Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 1845.

• 11 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg for the indulgence of this House to allow us to bring an answer to this Question after two weeks. I have already consulted the hon. Member, Mr. Ethuro, that he allows that amount of time, because part of the information needed involves going into the archives. If you look at the last part of the Question, you will notice that it is open-ended. It may also force us to go to the colonial days for the respective audit. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The decision to make birth certificates a requirement for 2010 KCPE and KCSE registration was to enhance the integrity of examinations conducted by Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). It will help in identification of candidates, elimination of exam cheating and enhance student tracking. (b)The urgent inter-Ministerial steps that the Ministry has taken to ensure the issuance of birth certificates are as follows:- (i) All persons seeking birth certificates need only to deposit application forms at the district civil registrars and return to collect the certificates after seven days. (ii)The Ministry of Immigration and ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, birth certificates will help us to effectively identify the candidates. That is because we are going to scan photographs of candidates onto the copies of those birth certificates. Secondly, a birth certificate will have an identification number. We shall use that number to ensure that there is no mix up in the identity of candidates. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is not going to suspend that requirement. As a matter of fact, every Kenyan child and every Kenyan adult, including a Member of Parliament, is supposed to have birth certificates by law. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I request the hon. Member, through you, to repeat that question? view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we are registering students for the examinations. I do not understand what the hon. Member is asking. Why is he asking me to tell him the number of students that we are going to register? Let him elaborate. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think the acquisition of birth certificates is going to cost the Government any money, apart from the clerks who will be overseeing the registration exercise. Those are Government employees. Parents are supposed to pay the registration fees to the Government as they register their children for examinations. However, we will know the numbers of candidates after the conclusion of the registration exercise by 31st March, 2010. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not arrogant. I am very friendly and always smiling to hon. Members. The Government is very prepared for the issuance of birth certificates. As I said, the Government has been issuing the document to Kenyan children, including adults of our age. I have my birth certificate which was issued by the Government of Kenya. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not going to suspend it. It is one of the ways of controlling cheating of examinations in this country. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we give the headmasters the responsibility of doing the registration of births, this will distract them from the duties allocated to them by the Ministry of Education. The Government has officers who deal with registration of persons. Those officers will handle that at the district offices. view