Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1441 to 1450 of 1845.

• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member here in order to sit on the armrest of the chair, showing his back to the House? view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker--- view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, could you protect me from Mr. Orengo? He is saying that I have just come while I was here when he was seconding the Motion. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. I congratulate the Minister because if you look at the Bill, a lot has been taken care of. This gives us another opportunity. An opportunity which has been squandered by previous Parliaments, particulary the last Parliament, which had all the opportunity to give Kenyans a new Constitution that Kenyans had longed for, for several years. We know we had a ... view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: gave us the Bomas Draft which we are going to benefit from. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the failure of the previous Parliaments to give Kenyans a new Constitution, according to me, is responsible for what we saw early this year after elections. Had we given Kenyans a Constitution--- Had Kenyans given themselves a Constitution they wanted, I do not think we could have had what we had this year. I do not think we could have lost lives. I do not think property could have been destroyed if they had used the opportunity well. But we have it again today, ... view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have not finished making my contribution. I actually have ten minutes as far as I know. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at Clause 24 of the Bill, it gives Kenyans an opportunity to give their views. Anybody who wants to give his or her views will do so before the Committee of experts. It could be through radio, television and so on. It can be done live. Kenyans can make telephone calls and give their comments and proposals. With regard to the referendum that we had, Kenyans were not educated well. There was no civic education that was done adequately because we did not have enough time. We shall have it again done as ... view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government's policy on the role of private schools in the development of education in the country is stipulated in Sessional Paper No.1 of 2005 on a Policy Framework for Education, Training and Research. In the policy, the Government will do the following:- (i) Work with the partners to mobilise additional resources to finance education and training. (ii) Promote increased private sector financing of educational services. (iii) Remove constraints to private sector participation in education by giving incentives designed to make education more attractive to investors. (b) The support measures the Government ... view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member knows that there are so many trained teachers in this country who are not employed. Why can the private schools not employ them directly? Why do you want the TSC to recruit them for you? view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are private institutions which are privately managed; and you declared your interest a few minutes ago. Why have you not then employed yours permanently? view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is the Minister in order to imply that Mr. Ruto is a dog? view