Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1441 to 1450 of 1925.

• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I have on several occasions on the Floor of this House indicated on the paucity of teachers that we have in our teaching profession. Last time when I was seeking for additional funding for teacher employment, we were only given 18,000 teachers plus replacement of those who died through natural attrition. The figure came to 20,000. Those are the ones we distributed to every constituency. At the current level of teacher deficit, we have a teacher deficit of 61,000 teachers, comprising of 43,000 in the primary sector, and the other balance in the secondary ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the national policy on education and Sessional Paper No.1, 2005, specifies the ingredients of free primary education and 2008 modified free day secondary education. If you look carefully through that policy that we have adopted in the form of a Sessional Paper in this House, it clearly specifies the role of the Government and the role of parents. Whereas we are able to provide for free educational teaching materials for the teacher and other aspects of the course, obviously, the parents would need to meet the cost of uniforms and travelling expenses in the school ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, earlier on, I indicated that in the case of provision of food, it is a matter we can look into on a one to one basis but it cannot be a blanket decision to all the low-cost boarding schools. The area I was referring to is about infrastructure because we cannot and we do not have any budget in the current budget allocation. That is why I refreshed your memory that during the Supplementary Budget all the allocations under infrastructure programme for primary and secondary schools were shifted to the School Feeding Programme, again expressing ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a reasonable request. The list always changes and it originates from the grassroots. In fact, it is the District Education Officers (DEOs) and Members of Parliament who give us these statistics through the District Education Board where they are members. So, that list changes every year. What I have given you may be a list that was prepared early in the current financial year and we know that every year there is about 10 per cent increase in the enrolment of students. I said earlier and I want to repeat that we do ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very serious Motion and from the outset, I want to support the amendment. This Motion clearly quotes Article 241 of the Constitution. It did not say any other legislative process. What does it say? Article 241 of our Constitution talks about the Kenya Defence Forces and the Defence Council. That is the main Article. The heavy sentence is about Defence Forces and the Defence Council. Sub-section 2 gives details on how the Defence Council will operate. The operative Article states that there are established the Kenya Defence Forces. Because this Constitution is quoted ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Indeed, Parliament’s role is to allocate resources in an equitable manner. It is there in the Constitution. The resources shall bear into account the various duties. That is our responsibility as Parliament. However, when we have allocated those funds, I think it would be a mistake on our part, as Parliament, to try and then specify how every single penny must be spent in that department. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, since I am on the Floor; could I, please beg for your silence. I am building up a case. The reason why I am supporting the amendment of this Motion is because these very basic Articles of the Constitution do not give us room to try and riggle out what is already contained in the main body of the Constitution, which is quoted in this amendment. That is why I am saying we should expunge the amendment that pursuant to Article 241 of the Constitution, the Budget of the Ministry of State for Defence should be ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: We are talking about the defence Council. We are not talking about the Kenya Army, Kenya Air force and Kenya Navy. Let me also say that this is a very sensitive area. I think even with the past historical events we may have witnessed, we are in the new constitutional era. We should give the benefit of doubt to the new officers who may come to the office, who will constitute the bulk of this Defence Council. They are the people who will be operative. I would like to see a situation, where the Army Commander or the Kenya Air ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Therefore, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in all honesty, even if you feel that you want to give separate votes for these departments, let us gives them the benefit of doubt. The Defence Council will be formed. If there is need in the future to amend this law, this Parliament has a free hand in amending any Article. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support the amendment. view