Reuben Kiborek

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 21 to 28 of 28.

• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and Sen. (Prof.) Kamar for that question. I appreciate what the Committee on Education has done because we have gone to some of these centres and seen the challenges the children with disability go through. They need our support. I concur with Sen. (Prof.) Kamar because I visited the Tom Mboya School in Mombasa, it is for children with cerebral palsy. The first issue is that the teachers that take care of them are few. Secondly, the condition of these children should allow more teachers to support and teach them because some children require physical ... view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: I have engaged the Minister for Education so as to provide more teachers to these centres. The only challenge is that these teachers need more training so that they become available. This will not burden the few teachers found in these centres. I know there is a problem there because those few teachers cannot handle the many children that are in those centres. view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will take it up with the Ministry of Education to ensure that they provide more teachers, better facilities and even more funding in order for these centres to support these children. I am happy that more parents are coming out, taking them to those centres and are not hiding them in the house. It tells you the awareness that is being created out there is now better than before. view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we had discussions with the office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary on this issue of the retired indicator in the performance contracting on disability. It was one of the cross-cutting issues that most ministries, departments and agencies were not able to achieve and we are having discussions so that it is returned in the next financial year. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: We appreciate the fact that disability mainstreaming in all ministries is very important. We will have discussions even at the committee level. We should be able to support this programme to be brought back into performance contracting. view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: On the second question on why a family was not registered, we will find out from our officers on the ground why they were not able to register them. However, the directions that we have for our officers is that they should register all PWDs. The council will later vet to have those with severe disabilities registered on the programme of InuaJamii. We will take it up as council to be able to verify what could have happened. Nevertheless, it is not a requirement for this registration that PWDs should have the card. All of them are registered despite having ... view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Yes. I will be appearing before the Ad Hoc Committee. view