As I said, in the meantime, we will continue to explore ways and means of solving the problem. If the hon. Member has an idea of where we can get funding today, we would do so. We are working very hard and ... view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that concern is stronger with me than most people. I would like to inform Mr. Mungatana that as a matter of fact I have met with the officials of this Trust. Their intentions were very good. However, in this country, we do not have a law to stop a student from accepting a scholarship. Their intentions were very noble. They intended to see these students through. Once they realized that they were unable to see them through due to the current economic problems, either here or outside-- - Indeed, they came through the front door; that ... view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Hon. Members will notice I have not said that it is not our responsibility because we did not send them. It is our responsibility because these are our children. When they were offered the scholarships we were satisfied that these scholarships were genuine, and view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I made reference to writing to the Minister for Finance, being well aware that the Budget was read. However, the way the Government finances work, if I understand it, at the beginning of the financial year, there is always a possibility to reallocate. I cannot go further than that without trying to engage the Minister for Finance. As I said, I have put it at the centre of things that have to be sorted out by coping to the political bosses. Our intention in the Ministry is to see whatever we can do, including reallocating whatever ... view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I already said the UETF had good intentions. When they found out that they could no longer carry out their mandate, they came to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. We discussed and they gave us evidence as to why they could no longer raise that money. I could therefore, not doubt what they said. It is now possible for us, having seen this, to try in future and avoid similar situations. However, understand that people who sponsor students directly do not come to the Ministry to tell us. These people actually consulted ... view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (a) I confirm that self-sponsored students are eligible to apply for HELB loans like their regular programme counterparts. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The categorization of students in public universities as parallel and regular is not tenable and the Ministry is, therefore, working closely with the universities to ensure that this comes to an end. We are not yet there, however, because of various constraints. One of them is the physical infrastructure. The other one is, of course, the facilities that in order we need to integrate the students. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: It is not acceptable that some of the students should be taught separately from the others. This is something that is being addressed very quickly. As far as possible, we hope to resolve it in a short time. view