Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1141 to 1150 of 1845.

• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is taken care of by the formula because it talks of the teacher-needs. That is the shortage of teachers within that particular district. If the district is a constituency, then the intake is within that particular constituency. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we cannot afford to stop training teachers. We shall keep on training teachers because we know we do not have enough. Even the trained teachers that are not employed, if we deployed all of them today, we shall not have enough yet. Regarding those places which do not have enough teachers, we try as much as possible to post teachers outside their districts. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, selection of those to be trained is simply based on academic merit. They should have a minimum grade C (plain). view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that the teachers that are trained and are not yet employed are not enough for us in this country. Regarding employment, avail the money to the Ministry of Education through this House, then we shall employ all of them. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understood the question very well. I also think that the hon. Member did not understand my response and I still maintain the response; that we shall keep on training teachers. We shall keep on doing our work until we have enough trained teachers. Today, we do not have enough trained teachers. It is up to this House to give us enough money to employ those trained teachers. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Regarding affirmative action to ASAL areas, the people in disadvantaged areas, particularly in ASAL areas, are given more time to apply but we cannot lower the grade below grade C (plain) because it will lower the quality of teachers. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I never met this man in the class where I was teaching. How can he say that I am not a serious professor? I am not professing here. We are dealing with Questions directed to the Ministry of Education. view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will repeat that. I am telling him that we have given them more time. His constituents were given more time to apply than the rest of the country. We also know that North Eastern Province is much further away from the rest of the country to Nairobi. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. However, I beg the indulgence of the House because the answer is long. So, please, bear with me. (a) No, I am not aware that the relevant provisions pertaining to the hiring of teachers under the TSC Act will be contravened if teachers are recruited by the Ministry or the Board of Governors since:- (i) Intern teachers will be on contract and will be employed under Board of Governors (BOGs) and School Management Committees (SMCs) as I stated in my budget speech on 29th July. (ii) It should be understood that over the ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have told the House that teachers who are going to be hired will not be hired by the TSC, neither will they be hired by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education does not hire teachers. When the TSC hires teachers, the money for that is got through the Ministry of Education to the TSC. The same applies to this case. These teachers are going to be hired by SMCs but the money to pay them passes through the Ministry of Education. The money will be taken to the schools directly. view