Dr. Paul Otuoma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 251 to 260 of 412.

• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, through this Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TIVET) Programme, we are in the process of reviving polytechnics. Some were called village polytechnics and we have taken them up. We have also developed a curriculum with the National Education Council - if I am not mistaken. So far, we have taken over 500 youth polytechnics. We have ensured that they are spread out in every constituency. As I speak now, we are in the process of gazetting more youth polytechnics. I have been telling Members to liaise, in their constituencies, with the ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, the issue of unemployment cannot be sorted out by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports alone. We know that one of the root causes of unemployment is lack of skills by the youths. That is where we are trying to give them skills using the youth polytechnics. If some of the youths have access to some loans or funds through the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, they could become entrepreneurs and, in the process, also create employment. However, we all know that the best employment creation is achieved when the economy ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need your guidance on whether I should continue in English or change to Kiswahili. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Ahsante. Bwana Naibu Spika wa Muda ameniambia nichague, na mimi nimechagua Kiswahili. Kuhusu vijana wa Samburu ambao wanahusika na ufugaji wa ng’ombe, mpango wa youth polytechnics utasambazwa katika kila maeneo ya ubunge. Kuna sehemu ambazo zilikuwa na polytechnics nyingi kuliko sehemu zingine. Katika sehemu ambazo hazina, tunajaribu kutumia mpango wa affirmative action ili kuziwezesha kuwa na youth polytechnics. Katika youth polytechnics, kuna programmes ambazo zimewekwa ambazo zinalenga vijana wanaotoka eneo kama hilo. Kama wangependa kujifunza jinsi ya kuendesha biashara, mipango itawekwa kulingana na hayo. Kama wanataka fedha ili waweze kuendesha biashara yao, mikakati itawekwa kulingana na matarajio yao. Kitu cha ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Koech is quite right. That is the figure. It is around Kshs7 billion, but we are also aware of our vote books. The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs’ budget is very clear. You can see the amount of view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, Dr. Khalwale is very well versed in parliamentary issues and some of the programmes that the Government engages in. Members passed an Act here, the National Youth Council Act of 2009, which clearly stipulates what programmes the youth and the Government prioritize in terms of what we want to achieve. There must be a framework to deliver that. However, that does not stop private individuals from also coming up with their own programmes and drive them, so long as they are allowed in the country. That programme was not channeled through ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: There also so many Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) with various other programmes, but they are doing them in their private capacity, so long as doing so is not illegal in the country; I think that is permissible. We only deal with programmes which are within our national youth policy programme, which we think is in line with what we envisaged when we passed the National Youth Council Act. It is very unfortunate that the elections were taken to court and they could not take place. Otherwise, what I am saying view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you can see, that is a different Question, but as I said earlier, we advertised the other day and came up with a salary scheme for the instructors. Maybe hon. Njuguna can go back and look at it and say whether that remuneration is enough. This is because what he is talking about is a problem we have already worked on. The instructors who are being recruited now, their remuneration is very clear. It was approved. They are also being employed on contractual basis while still seeing how best we can have them employed ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I heard Dr. Nuh clearly, most of these progrmmes are domesticated in the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, and that is what I said. There could be other programmes that are privately driven; we do not have much to say about them. But the ones which are in the Ministry are catered for in various departments; they are under one ministry but the departments could be different, depending on what the specifics are. For example, we have the Department of NYS, Department of Youth Training and Department of Youth Development, but all are ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I answer this Question, I wish to apologize to the House that this Question should have been answered last week. But one of my colleagues who was to do this, unfortunately, was unable to make it. On that note, I beg to reply. view