Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1751 to 1760 of 1925.

• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir--- view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We feel humbled by the overwhelming support that we have received from hon. Members in response to the budget proposal that I laid before this House. I want to thank the Chairman of the Education, Research and Technology Committee for the very insightful comments that you have made. We know because we have discussed that together and, together, we shall be able to move so that we can resolve matters that surround education itself. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the question of curriculum delivery, I want to assure hon. Members that we are addressing the matter across the country and, in fact, it is one area which is already engaging our minds. Therefore, even the launching of the digital content on Monday, next week, is part of the overall picture in ensuring that teachers are equipped with the tools to be able to handle how to deliver the curriculum. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it may also interest hon. Members to know that we have set up what we call “The Field Services”, and we are freeing the quality assurance officers and mandating them to spend most of their time in actually seeing how much of the curriculum is being delivered in our schools. I hope that will be able to help them. I am happy to report that all stakeholders agreed on the need to improve the quality of curriculum delivery. With regard to the Economic Stimulus Package, I would view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs66,514,162,700 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet the expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2010 in respect of:- view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to comment on what I think is a very fundamental and important Report by the Committee. I will be extremely brief. I had the rare distinction of working as the Medical Officer in charge of all the prisons, the police and the army in 1967 and 1968. So, I am fully conversant with the type of conditions in our prisons. I used to travel extensively, looking at the conditions of our prisons. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the things that is coming out quite clearly is that, since we are desirous ... view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, beg to reply. (a) The Ministry disburses free primary education grants as and when they are availed by the Ministry of Finance through Exchequer releases. (b) Guidelines on the disbursement of free primary education and free secondary education are attached. For the purpose of this Question, I table those guidelines. view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The Ministry is committed to the implementation of free primary and free secondary education guidelines, which, among others, include capitation of annual entitlement of Kshs1,020 and Kshs10,265 for each enrolled primary and secondary student respectively. Funds are electronically disbursed directly to school bank accounts and enhancement of free primary education and FSE management units and training of officers is also effectively carried out. view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is in public domain, and within the domain of this Parliament, that we had a hitch in the Supplementary Estimates and, therefore, no disbursement could have been carried out until the Supplementary Estimates were passed in this House, and receive Presidential assent. Consequently, the IFMIS was closed down because of non-availability of funds for the Government, or Government departments, including my Ministry, to utilize. However, I am pleased to note and announce to this House that since the IFMIS was opened on Sunday night, between Monday and today, my Ministry has been very actively disbursing ... view