Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: “---and the report will then be submitted to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance---“ Not Minister for Education! view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: “---for consideration and payment approval.” Not Minister for Education! So, the issue is with the Minister for Finance and not with my Ministry. All other details that you want of my colleagues are with the Pensions Department, which you can get from the Minister for Finance. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, these persons – the people we are talking about – are not teachers. These ones are retirees who were employees of the TSC but at this time, they are not our employees; they are not teachers! view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we sent an answer to Parliament earlier today and I do not know what happened. I am not sure whether the hon. Member will allow me to answer the Question. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government has no plans to divest from publishing houses to open the market for private sector indigenous publishers. The two public publishing houses; namely, Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and the KLB make their own unique contribution to the quality of education and economic development in the country. In addition, the third public institution is KIE, which is the national curriculum and research centre, whose core functions include developing research based quality and curriculum support materials. It advises the other publishing houses on the curriculum and learning material requirements and it is also ... view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: (b) The two institutions; that is, Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and the Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB) are actually indigenous publishing houses operating in a competitive environment along with other publishers in the private sector. The Ministry does not protect them and, therefore, they do not enjoy any monopoly or undue advantage over other publishers. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation’s establishment was for advancement of education and part of its income is expended for purposes beneficial to the citizens of Kenya. It publishes educational books for all levels of education and readers of all ages, donates books towards educational institutions and libraries, offers scholarship ... view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The KLB on the other hand is a profitable self supporting parastatal that pays corporate tax and dividends annually to the Treasury. In addition, the KLB annually donates Kshs20 million worth of books to the schools in most needy communities as part of its corporate social responsibility. It also employs a large number of people in the publishing industry. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the two institutions are based in Nairobi, but their books are sold through anybody else who sells books across the country. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the institutions give donations to all Kenyans. You can make a request, reach out to them and then they will respond to you. I do not think there is any discrimination that is done by any of those two institutions. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that any Kenyan can make a request. So, the donations from those organizations will be based on who requests them. If you need to make a request to them, then they will reach out to you and provide you with whatever they have. They will not provide you with what they do not have. view