Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1421 to 1430 of 1845.

• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is an issue which I cannot give an answer to in the House now. It touches on a lot. We need to have well qualified people to be trained as teachers. We will not take failures and train them as teachers! view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is the hon. Member in order to say that Ministers are informed prior to the Questions appearing on the Order Paper, while the job of a Member of Parliament is to come to the House immediately the bell rings? What is their job? view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support this Motion. I would like to say that the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money that we are getting at the moment is too little. Mr. Minister, you were a Member of Parliament in the last Parliament and you are one of the people who were complaining that the CDF allocation was too low. Today, I am still complaining about this allocation, but I do not know whether you are comfortable now that you are in charge of that Ministry. Please, do something about the amount which is too little. The CDF ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not need to substantiate the obvious. There were problems with the returns of last year. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could you allow me to continue with my debate? view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just a few years ago--- view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the hon. Member listen to me? This is very important for you! A few years ago, Nyanza Province was rated as the worst in terms of HIV/AIDS infection, and actually it was and is still the highest. The number of orphans that we have in that part of the country is huge. Since a lot of money was coming into this country to support areas where the HIV/AIDS was high, somewhere in Thika, people decided that they were infected. Then there was this same data that made a huge number of people from there, ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The staffing position of primary and secondary schools in Imenti North District as at February, 2008 was as follows:- view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have shortage in various schools. That one, we know very well. Some schools are overstaffed, while others are understaffed. The directive we have given to District Education Officers (DEOs) countrywide now is to ensure that balancing is done, so that we do not have some schools in a given district being seriously understaffed when others are overstaffed. That is the directive which has been given to DEOs as of now. view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the exercise will cover the whole country, and it will be done when the new teachers join the service. view