Robert Monda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some time back - three or so months in this House - the Ministry was on record that it will employ staff to counter the then disease in the same northern part of the country; PPR. Today here, we are talking about the imminent outbreak of the Rift Valley Fever and the same story is continuing: "We are in the process of employing". My question here is: When shall we employ? When shall we be through with the employment and have staff in place to counter the diseases? view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is an era of strategic planning for all Ministries. There is also performance contracting. We cannot say, in a mystified situation, where the Assistant Minister is only telling us: "We are prepared". We are asking for specific time-frames when the employment will be complete and save the population of this country from losing their livestock and their economic backbone! view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Pyrethrum is also the backbone of the country's economy. The Assistant Minister seems to be touching on the surface of the issue. Who are the new CEOs and the officers below him? view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this era where the Government is talking about Vision 2030, and we are also talking about strategic planning, could the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs give us a timeframe within which we expect, finally, to decongest the prisons in this country? view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology:- (a) whether she is aware that fresh graduates from universities have difficulties accessing loans from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to pursue post- graduate studies; and, (b) what she is doing to ensure that fresh graduates who wish to pursue post- graduate studies immediately after undergraduate studies are able to access HELB loans. view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Question is talking about fresh graduates who want to pursue Masters degrees. In his answer, the Assistant Minister has given the criteria for qualification to obtain the loans. One of the criteria is for the post-graduate applicants to be able to service the loans while studying. This is the real Question I am asking; that fresh graduates need to access the loans. We cannot talk about age limit and having them in gainful employment and yet they are fresh from school. So, what is the Assistant Minister doing to ensure that fresh graduates from universities continue ... view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has told the House that the scheme of service does not allow employment of people who have not attained Form Four level of education. Yet, the Ministry went ahead and conducted interviews for these drivers from Turkana. We had seven of them qualified. But after they qualified, the issue of Form Four education comes 2536 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 8, 2008 in. Where was the scheme of service when the interviews were being conducted? Could this be the same situation as was the case with the Adminstration Police (AP) recruitment recently? Could the Assistant ... view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has indicated that there was Kshs1.340 billion in the 2007/2008 Financial Year, and that in the current financial year, there is a further Kshs1.685 billion, which the Government has given to the HELB, which means there is continuous recovery of the loans and the Government is continuously giving further funding into the HELB. How then do we promote improvement of our education when the Assistant Minister says that we are limited in resources and yet there is collection? What is the transparency in application for these loans? view
• 7 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion. I want to start by going back to the beginning of this year when we were all elected to this House. Every Member of this House remembers that most of the first months were spent in violence. We did not start our work the time we were supposed to, normally. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have been told about the routine of this House that we go on 2468 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 7, 2008 recess at around this time. However, we have not asked ourselves when we started the business ... view