Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1151 to 1160 of 1845.

• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member knows very well that even as of now, school management committees employ teachers. That is where the Government will give assistance. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker Sir, I think I will repeat this although I have already said it. I gave the same point a few minutes ago. The money will paid by the school management committees; BoGs in case of secondary schools and PTAs in case of primary schools. The money will be channeled to the schools’ accounts the way the free education funds are channeled. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is public knowledge that teachers are not retiring this year. We have to wait for another five years for the oldest teachers today to reach 60 teachers. That means that we have no vacancies to hire teachers. We only hire to replace teachers who have retired. That is what we do. Otherwise, we all know that--- view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not misled anyone in this House. It is only a few hon. Members who did not get the point well. I did not mislead anybody. I have said that the TSC is not hiring and the Ministry of Education is not hiring. The Government is assisting schools management--- view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I think I will be heard! The school management committees are the ones which are being supported to hire teachers on contract. With regard to teachers being hired by the TSC, the TSC is not hiring teachers. We all know that in this country, employment in the Public Service was frozen. So, we cannot claim to have vacancies which we do not have. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we know very well that we have a shortage of over 60,000 teachers in this country. That we know. However, due to the freeze in employment, we cannot employ and everybody knows that. Some of these people were in the Civil Service, they know that. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think that is much better than the Kshs1,000 some of them are getting today from the BoGs and PTAs. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I rise to support the Vote of the Ministry of Agriculture. The Minister for Agriculture is making good efforts. We know that this country today is in a serious food security crisis. The situation became more serious in recent times. Therefore, the effort that the Ministry is making, particularly in subsidizing farm inputs, should be applauded. In that case, the Government should keep trying. As my colleagues have said, this Ministry should be given more funds.It should be given adequate support. Mr. Temporary ... view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The consultations are too loud and too many Members are standing up while the Minister is moving his Vote. view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry has no policy on SFP. However, the National School Health Policy (NSHP) which was launched on 5th August, 2009 provides a comprehensive school health programme geared towards achieving better health for school children. Further, the National Food Security and Nutrition Policy (NFSNP) provides an overarching framework for food security, nutrition, nutrition education and hunger reduction for enhancing the SFP. (b) The SFP has increased school enrolment, motivated parents, reduced hunger and malnutrition, activated life, boosted learning concentration and improved performance in the ASAL districts, Nairobi and Mombasa slums. (c) The ... view