Hon Mary Wamaua Waithira Njoroge

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• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that The Basic Education (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 59 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. This Bill seeks to amend Section 18 (2) of the Basic Education Act 2013, which states that the County Education Board may, in consultation with the National Education Board and relevant stakeholders, appoint a sub-county education office with clear function and powers. This provision uses the word "may," indicating that it is not mandatory. I believe it is appropriate to consider the current structure of the County Education Board (CEB), which has ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: responsibilities of the county education boards. The sub-county boards will oversee these tasks, allowing the county education board only to validate and rubberstamp matters that the sub- county education boards have already addressed before forwarding them to the Ministry. This Bill proposes to give the Sub-County Education Board the mandate to independently perform the following functions: First, registration and establishment of a data bank for all education and training institutions in the sub-county. Officers in the sub-county offices understand the terrains and geographical features in their regions. They also know the needs of the local people better than county officials ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Second, in consultation with residents of the sub-county, they will recommend institutions that may receive funding for infrastructural development. Currently, determining the infrastructural development required in schools is still under the County Education Board. Therefore, what is done at the sub-county is not valid until it is validated by Members of the County Education Board, who forward the same to the national office at Jogoo House so that a list of the schools that require infrastructure can be developed. We will save time once the Sub-County Education Board is given this role. This is only possible if we agree to ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Third, review of the Board of Management (BOM) Reports of respective schools within the sub-county for submission to the County Education Board. We are currently reviewing and renewing the membership of BOMs for all primary and secondary schools. Certain counties like Nairobi City, Nakuru and Kiambu are very vast. If we were to wait for the County Education Board to review all the BOMs, how long would it take? That is why the Ministry usually organises itself so that sub-county officials do this work; however, that is not their work. This Bill proposes that we give the mandate to the ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Fourth, the sub-county office can also be allowed to assess the budgetary requirements for running institutions in the sub-county and to develop allocation programmes, including allocation for lunch at the institutions. All this is still the work of County Education Boards. If we introduce the Sub-County Education Board, like we previously had the District Education Board, we will ease the running of the programmes and, therefore, save time. Fifth, the Board can also perform any other function the County Education Board may assign without the county officers going to the sub-county office or a school. This is work that can ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: The Bill also proposes decentralisation of the decision-making power. Our Constitution focuses on devolution with the aim of taking services closer to the people. If we establish the Sub-County Education Board, we will ensure that whatever is required is decentralised to the area where the issue originated instead of waiting for the County Education Board to go to the site. The sub-county offices will no longer act merely as liaison offices waiting for mercy from the County Education Board. It will be empowered to process and approve certain functions, including school registration, management and oversight. This will ensure that we ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: The Board will also improve service delivery in schools by reducing bottlenecks caused by large county jurisdictions. The Bill will ensure that administrative tasks are handled efficiently. Some counties are huge and have many sub-counties. There is a requirement for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: quarterly reports, and the County Education Board is expected to look at them before they are sent to the national office. This takes a lot of time. If we amend the law to provide that the Sub- County Education Board do the reports, we will bring back the weight that was with the District Education Board and save much time. Additionally, we will eliminate the backlog of reports that need to be looked at by the County Education Board. Resources allocated to the County Education Board are also meagre. The Board is supposed to hold three meetings to review the ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: The Bill also proposes the composition of the Sub-County Education Board. The Bill provides that the Member of Parliament will be an ex-officio member of the Board. This is a National Government function. However, Members of Parliament, especially those representing single constituencies, often need to contribute something, especially to school infrastructure. This is important so that we can advise the Board on NG-CDF allocations to each school and the schools that need additional funding from the Government. By including a Member of Parliament on the Board, we will ensure that NG-CDF does not fund the same schools the Ministry funds. ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: The Chairperson and Members of a Sub-County Education Board shall be appointed for a term of five years and be eligible for re-appointment for a further term. Regarding meetings, a Sub-County Education Board shall hold meetings on a need basis at such places and times as the County Education Board shall consider necessary for the proper discharge of its functions. We do not want to talk about remunerations because we want to source the majority of the members from within the County Public Service Board of the respective county. They already have remuneration from the department to which they belong. ... view