Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 971 to 980 of 1845.

• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the time has come for us to do something about this issue. A time has for us to do away with Mungiki and Chinkororo which politicians use. Even cattle rustling is actually organized crime. Some people say that it is part of their culture. How can your culture be organizing murders and maiming people? I do not think it should be allowed. This should be taken care of by this Bill. The time has come for us to take stern action against organized crime. This can only be done by this Parliament supporting and passing ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that a pupil, Georgina Sohie Nyasi, and all the class Five G pupils of Mwanyambo Primary School in Voi Constituency were caned by a teacher, Mr. John Chege on 14th May, 2009. She later died of malaria at the Coast General Hospital on 25th May, 2009. (b) The Ministry conducted an internal investigations on 30th May, 2009 and the findings were as follows:- The Five G Class Teacher, Mr. John Chege, TSC No. 320243 of Manyambo Primary School canned all the students with elastic rubber for allegedly making noise ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On the same day, at around 1.00 p.m., the late pupil left for home and did not return to the school at 2.00 p.m. She remained out of school from 15th to 19th May, 2009 when the Head teacher, Mr. Joram Mwazo was informed of her admission to Voi District Hospital. On 20th May, 2009, the Head teacher together with other teachers visited her at the hospital and found her put on a drip. Thereafter, between 21st and 24th May, 2009, the school did not receive any information about the girl’s medical condition and the parents did not visit the ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: The Head teacher was later informed that the girl had been transferred to Coast General Hospital on 24th May, 2009 and died on 25th May, 2009. (c) The teacher, Mr. John Chege has been interdicted and his name removed from the TSC register as stipulated in the TSC Code of conduct and Ethics, Section 10(1). view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is not covering up the teacher. The Ministry has already removed the teacher from the TSC payroll. He has already been interdicted. If the post mortem reveals that the child died out of caning, then that is a police case. The man will be taken to court and charged with assault or murder. We have, however, removed him from the payroll pending what the police will do with the case. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, corporal punishment in schools is illegal. There is an Act of Parliament which makes it an offence to cane children in school. It is a criminal offence to cane your child, even at home. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is public knowledge in this country that caning is illegal in schools. Any teacher found doing it will be subjected to disciplinary action by the TSC. Any action beyond that belongs to the police. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry took action and by 5th January, 2010 the teacher had already been interdicted. However, when it comes to taking the gentleman to court it is a matter of the police and not the TSC. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that the report we have indicates that the child did not die due to caning. There were other natural causes. I do not need to repeat that. view