Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1331 to 1340 of 1925.

• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Let me say that if there was any degree of humiliation, it was all in your own translation. I want to assure this august House that, indeed, it was a protective measure because there was a blanket assumption that if the money that was captured in the audit report went to the schools, those teachers had taken it. I only wanted to make a public confirmation. It was in their interest, and there is nobody who has complained about it, except those who have been in some other payroll, in order to be able to come out of the situation. ... view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I mentioned that some of the issues raised, like the one by Eng. Gumbo, were outside the purview of the information sought. It is, indeed, true that I came to this august House and issued a Ministerial Statement regarding the Kshs4.2 billion. I remember that hon. Mbadi was one of those who made contribution to the Ministerial Statement I issued in this House. I have not departed from what I said in this House then. There is additional information to what I told this House; subject to the outcome of the investigations that are ongoing. ... view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Mbadi, I have already partly answered you. We will be able to answer you comprehensively, and say if at all any money was stolen and by whom. So, do not be in a hurry. Wait, because the investigative arm of the Government is on the matter. We have done our own investigations, and we have the details; but we want those details corroborated through the normal channels. Once that is done, I will, definitely, come back to this august House and apprise hon. Members. view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Suffice it to say at this point in time, just for the avoidance of doubt, that the Kshs4.2 billion comprises of Kshs2.27 billion relating to the years ended 30th June 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. I just want him to note that aspect, which I have already pointed out. Those represent what we call reconciliation through the financial management reports on the funds given by the Kenya Government which is the bulk at 95 per cent and donors at 5 per cent. I can disaggregate how much each donor gave out of those funds. We have all those ... view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will summarize. Mr. Mwathi has suggested the first term for these conferences and that is a possibility. I think we can do it or we can do it just before the mocks. Then about the schools, they were 512 schools and there are 20,000 schools. There is a misconception here that the schools that benefited from the infrastructure funds were 3,078 and not the 20,000. In fact, the total number of primary schools is 19,600 and odd numbers. I cannot remember the final numbers. The ones involved were 3,078--- view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to avoid any doubt, those 3,078 schools belong to 25 districts which were considered vulnerable. Anybody who wants the information, I will table it at the material time when this report is ready. It will show which money went to which school and how much money went to that school and whether that money was used correctly or not. I will table that information and nobody should be in a hurry. On the question by Mrs. Shebesh, indeed, Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (KEPSHA) and Kenya Secondary Heads Association (KESHA) is an association of ... view
• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I take great exception at the terminology being used in this House. Would the hon. Member be able to substantiate the carelessness that he is talking about and yet he is seized with the full information on the concrete steps that the Ministry of Education has taken in order to address this issue? This includes the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. view
• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Dr. Khalwale. view
• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that I made him a very worthy student and a very brilliant doctor, who is now a Member of Parliament, we do, indeed, have the interests of a child at heart. The interest of a child is at the centre of our business in the Ministry of Education. view