Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1261 to 1270 of 3046.

• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when students move, they do so with their faculties. They move with their professors and lecturers. So, they have all relocated. This is a common practice. Whenever a university moves a school it does so with the staff. So, there is no problem. Those who are registered are registered to do a Moi University degree, and the degree remains a Moi University degree. So, it is a Moi University degree that the campuses, or colleges, of Moi University are offering. So, it was just relocation, and there is no effect on the students and the teaching staff. ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to ask ourselves what infrastructure is. If infrastructure is classrooms, it is four walls. You do not have to move the four walls because you can also have four walls at the other place. The other things that are special to a university faculty are the equipment and the instruments they use for instruction. Those ones are movable items, and they have been moved. I said that the library was one of the very important things to the School of Environmental Studies. It was a library which was built in collaboration with the Netherlands ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to believe that what the hon. Member is referring to is renovation, and not a new building. The new building being put up under the World Bank project is doing very well. I am informed that the contract is doing very well, and that the contractor will be on time. It is not just Chepkoilel Campus where infrastructure is being renovated. We are looking into facilities in most of the universities because there was a lapse over time in our institutions, where maintenance programmes almost collapsed. So, we are looking into this aspect. I ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to clarify that universities will continue to grow. Universities will have campuses. Right now, we have quite a number of little colleges which we have converted to university campuses. In some cases, we only have one programme to start a campus; the campus then grows to a university college. From the status of a university college, an institution will be allowed to be autonomous at some stage. So, it is true that even Chepkoilel University College can grow and become autonomous. When it comes to the programmes, a university Senate can propose any academic ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me clarify that those are two different cases. In the case of the former Masinde Muliro Constituent College, Moi University moved part of its Faculty of Engineering to start a similar faculty in Masinde Muliro Constituent College and continued with their programme. Moi University, in their Strategic Plan, 2005, wanted to merge the School of Forestry and Natural Resources, which is in Chepkoilel Campus, with the School of Environmental Studies and the School of Agriculture, because of the inter-linkages within the three schools. That was the intention in 2005. That is when Chepkoilel Campus was ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have the proof here; Strategic Plan 2005-2015 that was signed by the Chancellor. It is not just a Senate decision, but it is a Council decision. So, I would like to table this. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it may be true that some staff were reluctant to leave which is historical. Whenever there are some changes, some people can be very reluctant. I am informed that the staff who are reluctant to move were not even there in 2005. So, it is possible that it is out of ignorance. If you look at the Strategic Plan of 2005, for example, you will see this decision was made much earlier. However, because of the shortage of lecture rooms in the campus, they were not able to implement what was decided in 2005. The reason ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not really a tradition. The programme in the main campus is not done away with. As I said, this decision was made in 2005 and I have given evidence. The Chancellor has signed the Strategic Plan. It was approved. I happen to have been in that Strategic Plan session. So, I am giving you the right information because I was in the university then. The issue is not to close; it is to implement a decision that was made way before the campus became a constituent college. We are not even giving support, but ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: I have not answered him in the first place! view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot review because it means we are destroying the strategic plans of institutions. When an institution has a strategic plan that covers a period between 2005 to 2015, it is only fair to allow it to implement it. We cannot destroy their strategic plan because they are moving towards fulfilling a dream and a goal. Therefore, we cannot discourage them from fulfilling their dream and goal. As I said, they can even start the same school in the same campus if the university so wishes. So, it is allowed that you may do this. When ... view