Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1631 to 1640 of 1845.

• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, in view of the fact that there are several children in the country living with disabilities who need special education and that special education is too expensive for them, and taking into consideration that there are no adequate Government supported special education schools in the country; this House urges the Government to establish at least one fully Government supported special education primary school and secondary school in each district to cater for the education of children living with disabilities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country has ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the colonial Government came up with institutions and homes to rehabilitate the soldiers who had been injured in the war and, therefore, had some form of disabilities. So, institutions were established in this country for people who had visual and hearing impairment, mental and physical handicaps and other forms of impairments. A number of schools have been established in this country to take care of these people. People with disabilities are segregated in particular schools, for example, the Thika School for the Blind, which was established in 1957, and the Lucy School for the Blind, ... view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: You have just come in now! view
• 28 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to make my comments regarding these tax proposals by the Minister for Finance. Some good proposals have been made here, but I wish to start by disagreeing with the Minister on the issue of Sugar Development Levy on imported sugar. Many hon. Members are opposed to the issue of importing industrial sugar duty-free. Let me tell the Minister something that he does not know. When the Miwani Sugar Mills was running, it used to meet 80 per cent of industrial sugar requirement of this country. What the Government ... view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) what the findings and recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Committee established to look into the status of Miwani and Muhoroni sugar companies are; (b) whether he could table the Committee's Report; and, (c) whether there are individuals/organisations which have shown interest to revive Miwani Sugar Company. view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Assistant Minister because the answer is good. We have the reports and so, I will look at them. He has also talked of having advertised for interested investors for Miwani and Muhoroni sugar companies. However, one of the conditions in the advertisement is that anybody interested must have been in the sugar-milling industry for at least, 20 years. Is he aware that such a requirement may prevent other people interested and who have money from declaring their interests to invest in one of those two factories? After all, when they invest, they will employ ... view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: The last one? view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there were those people who were party to bringing down MSC. They were responsible for the collapse of MSC. What measures will the Assistant Minister put in place to prevent them from getting involved again in the future of MSC? view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In that case, what is the way forward? view
• 27 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is the way forward in that case? He has taken the reports back! view