Prof. Prof. Olweny

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• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware of the shortage of education officers at the District Education Offices in Murang'a South District. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) I am also aware that due to the shortage of education officers, one officer has to shoulder heavy responsibilities of serving many vacant positions in divisions and zones, as is the case in Murang'a South, while arrangements are being made to deploy enough officers to the needy areas. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The Ministry has posted two Quality Assurance and Standards Officers to Murang'a South DEO's office to alleviate the shortage. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has posted TAC tutors to all the 1,052 zones in the country. My Ministry is in consultation with the Ministry of State for Public Service on employment of additional education and Quality Assurance and Standards Officers in accordance with approved establishment. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get the question well because there are some consultations around me! view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, definitely, if you do not have enough staff there are adverse effects. That means that quality of education may not be as we want it, but we view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4270 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 21, 2009 view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: also do not have enough money to employ enough staff. If we get enough money, we shall give you the staff that you want in the districts. The problem is that we do not have enough money in the Ministry. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we have enough qualified people outside there who are actually not employed. In the short-term, we shall tell our staff that are out there to put a little more effort to make sure that good work is done. At least, they are performing but not to the extent we expect because of the low numbers. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I have given an answer to that question already. I have talked about the impact. I do not know whether I have to repeat but I have talked about it. If we do not have enough staff, definitely it will affect the quality of education. But that is a problem that we can only handle with the Treasury and this House because the money that we use in the Ministry is approved by the House. If we get more money, we shall do all the work that you want us to do. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, nationally, the establishment of Education Officers is 2,052. Those ones on duty as of today are 430. We have a shortfall of 1,622. We have 1,880 Quality Assurance Officers nationally. Those ones on duty today are 891, leaving a shortfall of 989. We are better off as far as TAC tutors are concerned because we have an establishment of 1,052 who are on duty today with no shortfall. view