Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1621 to 1630 of 1845.

• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have looked at those books and I did not see the districts--- view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe, I may have to buy new glasses. I did not see anything! view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is something to be noted by Parliament. We are approving what is going to be spent by this country for the whole financial year. I did not see anything for my district. Anyway, I want to congratulate the Minister and his Ministry for the project of hiring teachers. It is good. I have seen the number of vacancies that they have advertised. I am only concerned that they are too few for my district. We only have 131 vacancies for primary school teachers. My constituency alone needs over 50 teachers. But that is what ... view
• 11 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me begin by thanking hon. Members who have made their contribution to this Motion. According to me, the first mood by hon. Members--- We are dealing with a special group in our society. We are dealing with a group that was born with disabilities. Several of them acquired disabilities in life either through sickness, carelessness of the society or violence. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to train those people in schools is a very expensive affair. I just want to give a small example here, which I got from a school for ... view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he is aware that children with disabilities in special schools are paying for their primary school education; and, (b) whether he could indicate which special schools are run by the Government in each province. view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has said that he is not aware of a number of things. He has said that the Government is meeting the cost of books and quality assurance. But here, we are dealing with special children in our society. They are very expensive to teach. Since the Minister has said that he is not aware, let me inform him that on average, parents of children with special needs pay Kshs17,000 for tuition alone. A special primary school requires Kshs32,000 per year for tuition and boarding only. To what extent is the Government assisting these schools to ... view
• 10 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has told us that there are 108 special public primary schools in the country. These are not enough because we have 1 million such people who need special needs education. What efforts will the Government make to increase the number of such schools across the country? view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he is aware that children with disabilities in special schools are paying for their primary school education; and, (b) whether he could indicate which special schools are run by the Government in each province. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question was brought to the House in the last Session. The Ministry requested for more time to answer it. It has now been brought to the House again. The Minister is out of the country and one Assistant Minister has gone for a funeral. Are we allowed to attend funerals when we have parliamentary business to conduct? Hon. Mugo was outside there a few minutes ago. Has she gone for a funeral right now? A few minutes ago she was out there. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is acceptable to me, but Assistant Ministers should not attend funerals when they have Parliamentary business to conduct. July 4, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2209 view