Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1461 to 1470 of 1845.

• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Molo District is a new district. We cannot take its papers 1732 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 9, 2008 to the former larger Nakuru District, which included Molo. Schools in Molo District will be handled by the Molo DEB. It will be irregular for the Ministry to take papers from one district to another one. Molo is an existing district now and so, the papers will be handled there. view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Members of Parliament are members of the DEBs. They know that DEBs are supposed to hold at least, four meetings, in a year. In case there is a DEB that is not holding these meetings in the year, the Member of Parliament should inform us and we shall order that the DEB hold its meetings as required by the law. view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, and I am going to repeat if the hon. Member wants me to do so, we are going to post teachers to the school immediately those papers get to us. I am sure the papers will get to us after 21st July, 2008. It is only a few days away from now. They will get teachers. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to make a few comments in support of the Bill. In the first paragraph of the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of this Bill, the last two sentences read:- "The Bill is borne of the realization that lasting peace and co-existence cannot prevail in Kenya unless the various Kenyan communities cultivate goodwill among each other and have equal access to various opportunities that may arise without discrimination grounded on ethnicity. It recognizes the need to deal effectively with the negative aspects of tribalism and ethnicity which has pervaded various levels of ... view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those are semantics! Let us face the reality of what is happening in this country. That is what we are here for. That is what this Bill is all about! Let us read the history books of this country. What did the Tanzanian leaders do in their country that we did not do? Where did we fail? Tanzanians also had colonial rulers. The same British Government that was in Tanzania was in this country. Where did we fail as a country that we have discrimination taking root in this country? Any way, discrimination seems to ... view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Actually you have removed your skin, what makes you superior? Is it just because a small piece of your skin has been chopped off? Someone thinks that you are inferior because you did not remove your six teeth. If anything, you have disadvantaged yourself because what someone with all his or July 3, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1655 her teeth can do with those teeth, you who is missing six teeth cannot do. You discriminate based on the removal of teeth. You discriminate on the basis of making a huge hole on your ears, then you think you are superior by ... view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. If Mr. Ethuro does not know these "other deals" he is talking about and--- view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: I do not know them! Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is why I am asking the Chair to ask Mr. Ethuro to withdraw that statement. What are these "other deals" he is talking about? view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) At the inception of the Department of Adult Education in 1979, Adult Education Officers were recruited from serving officers and teachers working with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and, therefore, used the same scheme of service with the Ministry of Education until 1994. Adult education teachers were recruited in the same year, on temporary terms of service, and placed on equivalent salary scales with the untrained teachers of the TSC. Two schemes of service for both Adult Education Officers and teachers were for the first time developed in 1983 and ... view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: I beg your pardon! Could you repeat what you said? view