Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 641 to 650 of 1925.

• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we do not agree with the National Assembly amendments on Clause 24 of the Bill. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we do not agree with the National Assembly amendments on Clause 25 of the Bill as contained in the Order Paper. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we deliberated on this issue and rejected this amendment because it has mischief of converting public property into private property. Therefore, in our deliberations, we felt that it is necessary to avoid the issue of public institutions being converted into private institutions because they are built by public funds. The amendment seeks to align the Bill with the provisions of Section 43 (2) of the Basic Education Act No.14 of 2013, which provides that public basic education institution should not be converted to private basic education institution or any other private status without consultation with the ... view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we rejected this amendment. The reason given is that it empowers a sponsor to make proposals and not recommendations for the review of the curriculum books and other teaching materials. We believe that the role of a sponsor should not be spiritual support. This is because Kenya is a liberal country that enjoys freedom of conscious, religion, believe and opinion under Article 32 of the Constitution. So, we are proposing to delete the word ‘spiritual’. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we agree with the amendment by the National assembly as contained in the Order Paper on Clause 29. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we agree with the amendment by the National Assembly Amendment Bill as contained in the Order Paper on Clause 30. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we are rejecting deletion of this clause because it involves that the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) should not have the Parents/Teachers Association (PTA) as provided for under Part VIII of the Basic Education Act, 2013. The PTA is a critical association in the management of a learning institution. There is no harm of including it in this Bill even if it is included in another Act of Parliament. We feel that the PTA should form part and parcel of that amendment. Therefore, we do not agree with the National Assembly Amendment Bill that this particular ... view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we are rejecting the amendment by the National Assembly as contained in the Order Paper. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, we agree with the National Assembly Amendment Bill a proposed in Clause 35. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, this is one of the clauses we are rejecting. The basis for the rejection is that there is need to provide a detailed qualification framework on the requirements for early childhood education for teachers. view