Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1531 to 1540 of 1925.

• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the month of August was extremely crowded. The heads of secondary schools had already booked the month of August. They were holding their conference in Mombasa and we could not have two similar meetings running concurrently. Therefore, the venue would not have been very convenient. It would also not have been cost effective. At the same time, please do appreciate that this is the time when the heads of primary schools are able to learn from the experiences of other teachers from the other areas who have done well. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member listened to me very carefully, there was proper delegation. The deputy headteachers took over, and were able to handle those subjects that the headteachers were handling. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the first term of the year the heads will have no notes to compare. Certainly August is the time when it is appropriate for them to hold that conference, after having gone through the first term and second terms. Thirdly--- view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, learning is not just about examinations. It is a lifelong process. There are other challenges that go along with it, although examinations is one of the events in the calendar of a school. Therefore, January will not be an appropriate time. August is definitely an appropriate period because they will have had accumulative experiences over the last seven months. They can thus compare notes favourably. This was an odd situation, a one-off situation. I have already communicated to the officials of KEPSHA that in future, whatever may be the circumstances, they will hold their meetings in the ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the most interesting thing was that there was no Exchequer expense on this matter. Teachers paid for themselves. I think you should give them credit that they paid for themselves to go and improve the learning outcomes of our children. I think it is a credit to the teachers, that they were able to afford their own expenses to some of the places. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, denying or confirming is neither here nor there. The policy is clear. We normally hold these conferences in August or during the vacations. Therefore, this was an exception. Exceptions are allowed, even to rules. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologize. This Question was passed on last week and I do not understand why he has not got his copy, but I will gladly avail a copy, because it is a big volume. I really do not understand. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will gladly avail him another copy because as I said earlier on, this is a voluminous answer and I would have had the pleasure to answer this Question when the hon. Member is fully appraised with the answer. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (a)There are currently 218 primary schools with an enrolment of 73,440 pupils; 1,753 streams and 1,094 teachers. On the other hand, there are 20 secondary schools with an enrolment of 6,109 students; 45 streams and 185 teachers in the larger Turkana District as per the attached list. view