Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1251 to 1260 of 1925.

• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, on 8th November, the militia threatened to kill the officials who reported the matter to Daadab Police Station under OB No.27/9/11/2010. The matter is under investigation. During the same period, a senior Ministry official also monitoring examinations in the area was roughed up by unknown persons in Garissa. The supervisors, invigilators and security personnel were put on the alert and security was beefed up in Daadab and that matter was settled. It is common knowledge that a Mr. King’ori who was a supervisor in Garissa High School was killed in 1994 because of such examination malpractices. ... view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: No, it was in 2000 and not in 1994. view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform the House that the examination malpractice is taking a worrying trend lately as the cartels in some of the cases that have been reported began to involve head teachers, supervisors and district education officials attempting to conceal examination irregularities in the recent past. view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: During the 2011 KCPE Examination, the following officers attempted to interfere with the submission of evidence on examination: 911: A District Examination Officer and a head teacher interfered with the submission of irregularity cases to the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) by withholding 10 mobile phones and a shirt containing pre-prepared responses that were confiscated on the first day of the 2011 KCPE examination. The details of the candidates who were caught with the mobile phones and the shirt containing prepared responses were only forwarded after KNEC proposed to forward the name of the examination officer to his employer, the ... view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, very shortly, I will be winding up. I will then table the list. view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I said that appropriate action is being taken on the officers involved and every effort is being made to ensure that there is security for the teachers who report the malpractices. view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: These are just but a few examples to show how challenging management of examinations can be. Such an environment is a fertile ground for examination cheating. Prior to the commencement of 2011 examination, KNEC put a programme in place to brief and sensitize all Provincial Directors of Education, District Education Officers, District Examination Officers, head teachers, supervisors and invigilators. This was undertaken from 4th October, 2011 to 14th October, 2011. It was done extensively in North Eastern Province as well as in other parts of the country. This resulted in a very good performance in KCPE. Indeed, Garissa District led ... view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Affey said that 50 per cent of the results of candidates in the North Eastern Province have been withheld. It is not 50 per cent. If he listened to my Statement, it was 39.37 per cent. So, that is an exaggeration. view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: No, it is not almost. Those who read statistics will tell you that there is a world of difference between 39.37 per cent and 50 per cent. view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been asked to consider establishing a committee to investigate the matter. Indeed, right from the word go, when the results were being presented to me on Monday, 27th February, 2012, my immediate reaction to the highlights was that this must have involved a chain. Therefore, before we punish the student who has been a cog in a wheel, I want to know what the chain is. I want the truth to be established of this chain. Indeed, the Security Committee of the KNEC, which excludes the members of the KNEC, sat on one day from ... view