Sabina Chege is a woman of many talents and used to be an actor at Kenya National Theatre. She served as a radio presenter for many years where she addressed development and women issues. Transforming people is her passion.
19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the alternative plans the Government has or intends to put in place for the 196,024 candidates who had missed admission in secondary schools this year is mainstreaming or selection of KCPE candidates to join youth polytechnics to pursue skills training.
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19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
The Government, through the Department of Youth Affairs, has revamped all former youth polytechnics and established new ones in districts. This offers numerous training and other technical courses for students. This year, a total of 88,195 KCPE candidates were placed in youth polytechnics countrywide. There is also an attached schedule on the same. The remaining Class Eight leavers were absorbed in private TVET colleges and private secondary schools.
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19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the Government has put the following measures in place to ensure that there is a high transition rate from primary to secondary schools in the country:- 1. Further expansion of the number and capacity of national schools. 2. The Government of Kenya to fund expansion of all other schools to at least three streams as was done for national schools--- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am actually talking about the hon. Member’s constituency. So, he should be keen and listen to me.
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19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
The measures are:- 1) Operationalization of incomplete Economic Stimulus Programmes (ESPs) in schools by providing funds for requisite facilities. 2) Encourage establishment of more schools by devolved governments and communities, for instance Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) among other interventions. 3) Encourage integration of learners with special needs in their regular schools and build the capacity of secondary schools and tertiary education teachers to handle learners with special needs. 4) Encourage establishment of, at least, a secondary school in the existing primary schools where viable. 5) Encourage contribution of donor-driven initiative like ADB and Kuwait Fund for Economic Development. 6) Initiative ...
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19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. Hon. Rose Nyamunga’s sentiments are well noted. I would also like to inform her that the issue of development of polytechnics is now with the county governments. She can consult her governor, so that they can increase the number of polytechnics in their area. At the same time, we had about Kshs600 million in our budget for development of polytechnics. The Budget and Appropriations Committee felt that the money was meant The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
for the county governments. However, there is a lot that the national Government does in equipping polytechnics. On the issue of overstaffing, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is already working out a programme on how to rationalise and ensure that some teachers in areas which are overstaffed are transferred to other needy areas. Through this year’s Budget, we intended to increase the number of teachers by 5,000. So, we will have more teachers posted to areas where there is shortage. I would also like to point out the fact that the Government has set aside more money for free primary ...
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12 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House:- Report of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology on consideration of the Kenya Qualifications Framework Bill
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12 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker.
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11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, regarding the state of roads in this country and in particular, Kenol-Murang’a Road. The Kenol-Murang’a Road is a major road serving a number of counties and it is very dilapidated and requires reconstruction and modernization. The state of this road is causing users to incur high costs of maintenance of their vehicles and some accidents have also been attributed to the state of this road. Further, the drainage system in this road is very poor and the ...
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