Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1171 to 1180 of 1845.

• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is no plan of coming up with such a policy. As I have indicated, the National School Health Policy, and the National Food Security and Nutrition Policy are taking care of that programme adequately. There is no point of duplication of policies. view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not do that arithmetic before I came here. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I lay on the Table the details of how we disburse, both FSE and FSE funds. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: The allocation of the FPE Funds is based on annual capitation of Kshs1,020.00 per pupil, out of which Kshs650.00 is for tuition (Account I) and Kshs370.00 is for recurrent expenses (Account II). On the other hand, the allocation of FSE funds is based on annual capitation of KShs10,265 per student, out of which Kshs3,600 is for tuition and Kshs6,665 is for operation expenses. Accordingly, since January, 2009, the Ministry has allocated a total of Kshs4,071,718,365 for FPE and Kshs8,058,871,177 for FSE. The details are in the Papers I have laid on the table. (b) (i) The FPE and FSE programmes ... view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me clarify to Mr. Koech, that for this financial year, FPE funds, the first release was in September last year, the second and third release were done this calendar year. So there is no balance. As regards the release of the funds, the delay is not with the Ministry but with the office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance. If we get the money from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, we release it straight away. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, they manage the schools with the funds we allocate them. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we released the funds for free primary education in September, last year. That was the first disbursement. The second disbursement was made in March, this year while the third disbursement was made in June, this year. With proper planning, the head teachers and school managers can manage the schools. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not deny anything here. The Kshs10,000 that the Government pays is for tuition. Any other expense is met by the parents. If the parents want their children to be provided with lunch or keep them in boarding school, then they should meet that cost. This is clear. It has been stated repeatedly by the Government that the Ministry of Education pays tuition for students in public secondary schools. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this was a very successful festival. Let the hon. Member tell me the students who walked to Mombasa. The schools hired buses using the Ministry of Education money. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me tell hon. Members once again that teachers know very well that the Ministry of Education gave full sponsorship to the number one school in each province. That included a bus, food and accommodation. view