Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1791 to 1800 of 1945.

• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very encouraged by the positive approach that the Minister is taking. However, I urge him to ensure that the political patronage that was given for admission in the past is history. Could the Minister kindly see if there is a possibility of coming up with an MTC in northern Kenya? view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The time-keeper is totally out of sync. May I ask the time-keeper to be more attentive because she forgets to turn the hour glass and sometimes it goes to 15 minutes? view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I still feel that the time keeper should use the hour glass so that we know that everybody has a shot. I rise to contribute to this Motion. What we all realize is that the levels of primary education in public schools has dropped. They have dropped drastically because there has not been enough investment in our public sector but we cannot kill off what has come up instead, which is private academies. They have come in because there is a shortage and a need for quality education. We needed to spend more ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Either we are a socialist society or we are not. The fact is; this is a capitalist society. Unfortunately for us, the quality of education in our public schools has deteriorated and now the Minister is here and he will confirm to us that during our time, public institutions, especially primary and secondary schools, were centres of excellence. Now we only have a few. For argument; sake, in Kisumu, we have Victoria Primary School, which is still a public school but one of excellence. We have Olympic Primary School in Kibera. It has ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: The other thing, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the issue that we must remember; the issue that we have--- When we were children, there was milk in primary schools, no matter which primary school you were in! I remember drinking that milk in the morning. It is no longer available to us. But that does not mean that public schools should give up hope. Public schools must be given certain criteria. They should have not more than 50 or 60 students per class. If there are more students in a class than that, then another school must be opened ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Furthermore, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of social responsibility. I think if the Ministry is able to come up with some standards which say to all private schools and academies: “Irrespective of what you are doing, you will give 10 per cent or a certain number of your admission to children from needy backgrounds or those who cannot afford such schools. That will be a requirement for you to be registered and you will not be registered unless you meet that requirement.” I think that is one way out. I do not think any private institution ... view
• 18 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. However, I wish to raise concern on our tax system. We inherited it over time. Much of the tax that is raised in this country is from the lower and middle class citizens. These are the salaried people. Businessmen get away more or less scot free. The people who pay most of the tax in this country are middle class, salaried staff and civil servants. view
• 18 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, many countries are now looking to see whether we are taxing the poor and allowing the rich to get away scot free. The system here is punitive to those who obey the law. Those of us who venture into business do not pay taxes. view
• 18 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: It is high time we moved from direct and indirect taxation. We all know indirect taxation, for example, taxes given by the poorest among us. It does not affect the rich very much. Our taxation system is skewed in favour of the rich. I would urge the Minister to have a look at our tax system. He must make sure next time he is preparing the Budget, that thresholds are raised. If a certain threshold is supposed to pay certain amount of tax, it should pay. view
• 18 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Furthermore, Mr. Michuki has very ably mentioned that we must have a proactive tax regime. It should not jeopardize the direction of development of this country. Many countries give tax free breaks to many investors, but they balance that with other issues. view