Prof. Prof. Olweny

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Entries 151 to 160 of 1845.

• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I was responding to is the issue of the DEB secretary. We have the chairman and the members who deliberate on issues together. Sometimes you find that the school that has made a request is left out of a list. I know schools that have made requests through the DEB but their requests have not reached the Ministry. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the hon. Member is requesting is what brought problems to the Ministry recently in regard to money being given to schools which actually did not need it. Previously money was given to schools which actually did not deserve it because of some people bringing in names; the approach that the Ministry has adopted makes the procedure more transparent. Even Members of Parliament themselves will be party to the proposals that will come to the Ministry through the DEB. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not misleading anybody here but what the hon. Member is saying here is what we are avoiding now. The PS and even the Minister have no authority to go out there and pick a school without the involvement of stakeholders in the district. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it will also depend on the availability of funds. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we shall have some infrastructure funds to avail to the school. However, Mr. Twaha knows very well that the school which is a mixed school at the moment is phasing out girls and so this year, they did not admit girls. So the girls’ dormitory has space but we cannot put the boys there view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have upgraded selected schools to national schools and it is to be done in phases. We have three phases; right now, we have done the first phase while the second phase will come next year. So, every school will receive its allocation when it is being upgraded at the time when it is selected. For example, Mpeketoni is in the third phase and so its money will be there. It will be budgeted for at that phase. They will get the money. * view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)Yes, I am aware that Mr. George Githanja Njoroge, Index No.511407/039 sat for his KCSE in 2007 and was awarded a different grade in his academic certificate from that in the initial result slip. This was because of a computation error which was discovered by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) after confirmation and subsequent release of the 2007 KCSE results release. The calculation of the mean grade for some candidates including Mr. Njoroge was found to have been faulty and this was rectified and the mean grades for the affected ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have actually covered what the hon. Member is asking me to respond to. The candidate has a D- and so in the first place, he does not qualify for that course. If he wanted something better than a D-, he could have repeated the examination. I do not understand what I should do about it because he is using the wrong result slip. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very much in order according to what I have said here. As I said, the candidate was using the wrong results slip. He was not the only one, but there were many who had wrong results slips. There was a problem. The Ministry admitted there was an error which affected so many candidates, including that particular candidate. However, everything was rectified and he view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we informed all those candidates affected through their schools that there were problems. These things were in public domain. It was an issue which was handled by this Parliament. I am sure that candidate knows that he is holding on to a wrong result slip. If he knew that it was the right one, why has he not gone for his certificate since 2008 up to today, three years down the line? view