Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 331 to 340 of 1845.

• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government gives this support to schools in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALS) which, of course, are having problems of poverty, drought, nomadic lifestyle and insecurity. Furthermore, for the Ministry to register a school as low-cost boarding school, there must be a request from the school management committee which passes this to the District Education Board, which endorses this and then it is given to the Ministry of Education, which then processes the support if there are funds. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mombasa does not fall under ASALS and Mombasa does not have the nomadic lifestyle, which is one of the criteria that we use to select such schools. Instead, Mombasa has a number of informal schools which are supported by the Ministry. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me inform the hon. Member that he should put forward the cases of the schools that he considers deserve to be put under the low- cost boarding schools support through the District Education Boards and then the Ministry will consider them. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The list of public special schools and technical training institutes is attached. This list excludes both mainstream primary and secondary schools and colleges which have either special units attached to them or integrating programmes or practise inclusive education. (b) In the current Financial Year, 2011/2012, the Ministry of Education will disburse Kshs420 million financial support under Grants-In- Aid Provisions to 184 public special institutions with viable special needs education programmes throughout the country. The funds are used for payment of wages of the support staff and also to subsidize the cost ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the list I have in my records, probably, some names might have changed from the ones that the hon. Member is having. But as far as I am concerned, the list I have is fairly comprehensive. That is the list that we have. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the criteria relates to the enrolment and the kind of special needs we are dealing with; the kind of disabilities in the various institutions. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member has a concern that the resources are not adequate and, as a matter of fact, that is one of the challenges my Ministry has. The Ministry does not get enough resources as we would like to give to those institutions. The resources are limited. What is availed to the Ministry is what we give out. But we would have liked to get more because the equipment and facilities that those institutions need and all other kinds of support need a lot of money. But my Ministry would have appreciated if we ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, according to the Budget Statement read by the hon. Minister for Finance on 8th June, 2011 for the 2011/2012 Financial Year, an additional Kshs840 million was promised to scale up the bursary programme in order to cater for Kshs20,000 annual bursary fees for additional 42,000 orphans and children from poor households in secondary schools throughout the country. However, following a meeting at the Treasury between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance, it was agreed that the Ministry of Education reallocates some of the money to cater for drought ... view