Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1321 to 1330 of 1845.

• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (a) The official learning hours in a day in public primary schools is: Lower primary, from 8.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m., making it four hours and 45 minutes with three and half contact hours. For upper primary, it is from 8.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., including assembly, break, lunch and games, giving a total of eight hours 30 minutes, five and a quarter hours being contact hours. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The Ministry has banned tuition, or extra lessons, in all public schools; instead it encourages remedial teaching which involves spending extra time to attend to slow learners or children with difficulties, in order to assist them catch up with the rest of the learners. This does not involve payment by parents. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Field officers and heads of schools have been given firm instructions and guidelines on tuition and mock examinations to ensure that the ban on tuition, or extra fee charged for tuition, is enforced. This has been clearly outlined in our circular letter dated 18th August, 2008. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not get him clearly. The consultations here are too loud! Could he repeat it? view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, anybody in public schools violating what we indicated in the circular is subject to disciplinary action. Let such teachers be reported and we shall take the necessary action against them. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that it is not allowed. Any head teacher, principal or school management committee allowing school premises to be used for tuition outside the normal teaching hours is subject to disciplinary action. Please, give us information on those schools and we shall take appropriate action. We shall do it! view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: 4940 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES February 12. 2009 view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to make a few comments about this Bill. It seeks to establish a Special Tribunal in this country. I support that. This tribunal will deal with impunity which we have had in this country for several years since the colonial times. The way colonialists dealt with our people, it was all about impunity. During Kenyatta's reign, if you remember what happened in Kisumu in 1969, that was all impunity. For all those acts of impunity, nothing has been done about it. Kenyans have suffered enough. If you look at what happened ... view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Through this tribunal that we are going to establish, we will bring the people who committed the most recent crimes against Kenya forward. We will bring forward all those who have acted with impunity against Kenyans. Today, Kenyans do not believe that we are serious with this Bill. They do not believe that we will come up with a tribunal that will help solve their problems. Why? It is because of the way issues have been handled in this country. When Tom Mboya was murdered, there was a suspect who was taken to court, but today, no Kenyan believes that, ... view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: My believe is that the tribunal should be locally established. Kenyans must not be taken anywhere. If we have our citizens being taken to Netherlands to be tried, it will be very expensive for Kenyans who may wish to go and testify. I do not think The Hague will meet all the expenses for ferrying Kenyans to Netherlands to testify. How shall we take the witnesses there? It is a very expensive exercise. However, if someone was to judge me, I would like to be tried in Ahero in the local court so that my mother can also come and ... view