Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1501 to 1510 of 1925.

• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Due to increased food prices and fuel costs, the World Food Programme (WFP) reduced its support for the School Feeding Programme by 38 per cent from 1.2 million to 750,000 school children in 2009. As a result, a retargeting exercise was carried out focusing on areas with high incidences of chronic food insecurity and poor educational indicators; that is low access, low net enrolment ratio, high dropout rates and poor attendance. Consequently, most of the districts in semi arid lands, including Kieni, were dropped out of the School Feeding Programme. In ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be extremely happy to supply food to all the ASAL areas and children in the pockets of poverty. However, because of the reasons that I have already stated, that we are unable to get resources from our partner, the WFP, because of the inflationary trend of prices worldwide, particularly touching on maize and other items--- Nevertheless, under the Government of Kenya programme, we have started the Home Grown School Feeding Programme. I am quite prepared to look at Kieni; at any rate, I have already assured the hon. Member. I was there about ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: First of all, this programme is a reality because it has been in place for the last 30 years. It started in 1980 and now we are in 2010. It has been running for 30 years. Secondly, this programme is a reality because we have successfully fed 1.35 million children. Thirdly, this programme is a reality because under a separate budget by the Government, there was Kshs400 million set aside on home grown food subsidy by accessing money directly to the individual schools, so that they can buy food from the surrounding communities. They will have fresh food and this ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have no intention whatsoever, as a Ministry and as a Government, of discriminating against any child, particularly in relation to access to education and food in areas with harsh climatic conditions. We do this periodic review with the WFP, who are the main partners in this effort. The only reason we suffered a setback is that the WFP came back last year when we were feeding these children and said they could no longer sustain feeding the population of 1.3 million children. They scaled the programme down to 750,000 children. That was why the ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member cared to listen to me, I said that we review this programme yearly before we roll out the food programme. I even went to the extent of elaborating that last year when we were reviewing this programme, the World Food Programme (WFP) came back to us and said that they could not sustain to feed 1.35 million children. Therefore, they scaled it down to 750,000 children. So, it is a yearly review before the programme is rolled out. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as it is always the practice, we are monitoring the situation very carefully, just like in the last drought and famine. We were able to push out additional resources to feed children during the school vacations. Therefore, they were guaranteed that they did not go back home hungry. It became an entry point for the parents to also access food for support at this level. So, consequently, we will be monitoring the situation, Ndaragwa and Kieni included, and many other arid and semi-arid areas, so that we take care of the problems as and when they ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The current fees being charged to students of TTCs is as follows:- (i) First years pay Kshs38,000 which is inclusive of uniforms, computer charges and rehabilitation fund. (ii) Second years pay Kshs27,775. The fees is payable in two installments in the first and second term of each year. This fees structure has been in existence for the last 16 years. (b) The Ministry of Education has not increased fees charged by primary TTCs. It is only in 2008 when the Ministry increased the Boarding, Equipment and Stores popularly known as (BE&S) ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not completed reading the answer. It was an oversight. Could I go ahead and complete reading the answer? view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a task force comprising of key stakeholders has been set up by the Ministry to review fees charged and ways of assisting the vulnerable students among others and report back by December, 2010. (c) The Ministry has no loan scheme for assisting the students who may not be able to raise the fees charged. However, Kshs10 million Bursary Fund is shared by 18 PTTCs and two Diploma Teacher Education Colleges every financial year. view