Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Recently, I visited a school in my constituency before the students attended the Nairobi International Show. Parents were supposed to pay about Kshs2,500. I thought about the cost of transport to and from Nairobi, lunch and entrance fee, which cannot add up to Kshs1,000. They paid Kshs2,500 because the law allows teachers to levy charges. We need to be very careful not to give a law that allows people an opportunity to take advantage. When I met the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, he said that no levies The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: should be charged on the children without his express authority. We need to amend this provision, so that our children stay in school. view
• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The latest report of the world’s best countries in terms of ECDE provision gave reasons why they were performing very well. One of the things that I noted was the number of hours children remain within the tuition centres or in class. It is important to look at that because we create laws and regulations and we need to ensure that we provide quality education, not quantity. view
• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Lastly, I have seen a proposal on the design of ECDE centres in this Bill. I have looked at some of the ECDE centres that are put up by county governments and I think it is important that we insist on having a standard design for all of them. We should have something that is learner friendly, accessible to small children and sizeable so that children can have space to play. I have seen standard size classrooms in all the primary schools in my county and that is the size they are using to build ECDE centres. They require something ... view
• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to give an opinion on this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Bill, (National Assembly No.58 of 2015). The idea behind these miscellaneous amendments of the Statute Laws is basically to come up with minor amendments. My understanding of minor amendments is basic issues like grammatical errors, correction in language and spelling mistakes. However, we have noted in this House that many laws are changed through miscellaneous amendments. My colleague has also alluded to that fact. So, it is important that we go through this carefully. I want to begin with the amendment to ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: allowed that leeway. I understand that, currently, he does not have any powers. That is unfortunate because that falls directly under his docket. I have noticed that within the education industry, we have a problem. There are teachers who report to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), and then we have Ministry officials who report to the CS. Many a times you wonder: What is it that a sub-county education officer is supposed to do and yet, there is also a sub-county staffing officer for the TSC? Those are some of the areas that we need to look at. I support ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I begin by thanking Hon. Odanga for coming up with this very important Motion that basically deals with deployment of chaplains to learning institutions. I have noted that Parliament is seeking to give solutions for almost every problem that we have. We are here to represent, oversee and legislate. It is difficult to legislate on everything, but I see desperation in this country. Members have noted that the nation is going through some form of desperation and that is why we have reached this point where we have to ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Recently, you saw the riots that affected our schools. Instead of the children protesting in a civilized manner, they burn their dormitories. The Mover of this Motion is trying to come up with a solution that will help us move the nation forward and, probably, curb the problems that we are facing. The question is this: What punishments are available for school managers today? With the new Constitution, the hands of school managers are tied. In the past, there was corporal punishment, which is now a thing of the past; it was banned. It is one of the things that ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Our schools have guidance and counselling departments. In essence, the school chaplain is going to be providing the same service that is provided by that department. I want to mention some of the fears that I have when we say that we are going to use the chaplain to correct those situations. First and foremost, the Constitution does insist on independence of worship. So, if you are going to bring a chaplain who is a Christian, Muslim students can refuse to access that office on grounds that the Constitution allows them their freedom of religion. view