Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 221 to 230 of 1925.

• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: How would these people go to the world of work after being trained? As a Minister, I realized at that time, that it was important to even get the industry and see how these people could apprenticeship there, to acquire some experience so that they could go out and get self-employment, which would be very important for them. view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: Every Jua kali who went out and was self-employed created five to eight jobs. We can remember when we had a glut in our economy between 1990 to1992 when the Bretton Woods institutions - the World Bank, IMF and other donor countries - refused to give money to Kenya. It was the Jua Kali that came to the rescue of this nation because they created between 40 to 45 percent of jobs that were required to be absorbed in the industries. It was at that time that we realized their value. view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: I even extended it further. I said there were those who may not have gone to normal formal school but they had the art of craftsmanship and could be able to attain certain skills that were in use at that time, for example, pottery. There are those who never went to school but if one told them to do pottery, they would do it with finesse much better than a person who had been technically trained. view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: We said we would then loop those people into the industry. I said we would take them to skill upgrading. There were those who were in the Jua Kali sector who were not very refined in terms of their skills. There was a Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) at the Ministry of Labour which was transferred to my Ministry of Technical Training and Applied Technology. We used the DITs in Kisumu, Nakuru, Nairobi and Mombasa, to do upgrading skills in the evenings. view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: That was the origin of the curriculum development at the time, to entrench the vocational training in our curriculum and it was part of overall philosophy of education in this country. view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: What is the purpose of vocational training? Madam Temporary Speaker, why do we have this law coming into place? First of all, this is a function which has been devolved to the county governments. The national Government only takes care of a few national polytechnics and the universities at the higher level. The main function in the Fourth Schedule of our Constitution is bequeathed to county governments. It is important that the county governments are able and ceased with the facts and figures and the law to manage these vocational training. That is one reason. view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: Secondly, we must develop a standard which is equal throughout the whole national grid. You do not have some level of standards which are lower than another standard from one county when you move to another county. Madam Temporary Speaker, thirdly, if you are dealing with the blue economy like the people surrounding the waters, they will have to be trained in different ways in fisheries, marine technology, boat making, fishing rods and other elements that needed to be done. This is so that they can dovetail in the industry and give value of service through a skill which is ... view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: When you are talking of the Americans, Africans and Asian tigers, there are the middle level skilled men with power. These are the people who will expand the economy and increase the job opportunities. Therefore, you must have a standard and framework of qualification. Madam Temporary Speaker, hence when you look at this Bill, the purpose is to provide a framework for the establishment of systems for the administration of training in vocational and training within a county. This is so that you have a uniform training policy throughout the whole country. When you are dealing with green economy of ... view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the Bill that will enhance skills improvement. When you talk of industrialization, there is no way you can do it without recourse to skilled manpower who are properly trained in institutions that are recognized by county governments. I must sound a warning that county governments must not pay a lip service to the investments in the infrastructure and the standards in this vocational training centers. They should not be seen just as other centers. They should be seen as serious educational centers that will give skills and efforts to our people to plant other things. ... view
• 13 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me, first say that I lived through this Constitution and the making of the National Anthem. This National Anthem must be protected at all times. I acknowledge my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, for being able to look at the provisions of this Article. Realizing that there is a limitation and unless we take a preemptive action, our National Anthem is likely to be marooned in one way or the other. It is a source of pride when you have a National Anthem that has both the deepest convictions and highest aspirations. When you ... view