Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Idavaga Muslim Secondary School in Vihiga District has a land dispute with the family of Mr. Zuberi, which has affected the expansion of the school programmes. (b) The school’s dispute is a subject of a pending court case at the Senior Magistrates Court at Vihiga, Miscellaneous No.70 of 2003. I wish to advise the school Board of Governors, the sponsor and parents to follow up the matter to its logical conclusion. The Ministry, therefore, cannot take any action at the moment given the current scenario. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not get clearly what the Member has requested for, namely, the help that is required from the Ministry. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Member knows very well that the school already has money which it cannot use from the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). Even if the Ministry gave the school money today from the infrastructure funds, which request has to come through the District Education Board (DEB) where the Member sits, the school will still not use the money because there is no land for expansion. The family of the late Mzee Zuberi is sitting on the land that belongs to the school. I hope the Member knows that Mzee Zuberi sold the land to the Muslim community there. ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has not said no to giving money to the school, but I have said that the request to the Ministry has to come through the DEB. Let them do it and then we shall look at the request and do the needful. He is giving you the same information that I have given to you. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have given the court case number, but when my officers went to the ground, they could not get the papers immediately. However, we agreed with the DEO to help in getting the papers which we can table later. So, we can arrange to get the papers. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I left the DEO collecting the papers. One week will be enough for me to present the papers on the Floor of the House. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The list of special schools and technical training institutions which are caring for the mentally challenged, physically challenged and the deaf/blind in Mombasa County is attached as Appendix I which has been given to the Member. It consists of 35 institutions. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (b) All the special needs institutions are supported by the Government through the free primary education and the free day secondary education funds for primary and secondary schools, respectively. However, owing to the additional costs of instructional materials for special needs education, the Ministry gives an additional capitation for the special needs children in public schools. Those additional funds are used for purchase of specialized instructional materials and assistive devices. Capitation is pegged on the overall Free Primary Education Budget as approved by the Treasury. I wish to acknowledge that the funds provided are inadequate and, therefore, there is need ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we make requests to the Treasury through this House. This House approves and the Treasury always has the final say. We shall do the same and if the Treasury allows, then we shall get the funding. Then the schools will get additional funding to what they already get from us. Let me be a little bit clear that the top up funds in special needs primary schools is Kshs2,000 per child. The borders, whether in primary or secondary, get an additional Kshs8,000 per child on top of the normal free day secondary school education funds and ... view