Dr. Mohammed Abdi Kuti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member will appreciate that the airplane actually managed to land in Mfangano Island, where I trained the youth even before the vehicle reached the island, which is in his own constituency. Having said that, I would like to add that the disbursement of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund money through the constituencies has exceeded 80 per cent. By last week, we had signed off over 5,000 groups. Applications are still coming in, and we are processing them. So, that has been very successful. I am sure that, by now, most constituencies have received ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: It is possible that some constituencies, which are far from district headquarters, do not have those organisations to service them. That is because many micro-finance institutions are based in district headquarters. So, constituencies which are outside district headquarters, especially in remote parts of the country, may not have such services to their youths. That is why we are, sometimes, willing to negotiate with weak authorities, which is a risky business. We would like to deal with, for example, Lokichoggio Co-operative Society (LCS) or Adok Timo in Nyanza Province so that we can reach the young people who cannot access those ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry has started the process of operationalising Awendo-Marindi Youth Polytechnic. The Ministry has sent one instructor who has already reported and the polytechnic is being prepared for admitting trainees for January, 2008. Currently, we are operationalising one youth polytechnic per constituency and the hon. Member has picked on Awendo-Marindi Youth Polytechnic. Therefore, the Ministry has no programme for Nyasoni Youth Polytechnic this financial year. (b) The Ministry will give tools and equipment worth Kshs500,000 to Awendo-Marindi Youth Polytechnic as soon as the management informs us the kind of tools ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our allocation for youth polytechnics is May 29, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1659 Kshs100 million, which is over and still we were not able to cover all the constituencies. As soon as we have covered one youth polytechnic per constituency, we will go to the second round. That is when we will consider Nyasoni Youth Polytechnic. Therefore, I am not able to give the hon. Member the exact time. view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I had said earlier, we are reviving youth polytechnics per constituency and we are working in collaboration with Members of Parliament. I would like to say that the collaboration has been very successful with many hon. Members putting in the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money. The Ministry will sent instructors to those youth polytechnics and equipment worth Kshs500,000 to every youth polytechnic in each of those constituencies. We are also developing one centre of excellence youth polytechnic in every district and, that programme is already ongoing. view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the interest generated by hon. Members in reviving youth polytechnics which are actually a way of imparting skills in our youth. I would like to assure hon. Members that, resources being a limiting factor, we are going to work very hard to revive the 750 youth polytechnics across the country in the shortest time possible; depending on the resources. view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is it in order for the hon. Member to mislead the House that the Youth Fund is not being disbursed transparently when we have released documents throughout the country and there are clear guidelines on how to access the funds? There are district figures to qualify that equitable distribution has been done--- view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion. It is a very, very important Motion because a nation depends for development on the education of its citizens. I would like first to congratulate His Excellency the President and the Government for making free primary education which has now opened the doors for elementary education. It is now possible, all over the country except for marginalised and arid areas where enrolment is still wanting for people to enjoy fruits of free primary education. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, most of those graduates from Standard 8 cannot ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am coming back to the free secondary school education--- view