Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1534.

• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, while the intention to enforce attendance in school is clear, I find Clause 8(1) to be onerous and cumbersome on the head teacher. Requiring the head teacher to go into people’s homes to find out why kids have not gone to school is redefining the job description of the head teacher to become a social worker and a child welfare officer combined in one person. That is onerous, cumbersome and difficult to enforce. You can imagine in a village administrative unit where we have got tens of thousands of homesteads, asking the head teacher to go ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I support the amendment, but I am just wondering how do we enforce and support the learning of ECDEs in pastoralist communities, if we implement this provision? view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, there could have been a neater way to do it. Since you have to notify and seek approval of the County Education Board. Is it not fair to require that the County Education Board should have a timeline in which to respond to applications otherwise it will drag on forever, and if there is any business rivalry the County Education Board can just decline or not give approval forever? It is just a matter of tidying it up. Otherwise it is a good idea except for those two issues, that is, of pastoralist communities and the undue delay by ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support. I want to draw the attention of the Chair and the Committee on the following. That it The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: presupposes that public education centres sits on public land. Conversion of public land to private land is governed by section 9 of the Land Act No.6 of 2012 and that is a mandate given to the National Land Commission (NLC). I do not know how they will abrogate that authority to the county assembly or County Executive Member and the County Education Board by-passing a constitutional body known as the NLC. Probably, this is a matter they need to tidy-up because again we see a serious challenge in law. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we seem to be so eager to pass very good progressive laws so to speak, but I can see here the amount of inconvenience this particular amendment is going to bring to the education sector. One, it is practically impossible to tell me that a parent can have a child without proof of age. How? There is the immunisation card, the birth notification and even a statement by the hospital where the child was born. I say so because the county governments and the national Government are supposed to keep a record of all children in ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support the amendment because I have looked at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development Bill which seems to approve. Being a Catholic, we normally have instances where we run the Montessori system of education and training. Since that is already provided for in the Act, I support the amendment. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: No. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want my colleagues to side with me in this amendment. The education policy is very clear. Children should not go to school during the holiday. There should not be any activities related to learning during the holiday. Asking a kid who is, say, one, two or three years old to go for tuition is unacceptable. I ask the Chair of the Committee to simply withdraw that particular provision because it goes against policy and it is generally harmful to the kids. Kids need to be kids. They need to be allowed to play during school ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I oppose the proposed amendment. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view