Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 1925.

• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first point; the recruitment was constituency-based. Point number two; the Members of Parliament of respective constituencies were fully consulted. Point number three; the DEB looked at each individual division of the constituency. If Mutomo area that the hon. Member is referring to had relatively better teacher ratio, the teachers were recruited in areas with greater need. It was not based on a pro rata basis. view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the umpteenth time I have repeated in this House and I think for purposes of clarity, we now know there is a shortage of 66,000 teachers representing 43,000 in primary schools and 23,000 in secondary schools. In the last brokered agreement between ourselves, the unions and the Treasury, we have been able to recruit more than 18,000 teachers through the contract. These teachers have already reported to classrooms. Obviously, with attrition and teachers recruited about two months before, we now stand at 21,000 teachers recruited. If you subtract that from the 66,000 teachers, we ... view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before the recruitment was done, all the DEOs had a one week session with the senior officials in the Ministry and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). They were all required to provide a statistical data base on the shortages within their own areas of operation. Now, if the hon. Member feels that the DEO in his area may have erred in the figures that he gave us as a final data, based on CDE, it is a matter we can discuss separately. Those were the figures which were verified by the District Education Officers (DEOs) ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Yes, we are in the era of reform and surely enough, reform must come. But that reform is not without a cost. It has a cost element. I think my hon. Members and colleagues will realize and appreciate that where we are today as a nation, there are emerging sophisticated and very difficult crimes being committed in this country. You cannot ask the police in the current status in which they are to confront these crimes with this kind of meagre financial support. I think it will be too much asking of them. We ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, let me stand to fully support this Vote. I see it from a position of generating human capital in the Ministry of Education. In the process of educating our young people in all levels, we always emphasize on the need, not only to have access to information education and what is valuable in society, but also to be able to retain that information for use in their various capacities. view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, under Vision 2030, it is quite clear that education and training will be the empowering engine to be able to move this sector forward. Therefore, investment in this area of public service is a worthwhile exercise that we need to support fully. I have looked at the various modalities that are available in enhancing the training capacities of some of our senior civil servants in various categories. In fact, more resources should be availed to train these officers. If we are accepting the proliferation, with a good sense of planning, of universities, tertiary colleges and other ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: One area that we have invested heavily is in the ICT. It is important that all the civil servants, particularly at the managerial level, be ICT compliant. I hope that there will be a robust and clear programme put in place, so that we enhance the way of doing our business. For instance, the human resource information management systems have been adopted to ease the way we compute pension benefits in the Civil Service. view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is my pleasure to move my Ministry’s budget Vote R31 and D31. However, before I present to this honourable House my Ministry’s budget, I wish to reiterate the Government’s commitment to the full implementation of the current policy framework governing our education sector whose goal is to provide equal opportunities for education for all children and other learners. In this regard, the Government has set aside funds to cushion the vulnerable groups in ASAL areas and other pockets of poverty, while paying special attention to learners with special needs. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Speaker do now leave the Chair. Thank you for that reminder. I thought I had done so. In this regard, therefore, the Government has set aside funds to cushion the vulnerable groups in ASAL areas and other pockets of poverty while paying special attention to learners with special needs. My Ministry continues to implement the first Medium-Term Plan of Vision 2030 which is the foundation for the National Development Strategy that links national policies, specific programmes and projects. Under the Vision 2030, the critical role that education is expected to ... view