Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1551 to 1560 of 1925.

• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, Mr. Koech is the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. Him and I can make it but it can only appear in the next forward Budget of 2010/2011. So, we will make a joint venture and prioritize some of our expenditure in education, particularly in the early childhood development and the one for Standard VIII – a school feeding programme for those who are sitting for the examinations. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas that may be a desirable route to take, it will be very limited in terms of resource application. The best route is the one I have already taken; establish a nomadic education policy or a commission which will then draw in enormous resources. You remember that during the launching in Garissa, I indicated that we are looking upwards to Kshs12 billion to specifically target those groups. You will have to make a choice between Kshs12 billion and a paltry Kshs110 million or even Kshs20 million. It will not make a difference! I really want to ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg your indulgence. Tomorrow, I will be in UNESCO. It is a very short Statement. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to respond to the Member for Saboti, hon. Wamalwa’s question on the fate of school leavers whose certificates are being held by school heads due to arrears. I acknowledge that there are still thousands of uncollected Form Four school leaving certificates in public secondary schools for various reasons. Mr. Deputy, Sir, following a request for a Ministerial Statement by hon. David Musila, the Member for Mwingi South, in 2007, the Ministry issued a circular on 12th November, 2007 directing all the public secondary school heads to release all the certificates in their custody to respective ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Members should also understand that the schools’ management had sympathetically allowed the students to complete their studies on the understanding that they would pay the arrears after completing their studies. It is, therefore, my expectation that the parents, students and guardians who are capable of paying school fees arrears should immediately visit the schools and negotiate with the management on payment of the arrears on a case by case basis. At the same time, the District Education Officers and Provincial Directors of Education will undertake the identification of needy students whose certificates have ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, hon. Wamalwa, asked me to produce the circular. I had it but it is not here with me. It was quite clear at that time when the matter arose, and I have already quoted it, that we were asking all the head teachers to release the certificates. We did so in view of the problems that we went through. So, we could assist some of these needy students to access some jobs during that process when the recruitment was being done. Secondly, I think the circular is not in dispute because it is there. ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I was very clear in my choice of words. I said “directive” and in my Statement I said, “directive”. I did not mince my words. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as regards Dr. Kones--- view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is what I was coming to. When a directive is given, you cannot allow even those who are able to pay to go scot free. This only referred in as far as those vulnerable children who were not able to pay for their certificates to be redeemed. When this directive was given out, it was as if it was a general amnesty for everybody at that particular time. That, however, did not absolve the students, guardians and the parents from paying what is required of them. Do not forget that the school audit programme ... view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)There are 111 primary schools and 43 secondary schools in Ol’Kalou Constituency which are distributed as follows:- view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the DEB figure is not a verified figure and it depends on whether DEB based it or not. You can have figures of shortages. Even in my constituency, I can have a shortage of so many teachers and yet when we come to actual curriculum-based provision of teachers, that may not be the number we are talking about. This is based on the number of students in each class. view