Nyiva Mwendwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support and comment on this Report. We have heard a bit from the other Members of the Pan African Parliament. Therefore, I will avoid repeating what they have said. The Leader of the delegation did actually comment on the negative issues which were raised by the African Peer Review Mechanism Group when it came to Kenya. However, I would like to dwell on the positive issues. The African Peer Review Mechanism Group leaders were invited to Kenya. In fact, they were invited by three countries. ... view
• 22 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir--- view
• 22 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the President's Speech. I was very encouraged to hear that the Government is considering the issue of secondary education. I would recommend that there be a provision in the Budget for the Government to provide free secondary education. If the Government cannot afford to pay fees for Form One to Form Four students, it could pay fees for Form One and Form Two and then the others can be given bursaries. This will be very helpful because secondary education is proving to be very expensive, especially to ... view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister aware that in the hardship areas, students waste a lot of time because they are sent home to collect school fees? We know that we have got some bursaries which we distribute to secondary schools. However, this is not adequate at all. Therefore, so many students waste a lot of time staying at home waiting for fees. Is it possible for the Ministry to make a special consideration for students in this areas? This is one reason for the low standards of education in these areas. view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, fir giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. I would like to appreciate and commend the Minister for fast- tracking this Bill. This is a commendable effort. I would like to appreciate the creation of this university. Although the university is based in Western Province, it belongs to all Kenyans. I hope that when the Minister will be inaugurating the university, he will invite us to share the joy with him. I would like to support the hon. Member who has requested the Minister to rename the university and use the name ... view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for being gender-sensitive. I stand to support this Motion before us. Having said so, there is no doubt that we have a shortage of teachers, especially in the arid and semi arid areas. I listened attentively to the Minister, because I was here from the beginning, he said that funds have been allocated for the completion of a teacher training college in Coast Province. In Kitui District, in my constituency, we have Kwa Vonza Primary Teacher Training College which was started in 1982; over 24 years ago. It has never been completed. The buildings ... view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is an issue that has been spoken about but it was on my list. 3044 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 18, 2006 So, I will not leave it out. We have so many students who have gone through secondary schools and their certificates have been withheld by the principals forever. They will never clear those fees arrears, anyway. They can never pay even though so much is said about them. So, we are punishing those children because they were born in poor families. If the Ministry decides to give more funds for bursaries to those areas, then ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion and congratulate the Leader of our delegation. As you can see, for once the Pan African Parliament is doing very well. We represent this Parliament on 50-50 basis; we have two gentlemen and two June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1381 ladies. This is how parliaments and other institutions should be represented. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our group leader has talked, quite in detail, about how the Pan African Parliament operates. My other colleagues talked about the same and I do not wish to repeat anything that has already ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was talking about the Committee in which I serve. We have 11 Committees in the Pan African Parliament. We try to ensure that at least one Member is in any one of the Committees. I sit in the Committee of Trade, Customs and Immigration. We are working towards harmonisation of trade, customs and immigration so that at the end of day we are going to have one African Chamber of Commerce. Here, we shall strive to ensure that trade is completely open in Africa. Of course, we shall seek to harmonise the currencies, immigration ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has said that it costs Kshs300 to change the particulars on an identity card. Normally, most of the people who change their particulars are women when they get married. If married women do not change the particulars on their identity cards, they encounter a lot of problems when their husbands die. April 27, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 761 Is the Government assisting women to change the particulars on their identity cards when they get married by charging them Kshs300? This is a deterrent! Is there anything wrong in a woman changing her status? Why ... view