Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 1925.

• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a way of stimulating growth in the national economy, my Ministry was allocated an amount of Kshs8,428,000,000 in the last Financial Year 2009/2010 specifically to support infrastructure development in our schools as well as planting of seedlings for use by the schools and the surrounding communities. I am happy to report that my Ministry was able to surmount the many challenges experienced early in the financial year and eventually, we were able to disburse a total sum of Kshs8,382,000,000. This means that only an amount of Kshs45.7 million was not utilized by the end ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: In the current Financial Year 2010/201, my Ministry has been allocated a total of Kshs4,058,000,000 for the following activities under the Economic Recovery and Poverty Alleviation Programme:- Contract teachers – Kshs2,013,000,000; infrastructure improvement in national schools – Kshs750 million; purchase of computers in each constituency – Kshs980 million and planting of seedlings in primary schools – Kshs315 million, making a total of Kshs4,058,000,000. With regard to employment of teachers, I am happy to inform the hon. Members that the misunderstanding which prevented the Ministry from utilizing funds allocated for hiring of contract teachers during the last financial year, has now ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Head 730, Development Planning Services, Kshs89,825,635. This is essentially running costs for the Ministry’s Central Planning Unit, which includes strengthening the Education Management Information System (EMIS) framework to support timely, consistent and accurate data for planning and decision making. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in addition, an amount of Kshs14 million under the Schools Mapping Sub-Head will go towards the School Mapping Project, which will involve analysis of the already compiled data and development of District Atlases, while an amount of Kshs4.7 million will be utilised for monitoring of projects. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: The provision under Sub-Head 834, Headquarters Administrative Services, with a sum of Kshs549,496,576, is to cater for salaries and operational expenses at the Headquarters und the departments. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Head 838 provides for Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Kenya’s Representative to UNESCO, Paris, and Commonwealth Education Office in London. All these will require Kshs171,625,393 for administrative costs and running of their services. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Head 839, Kenya National Examinations Council, has an allocation of 2,800,000,000. Out of the budget captured under this Head, an amount of Kshs2,500,000,000, will be collected by the Kenya National Examinations Council from examination fees, while the balance of Kshs300 million will be grants to the institution to supplement the examination fees collected. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Head 841, Teachers Service Commission, has been allocated a sum of Kshs94,859,213,725. This amount will service both the Teachers Service Commission Secretariat and the payment of teachers’ salaries. During the current financial year, the Government will spend Kshs94,560,000,000 on teachers’ salaries and on TSC secretariat salaries. This includes Kshs6.6 billion earmarked for the second phase of the teachers’ salary award negotiated in the year 2008. A further sum of Kshs303 million will be used to finance the operations and maintenance expenses of the Teachers Service Commission Secretariat. Under Head 845, School Audit Unit, Kshs43,129,559 is ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: It is okay. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to sincerely thank the hon. Members for their exposition and very hearty felicitations and congratulations they have given my officers for work which I think they have done very well under very difficult circumstances. I want to record my thanks to the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. We had very fruitful discussions with them on a regular basis, addressing emerging issues in the area of education. One that clearly stands out here today and is a major concern for us is the question of ECD. You all know that under the ... view