Mutula Kilonzo

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• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am well aware of the size of the board. One person to represent organizations dealing with children’s rights is welcome for the purpose of this law because of the emphasis on children’s rights on education in Article 53. For balance, it is far much better if we include this person than merely leave him or her out due to fear of the numbers. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, allow me to assure the hon. Member that the original draft did not create the County Education Board. If you look at Schedule Four of the Constitution, which so ably helped us to craft this in Naivasha and other places, the National Education Policy is the function of the national Government. Therefore, the national Government, after establishing the National Education Board should have a County Education Board, if nothing else, to form a linkage. This provision that it is an agent is purely a matter of explaining that the function has been delegated by the National ... view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I just wanted to put it clear that the Chair and his Committee have been very kind to the Ministry. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 20 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (2) by deleting the words “regional and ethnic balance” and substituting therefor the words “regional, ethnic and religious balance” Again, this is similar to the earlier amendment proposed by my good friend, hon. Yakub; I adopt it. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Chairlady, yes, indeed, I beg to move an amendment to the composition to be increased sufficiently to accommodate the addition that hon. Odhiambo-Mabona, my very able student, has proposed. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, with your permission, I had an earlier amendment of Clause 33(6). But I do not mind if we dispose of the one of the Chairman of the committee and then I do mine. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 33(6) be amended by deleting the word “may” and replacing it with the word “shall”. If you look at it, we are saying that the County Education Board may review the decision of a school that denies a child admission. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I made it clear to Mr. Yakub that I will not move this amendment for the paricular reason that he is asking that we add the words “religious attire”. I am uncomfortable because Kenya is a secular State and also if I put all religious attires in a class, the teacher will not know the difference between the students. So, I will not move that amendment. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am very familiar with this debate. I have met with Muslims, hon. Yakub and many other people. I have not been given a definition of “religious attire” that I would recommend in a Kenyan law, and I am a Senior Counsel. Therefore, I cannot be forced to move an amendment and will not do so. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you look at Page 2641 of the Bill, you will find Clause 48(2)(b) there which reads: “ No private school shall be registered if- (b) The Cabinet Secretary is satisfied that the proprietor is not a suitable person to be a proprietor of any school.” We would like to delete that partly because we want to allow investors to be able to decide who it is that wants to invest in a school. Therefore, my proposal is to get that sub-clause deleted in order to facilitate further investment in education so that it is not ... view