Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have to get the right Question in the Ministry, so that we can respond. If we get the right Question today, then I hope we can make it tomorrow. I have promised you! view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Did you hear the hon. Member say that Madam Clinton made him come in late? view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion. view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: The Ministry of Lands has been given less than Kshs500 million to handle problems of land in this country, yet any time you hear people yelling at one another, leaders barking at one another, people fighting, ethnic clashes, name it, it is over land. All these problems started with us since the colonial days; at the beginning of last century and we have given them very little money. Today, we know that we have very serious land problems; Mau is not an issue of forest. It is an issue of land where some people who thought they were missing out ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: (a) The Ministry is in the process of reviewing the Form I secondary schools selection criteria to enhance efficiency, transparency and national cohesion. However, the current quota system will continue until the new system is operational. The current quota system does not promote tribalism since it is based on merit and candidates’ choice of schools. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The Ministry does not restrict admission of students into any category of secondary schools, thus any student is free to join any secondary school as long as there is a vacancy and the student’s marks are within the range of the marks considered for admission into such a school. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the growing up of Kenyan children as nationalists is not the role of the Ministry of Education alone. It is the role of everybody view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I tell the hon. Member that this quota system was a product of a commission that was appointed by a previous Government and it was established according to recommendations. However, in the quota system, our schools are categorized as national, provincial and district schools. The formula for taking students into the national schools is the number of candidates in a particular district where that student did his examination, divided by the number of candidates nationally and then multiplied by the number of vacancies available in that particular school. So that will give a particular candidate a ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member heard me well, I said that the Ministry is in the process of reviewing the present system of Form I selection. As a matter of fact, a committee has already been proposed that is going to undertake this exercise. The hon. Member should also appreciate that the previous system that was replaced by the quota system was so many years old. It had been used for several years. We are not going to change a system just because a few people said it. We must put out a committee and go and collect ... view