Prof. Prof. Olweny

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Entries 821 to 830 of 1845.

• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to seek your guidance on this Question in line with Standing order No. 43(4). On 13th October, 2010, my Ministry gave a reply to this Question. My Ministry is already taking action in line with the answer that was given on the Floor of the House on that day. Should I give another answer to the same Question that we gave an answer to just two months ago? I have a copy of the HANSARD for that day. view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker: Very well! Next Question by hon. Kombo! view
• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the Government bursaries are awarded to students in boarding schools only. The rationale is that in January 2008, the Government implemented Free Day Secondary Education where all students’ tuition fees are met by the Government at the rate of Kshs10,265 per student per year. Indeed, this amount forms the bulk of the fees required for day scholars. Boarders on the other hand have to meet substantial amounts of boarding fees. Therefore, the Bursary Management Guidelines in force target them exclusively. In addition, with the introduction of Free Day ... view
• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we know that there are other funds which can also help in meeting the education needs of our children. We have the CDF money. There is room for bursary in the CDF. Some CDF money can also be used for bursaries. All the same, the latest guidelines from the Ministry of Education indicated that focus should be on needy students in boarding secondary schools. However, this does not prevent the Constituency Bursary Committee (CBC) from allocating funds to any needy case like the one the hon. Member has talked about. If you look at the guidelines and ... view
• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, like my colleague, I also have bursary from the CDF. I want to refer my colleague to a circular that was written to all the District Education Offices in January, 2008 where we said that the bursary will target needy students in boarding secondary schools. The circular did not say that we leave out the other group. It is neither mandatory nor a must. view
• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Free Day Secondary School Funds amount to slightly over Kshs10,000. That is the tuition fees that the Government pays for day scholars. So, if anybody talks of access to education, today, any Kenyan child cannot be view
• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the fees that my colleagues are talking about is what has been decided by the Parents Teachers Associations (PTAs). In most cases, that money just caters for lunch. The money varies from one school to another. In some schools, it is Kshs1,000 per term per student. In other schools they have made it Kshs2,000. So, this amount varies from school to school and from constituency to constituency. This is because it is a PTA affair. However, if a student does not have money for lunch, he does not have to pay. That student also does not have ... view
• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. K. Kilonzo, for referring to me as a good professor. Well, that will be taken care of. As I said, we will revise the guidelines because some of those issues have come up to us. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Question was handled quite a bit last week, except for the month of November. The House wanted to know what the Ministry will do with the salary of Mr. Abdalla Adam for the month of November because he was posted to a wrong institution. So, the issue is why the Ministry is not paying his salary for November, 2005. This is the way forward. Mr. Abdalla was posted to Mombasa Teachers Training Institute (TTI) on 2nd November. When he reported, it was found out that he did not have the right subjects for that institution. However, ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologize for coming late and beg to reply. (a) The Government has been providing funds to Ngoto AIC Day and Boarding Primary School (Registration No.G/PE/456/09) in Makueni Constituency, Nzaui District. Given that, that is the position, Part (b) of the Question does not arise. We have given the school four tranches of the required amounts. view