Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1845.

• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, most of the marginalised counties fall under ASAL areas. We have a policy dealing with education in ASAL areas, which will address that aspect. The commitment of my Ministry is to ensure that education is promoted in ASAL areas, just like in the rest of the country. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The progress report of the Economic Stimulus Programme in Konoin Constituency is as follows: We have Mogogosiek Primary School with a project of constructing three classrooms, two pit latrines and rainwater harvesting facilities. For the classrooms, the floor slabs have been done, and for the pit latrines the ground has been cleared. Work on the rainwater harvesting facilities has not yet started. The amount that has been spent on the classrooms is Kshs780,000; nothing has been spent on projects which have not started. There have been delays because of interference by rain. There ... view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a problem across the country and not in the hon. Member’s constituency only. During the financial year 2010/2011 my Ministry requested Kshs416 million from the Treasury to buy 114 vehicles to be distributed to the districts. So many districts are new and do not have vehicles. We are still waiting for that money. The request did not go through, but we hope the Treasury will take into consideration that request when we consider Supplementary Estimates in this House. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a programme that was mooted by the Government through the Treasury. Its continuation will depend on what the Ministry of Finance allocates to all of these ESP projects during the next financial year or in the Supplementary Estimates. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Public Works was given some money to help in the supervision, particularly in construction. If anything goes wrong, we will blame the Ministry of Public Works. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the construction work should be scaled down so that the cost of construction is not extremely high. We know how much can be spent on building a classroom. As regards equipping laboratories in particular--- view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: I think you can buy desks using the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). However, equipping the laboratories is still under the ESP; therefore, we expect continued funding from the Treasury. However, if we do not get the continued funding from the Treasury and the buildings are done, then I think the Ministry of Education and the CDF can come in. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the CDF is for constituency development and the ESPs are part of constituency development. I am appealing to Members of Parliament to chip into these programmes. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have told the DEOs and the Public Works Officers (PWOs) to customize projects to the needs and requirements of the people. However, in case anything stalls, we shall put a request to the Treasury to ensure that all the projects that were started are completed. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not sure which of the projects started through the KESSP have stalled. In case the hon. Member has one in his constituency, let him bring the information. We shall follow up to know what happened to the particular project. view