Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support this Bill. This Bill is a wonderful idea because it is going to bring sanity in the minds of Kenyans. For several years, Kenyans have mismanaged the environment. Today, we have floods. Whenever it rains, we have so much flooding, which we never used to have before because of a lot of surface water run-off. This is as a result of mismanagement of our environment. That is one of the major factors which have led to reduced agricultural production. Reduced infiltration of water into the soil results in so much surface run-off. ... view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Bill. I have read this Bill and formed the opinion that if it is enacted, it will help us fight corruption in this country much better than we have done, although we enacted a very good Act in 2003. It was good but the people who were given the mandate to fight corruption in this country politicised the fight against corruption. Sometime back, people used to say that we were politicising the fight against corruption, but the fight against corruption has now been properly politicised. We made a mistake here ... view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: are being done every now and then and yet he is the one taking Kshs100,000 from a Member of Parliament for Harambee and then turning around and saying: “I was being bribed”. view
• 23 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: It is sad for this country if the people who are given the job of fighting corruption can go around to look for money from us yet they have the biggest salaries. They are getting higher salaries than the President, the Prime Minister and Members of Parliament who are being pushed and being taxed socially and also by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). They should take moral responsibility. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, there is a lot of corruption in the private sector yet these people are only focusing on the public sector. This Bill addresses corruption properly in ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA), whose members are the principals of secondary schools pay a monthly voluntary contribution of Kshs500 to the association towards their welfare, workshops and seminars. These are voluntary contributions by the members through payslip deductions by the Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) towards their association. In fact, Article 36 of the new Constitution grants freedom to individuals to join or participate in activities of any association of any kind. Since the KESSHA is a duly registered organization by the Attorney-General, any contribution by its members, therefore, does not constitute an ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (b) The Kshs500 deducted from the payslips of over 5,000 school principals is the monthly subscription to the KESSHA. However, I am not aware of any funds, including Kshs27 million received by the KESSHA from schools for any activity or its operations. The Free Day Secondary Education Fund and the Contingency in Local Transport and Travelling Sub-Vote of the Fund caters for travelling, seminars and workshops for teachers and principals. Any other payments from the schools to any organization, individual and activity, must be approved by the District Education Boards of which Members of Parliament are members. (c) The mandate ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the deductions are done from the pay slips of willing members. Those who do not want deductions from their salaries can pay outside the arrangement. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a private society arrangement and the Ministry does not get involved. The Ministry has other fora in which it helps the teachers meet and exchange other ideas. However, that is their private arrangement or association. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a private association and it is not answerable to the Ministry of Education. The office to which it is answerable - and we can get audited accounts through that office – is the Office of the Attorney-General. That is a private association. view