Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 611 to 620 of 1925.

• 5 Mar 2020 in Senate: One of the most important things is to have teachers with special interest for these children. If you want their learning outcomes to be achieved, the best thing that can ever happen is to provide for them enough teachers. You cannot just assume that one teacher can handle 30 or 40 children with special needs because it will be a staggering exercise and very difficult to carry out. These people need special attention, education and delivery of knowledge. view
• 5 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support Sen. Mwaruma in his quest for teachers. The Teachers Service Committee (TSC), alongside the county governments that also employ Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) teachers, must work together to ensure they have enough teachers deployed--- view
• 5 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The supply of schools materials, including textbooks, started because when I was the Minister for Education, I started the free day secondary school. We provided capitation and bought minimum limited number of books and other facilities for the schools. Since then, this has been scaled up. They have also increased the amount of capitation available for every student. What needs to be done is to synchronise the differences between what is sent to schools and what is available in terms of curriculum development and the books that have been cleared for purchase by the ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. At one time, you were the Permanent Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Livestock. One of the most critical things that we need is a well-oiled and trained manpower to manage our livestock industry. It is one of the most expanding industries and important challenges of income generation for small scale farmers and holders of small parcels of land. Unless we have very competent, highly trained and well-motivated technical officers, it is going to be extremely difficult to handle the livestock department as it is today. Mr. Speaker Sir, you are aware that the parcels ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to also weigh in on this matter of locusts. One of the things that have come out quite clearly is the effects of food security for this country. If you look at the major areas of concern for Kenyans, they are agriculture or food security and health. It is quite clear that there is need for us to have a concerted approach on how to handle these emergencies. I was present when the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture made a presentation to this House. Initially, I was skeptical but at the end of ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in Senate: single greenery that we see around. Therefore, food shortage will be a reality rather than anything else. The only thing I can say is that, we have not planted crops at the moment. It is a planting season and we must take stock of this menace before planting is done and the green products come up. If we do not do so, it will destroy the future of this nation and the food basket will obviously dwindle. With those few remarks, I support the Statement by the Chairperson of the Committee. We need to follow up on the promises made ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am speaking on a topic where I have had the opportunity to be the Minister for Foreign Affairs. If you remember, when I took a message of congratulations to the President of Somalia, I almost became a victim of a terror attack in the hotel where we were having the meeting. It was just by the grace of God that I was able to come out. Madam Temporary Speaker, the problem with terrorists is that this is an area which has mutated from external forces to internal forces. The people who are carrying out ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there has been an alert which has been given by the American Embassy. By all means, from the position where I was before, I am sure that the Government is using all manner of ways to get to the bottom of this issue, because nobody wants to be caught off-guard. I believe that this is a situation that we should be calm about; we should be careful not to glorify terrorism. This is because when you glorify terrorism, it becomes bolder and they are able to carry out targets away from the targets that have been pointed ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also weigh in on the issue of Coronavirus. Sen. Olekina talked of about 37 locations worldwide that have been affected by the disease. I checked on the internet 33 minutes ago and found that the number has increased from 37 to 47 locations. That shows that the invasive level of the virus to an extent that Japan has closed its schools and they will remain closed for the whole month of March. South Korea and United States (US) have called off the joint military operations. The Prime Minister of ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir--- view