Milgo Alice Chepkorir

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee on Education should go into the details of this policy so as to pre-empt this, so that we do not go the whole four years and, at the end of it all, the government will not be able to supply textbooks again. I support this Statement because the oversupply of textbooks is another way of wasting resources. As it is now, this policy might open many channels of corruption. We have witnessed a lot of corruption in very many institutions, and this one might also, in a short while, be affected by a similar vice. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to support. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to add my voice to this Bill. First of all, I wish to thank the Senator for Kericho, Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot for thinking about the tea farmers. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Bill because for the first time, it will separate the issues of tea from the general agricultural products. It is a fact that tea is the largest contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of this country to the tune of 4 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: per cent. In any case, the tea industry brings on board over 700,000 farmers and it employs over 5 million youth and other cadres of employees. My only point of contention is particularly on part II of the Bill that talks about the establishment of a Tea Regulatory Authority. I wish to say, on the onset, that, I am a large scale tea grower. However, we have had a lot of problems with Kenya Tea Development Agency view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to second this Motion by speaking to a few things. First of all, I wish to thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for thinking about another avenue through which we can help PWDs which is away from the formal learning in schools. Education is the only equalizer irrespective of an individual’s nature, for example, class, creed or gender. Therefore, when it comes to formal learning, we should provide a platform to defeat inequality by removing every barrier that can affect children living with disabilities. Another important factor is that education inculcates cohesion in children. Therefore, ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: learn to coexist with others, not only children of different ethnic grouping or tribes but also with children with disabilities. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is in school where children also interact for the first time. Therefore, they should learn that PWDs are abled differently. School clubs are an informal way through which a school can assist its children to learn ideas that they cannot access through the normal classroom. As per the Ministry of Education requirement, every school is required to be child friendly. This is where the environment is friendly to every child by providing facilities that can enable ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there are very many types of school clubs; they are as many as one can think about. Normally, clubs may focus on issues of interest, ideas and imparting skills as well as talents on the children. It is a way to provide children with experiential skills within the school setup. It is here that children will learn leadership and decision- making skills. One good thing with the clubs is that, once schools have formed them, they are normally allowed to be semi-autonomous units where children are taught to care for one another’s welfare. Madam Temporary Speaker, children ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, school clubs would normally focus on such interests as drama, ball games, music and environmental activities such as tree planting. I am sure that it is through schools that we normally get children to go to paralympic games. Those games have been developed as a result of introducing clubs in the school set-up that take part in these particular activities. We have seen PWDs even participating in the World Cup and world games. We want to praise those schools that were able to train those particular children to the extent that they were able to join those ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Children in clubs also learn such activities as music and drama. In this case, once school children are informed that PWDs are the same as normal children and, as such, can participate in activities such as music. That is why I still remember one very famous singer called Mary Atieno who was able to learn and become a musician. I still remember that while at the Kenyatta University, there was one PWD who was blind – I forgot the name – and he was a very good pianist as well as a musician. That case shows that so long as ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, on issues of the environment, such planting trees and cleaning, I am sure that as long as we are challenging the schools’ leadership and boards The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view