Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. This is a Request for a Statement for the payment of internal examination fees in primary schools. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I seek to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research regarding payment of internal examination fees in primary schools. As part of curriculum implementation, learners in primary schools are expected to undertake internal examination at the middle or end of each term. To that end, and in a bid to guarantee high standards and reliability of those exams, primary schools countrywide ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: by head-teachers on account of non-payment of internal exam fees. In some cases, those exams are written on blackboards, which is a strenuous and tedious exercise. The national Government currently funds Free Primary Education (FPE) at a rate of Kshs1,420 per pupil that primarily caters for tuition, leaving examinations and assessment without any specific earmarked funding. It is on account of those concerns that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and research on the following: (i) Are the course fees for termly internal examinations catered for under the Free Primary Education (FPE) Programme? ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Yes. I understand that the Departmental Committee on Education and Research is overwhelmed with work. However, two weeks from now kids will start being sent home because they will not have paid examination fees. They will not be in school. Therefore, this is a matter that needs to be dispensed with within the shortest period of time possible. I do not know when the Cabinet Secretary started looking at examinations yet we have the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) Chair and CEO. He now goes to London to talk about examinations yet we have an independent body that looks at ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: spoke off-record. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: (Inaudible) view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: The one I issued last week and we are not through yet. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I see that the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research has left, but three weeks ago, I sought a Statement on the mass failure of students in Kilifi County. In my Statement, I put it in such a way that I requested an inquiry on the same. However, I had a meeting with the Departmental Committee on Education and Research and they said that they were unable to carry out the work. So, I said that I will come back to the Chamber and request that you invoke the provisions of Standing Order ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: I agree, Hon. Speaker. However, they called me to the meeting last week and I attended the session where they told me how handicapped they are. They had sent the document to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, and he returned it and said that the Statement requested for an inquiry. Therefore, the Chairperson and her Committee informed me that they will request you to allow them to go with Standing Order No. 218(2). So, now that we are going on recess… view