Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 171 to 180 of 1845.

• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The schools that have been earmarked for upgrading in Coast Province per county are as follows: In Mombasa County, they are Mama Ngina Girls and Shimo la Tewa High schools while in Kilifi County, they are Kilifi Boys School and Bahari Girls High School. In Kwale County, we have Kwale High School and Matuga Girls High School while in Taita Taveta County, we have Bura Girls and Kenyatta High Secondary schools in Mwatate. In Tana River County, they are Hola Boys and Ngao Girls High schools. In Lamu County, we have Lamu ... view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the criterion that we used to pick those schools are the same ones that were used to pick the rest of the schools across the country. There were no special criteria used to pick those schools. However, generally, we followed this criterion across the country. Each school that was to be selected had to have consistency in academic performance at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) for the last five years with a mean grade of C+. The second criterion is the accessibility and availability of physical facilities in the school; that is classrooms, dormitories and ... view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know which school the hon. Member is talking about. However, with regard to shortage of teachers, this is felt across the board in the whole country. All schools do not have adequate number of teachers and that is a problem we have put before the House quite often. With regard to facilities, we have given out money. That is why the schools to be upgraded have been given Kshs25 million each. We will keep on funding these schools depending on the need. We will do an assessment after their upgrading and see how much ... view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think I got the hon. Member right that this will be for four years and we are in the first year. Consecutive years means this year goes, then the next year and then the following one we come in. That is what consecutive years means; one year after the other. view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that list has only four names. But all the schools as I have said have received their money even though it is not typed there. The first tranche was given in January this year. The second one for all of them was given in June. view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also--- view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Wetangula, let me talk! view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a great day for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) that they have the Bill passed. With this legal instrument, the TSC should be in a position to deal with teachers; discipline teachers who do things that are worsening schools. They already misbehave with their students, misappropriate funds and the TSC should deal with that problem. Lastly on the issue of tuition, I remember when I was in class Eight in 1968---- view
• 14 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: When I was in Class Eight, we were given remedial teaching for free. But this one of commercializing remedial teaching is what we do not want and we say “no” to it. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)Yes, I am aware that schools are closing for second term holidays on 10th August, 2012. With regard to the disbursment of the free education funds, I wish to inform the House that the last tranche of free primary education funds of Kshs2, 649,248,050 for the term in question was released in May, 2012. On the other hand, the Kshs5.1 billion for Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) for the second term was disbursed to schools in the same month, leaving some balance. The schedules for the disbursement of the FDSE balance of ... view