Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1791 to 1800 of 1925.

• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise with humility to seek your guidance. If I heard it clearly this morning, the trend of the debate after the formal presentation of the Procedural Motion, there was, indeed, an amendment as you have correctly pointed out that the list that has been proposed in this House include a minimum of one-third from Backbenchers. view
• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if my assumption is right then there was an amendment before this House. We supported that amendment on the understanding that the subsequent Motion that was to be brought before this House would have taken into account the suggestions that had been presented on the Floor this morning. I just seek your guidance, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was going to plead with the hon. Members, through you Sir, as I stand now, because some of the critical services are not being offered because of lack of funds through provision of the Supplementary Estimates. Without anticipating debate, we realize that tomorrow pushes this particular Motion to next week when it may be late in some circumstances to offer view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (a) The most common learning disability disorders affecting most children in Kenya are hearing impairment, visual impairment, intellectual or mental retardation, physical deformity, failure to recognise letters, numbers and words, which brings about reading problems, popularly known as dyslexia, lack of comprehension, behavioral and social disorders and autism. Educational institutions have taken the following measures to identify and manage students with learning disabilities. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (i) Conducting screening activities at the Educational Assessment and Resource Centres (EARCS) to identify students with learning disabilities. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (ii) All our trained teachers in the country have skills to conduct remedial teaching to assist children with learning disability disorders. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (iii) Provision of individualised educational instruction, remedial teaching and psycho-social support. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (iv) Organised co-curricular activities for learners with disabilities. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (b) According to the Kochong Report of 2003, 10 per cent of the total Kenyan population have various types and degrees of disabilities. Out of the 9.5 million school going children, about 95,000 have various disabilities. Of these, only 45,000 are receiving some form of educational instruction in special education programmes and in regular schools. However, it is known that children with disabilities join regular schools without assessment and identification due to ignorance and attitudes of parents. view