Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1111 to 1120 of 1845.

• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not the subject of debate in this House. If an hon. Member has a question, let him direct it to the Chair, then I shall respond to it accordingly. I beg for an apology. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not understand the problem here. I have indicated to the hon. Members that we cannot teach kindergarten children all the subjects in a language they have never been exposed to. First of all, we have to expose them to English if they are from homogenous communities. Learning is a process and it is done stage by stage. For those who have been teachers, they know that, that is the way teaching is done. They have to learn English stage by stage before they are taught all other subjects in English language. All teachers know ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me remind hon. Members that the human brain is not a computer; you just punch things into it and then it responds. It takes view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the hon. Member withdraw the remarks I did not say that he claims I said? I did not say that the brain of a child in the rural areas and urban areas are different. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said it and it is very clear that rural children live in homogenous communities where the language which they are exposed to in the first years of their life is their mother tongue. When children in urban communities start growing up, they mingle with children from other communities. They live in a multilingual society. They learn Kiswahili or English language before they even go to kindergarten. This is a very clear case. I do not understand why hon. Members cannot see it. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mungatana wanted to know why we cannot do what other countries do. This is Kenya and we shall do it the Kenyan way. We do not have to change our system to suit the Tanzanian system. After all, we are using both languages; English and Kiswahili. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think the issue of the EAC addresses the issues, ideas or practice of teaching kindergarten children. It does not come in. Those people know nothing about the EAC. Someone only knows one language as a kid. You cannot teach a two-year old kid mathematics in English and yet you have not exposed that kid to English. With regard to what Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona has raised, if you teach all those languages in Nairobi, then you will be subdividing the City into all the tribes and sub tribes we have in this country which is ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Yes I do! view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir--- view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very simple. First when a Garissa child was born, what was the first language of communication? It is the mother tongue! When you take this kid to school the first day, would you introduce this kid to Kiswahili or English? That is what should be clear to the hon.Members. view