Michael Aringo Onyura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I support this Motion fully and wholeheartedly. Listening to Hon. Kang’ata speaking, he reminded me of one Donald Trump. He is the only other person who is living in denial and saying that global warming and climate change are a hoax. But even Trump is now starting to go slow on some of the crazy ideas and pronouncements that he was making, and saying that there could be validity in certain aspects of these areas. I was just imagining, based on what Hon. Kang’ata was saying, that we can then ask ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: better environment. We should also invest much more on green energy like solar and wind, among others. With those remarks, I beg to strongly support the ratification of this treaty. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I had, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I want to thank our brother, Hon. Lusweti, for bringing this Motion for discussion. Apart from security and health, the other critical service that wananchi expect the Government to deliver is education. We know that schools get funds on a regular basis, starting with the FPE funds. I am aware schools get many other funds like contributions from parents. They also get funds from Harambee and we support them through the NG- CDF kitty. They are also being supported in one way or another by the county ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: It is a move in the right direction in the sense that we are building capacity in primary schools for proper management and professional management of the funds they get. I also expect that MOEST will, from time to time, be reviewing the level of contribution to the free primary education. It cannot be Kshs1,200 or Kshs1,400 per child forever given the rate of inflation. I also look forward to the money that is remitted to schools to increase at frequent regular intervals. So, there is a good case for ensuring that there is sound management and capacity in schools ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: One of the things that give the impression that these funds are not properly used is that you hardly see anything going on in primary schools even some very basic requirements like digging and constructing pit latrines. You find that things deteriorate until public health officers threaten to close the schools yet the FPE funds are given to the schools. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am distracted. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: They are distracting me with their sweet voices. You hardly notice anything coming up and these funds are given to schools every year. Even some very simple and basic services like what I have said are not being done. That could be an indication that, perhaps, these funds are not being used properly. There are many other challenges in our primary schools and not just the management of funds. The major challenge is shortage of teachers. As has been mentioned here, the idea of the FPE is compromised by the fact that parents are being called upon to contribute money ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Secondary School, which has classes up to Form Three and they were expecting to move to Form Four. I hear the schools have received circulars cautioning them not to allow children in school next year. The school has over 600 children. The total number of students in the schools that are affected is about 2,000 students. I do not know where the Ministry expects them to go to. That would be a very unfair and short-sighted move because it will undermine the Government’s policy of 100 per cent transition. Where will the children from our primary schools transit to if ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view