Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1721 to 1730 of 1925.

• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: GOVERNMENT’S POSITION ON PURCHASE OF MAIZE view
• 10 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under normal circumstances, the issue of road congestion would have come to the Floor of this House under an issue of national concern or a national emergency requiring an immediate action and fixing. I believe this is the spirit behind this Motion. We should not adjourn. Considering the cries of the public in as far as road congestion is concerned, and the number of hours spent on the road by students to reach their schools, this should be treated as a matter of national importance and urgency and we dispose it of. Now that we have ... view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has been a very dramatic day, but I will definitely be in a position to pass on the message to the Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to respond by Thursday. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will definitely pass on the sentiments, and I am sure my own student, the Member for Ikolomani, will understand that. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I apologise for not answering the Question when it was first called out. I was within the building but went to drink water hoping that the Questions before this Question will take a little longer only to find that they have been concluded too fast. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to reply. (a) I wish to confirm that children with disabilities in special primary schools are freely and equally accessing education like other children under the free primary education programme. In addition, special boarding schools also receive Kshs8,000 per child per year as food subsidy. However, since most of these schools are boarding due to the nature of disabilities, the children pay boarding levy to cater for food, medical and transport services which are not covered by the free primary education. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The special schools run by the Government in each province are attached on table No.1. These schools are quite a number and the hon. Member can go through the list. On the other hand, the Ministry has funded and strengthened the educational assessment and resource centers based in every district to enable them identify, assist and appropriately place children with disabilities in schools. Further, the Ministry is planning to conduct a national survey and equipment inventory on special needs education this year. This exercise will, among others, guide the planning and implementation of special needs education programmes, provide a ... view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: (c) For the last 10 years, the Ministry has established 140 special primary schools, eight special secondary schools, four technical training institutes and 1,671 special units attached to regular primary schools. Out of this, 39 special primary schools and four special secondary schools have been built, expanded and rehabilitated. Similarly, in the same period four special units have been built in Uriri Constituency making a total of eight special units for children with disabilities. These include Oruba, Mukuyu, Kamsaki, Oyuth, Kisigunwa, Piny Owacho, Rapogi Mixed and Got Korwa. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, it is my intention that every school with special needs children should be fully equipped to the extent that these children do not suffer any loss. We developed a policy document in July this year and we are now campaigning among our stakeholders to support it. It is the Ministry’s intention to fully support the special needs children by paying their entire boarding fees. However, I have said that, that is in the final stage. For now, the money that we give through infrastructure development can cater for the hon. Member’s schools because there are many ... view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, although the hon. Member has not brought that to my attention, I am not aware that the school has been closed down. If I am made aware and given the reasons why it has been closed down, I will re-open it. view