Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1651 to 1660 of 1925.

• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, not a single cent was disbursed. I think the hon. Member should appreciate that this money was reallocated during the Supplementary Estimates passed in this House. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: There is no inefficiency at the Ministry. We have had several meetings with the KNUT and the KUPPET. They chose the route of the court instead of settling the matter with us. I am available 24 hours a day in order to reach an agreement. If they can withdraw the matter without pegging it on--- Moreover, these teachers who are under the ESP have not entered the membership of the KNUT. Therefore, since the matter was taken to court for arbitration, it is only fair that the hearing should be given. However, as I said earlier on, I am quite ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I adequately addressed the issue of the employment of teachers before the Budget formulation. We had sectoral meetings and others on a bilateral basis between my Ministry and the Treasury on employment of teachers on a permanent and pensionable basis. I have correspondences indicating the need to address this issue squarely because if we do not, come next year, the shortage will not be 66,000 teachers, but almost 77,000 teachers. That will constitute one-third of the total employed teachers that stand at 245,000 teachers. I have engaged the Treasury not only in terms of meetings, but ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I think hon. Koech should revise his information because currently there is a total freeze. The employment that occurred in the Financial Year 2008/2009 was on a permanent and pensionable basis. We also employed Quality Assurance and Standards Officers. We only had 112 of them but we were allowed to employ 350 officers. However, that is the current position. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think that is an unfortunate speech because all children are Kenyan children and they are all being catered for under a very robust programme of the FPE and Free Day Tuition Secondary Education. There is adequate provision in the Budget for that. If you look at the current Budget which will be shortly debated in this House, you will find that there is an ample provision to ensure that the poor child is reached. Indeed, the essence of the ESP is to target the vulnerable and poor children by providing a slightly better or improved ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, again, I think hon. Ruteere should check his facts. They are under the same Stimulus Package and Budget that was presented before this House, just like the teachers. There is absolutely no difference. I think I can claim to be more informed on that sector. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first and foremost, the employment of teachers under the ESP is not a function of the Ministry of Education. We are just a conduit. Once that policy is agreed upon and the money is directly channeled to the BoGs and School Management Committees, just like the capitation funds are being channeled to the accounts of the respective schools depending on the shortage in that school, it will be able to benefit directly by employing teachers through the BoGs in the case of secondary schools and District Education Boards (DEBs) in the case of primary schools. Under ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: In response to addressing the acute shortage, if we had taken that path and employed in the last financial year ending 30th June, we would have employed 12,500 teachers. If that had taken place, in this new financial year, we would also have employed another 12,500, making a total of 25,000. If you reduce that 25,000 from the current shortage of 66,000 teachers, it would have been down to above 30,000. In the next three years, through the Medium Term Expenditure programme, we should be able to clear the backlog and come up level. If the policy was quite clear, ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the free primary education has not failed. It is succeeding but we have a challenge in terms of provision of teachers. I think that is where the issue is. We are all agreed that this is an area that we shall pursue vigorously until a solution is found; I am hoping sooner than later. view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to issue a Ministerial Statement. I wish to respond to the hon. Member for Vihiga, Mr. Chanzu, on the question about the criteria used in the current exercise of recruiting teachers and also to clarify why the recruitment is not being done through the respective District Education Boards (DEBs). The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is mandated to conduct recruitment, remuneration and discipline of teachers among other functions. Accordingly, on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th March, 2010 the TSC advertised a total of 2,780 posts for primary and post- primary institutions in the print media ... view