H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

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• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) Merit: Scholarships for undergraduate degree courses must have attained a minimum of B (Plain) in KCSE and B+ (Plus) in the relevant subject in the course to be pursued. Candidates are required to produce original KCSE certificates and other relevant documents. For postgraduate scholarships, candidates must have a minimum qualification of Second Class, Upper Division and must be serving officers in the public sector with an experience of at least two years since the last graduation. This is ascertained through the recommendation letter from his or her current supervisor or head of department. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (iii) Age: Undergraduate degree students must be aged below 23 years while postgraduate degree students must be below 34 years of age for Masters and between 40 and 44 for Phd students depending on the country. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (iv) Gender balance. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, it is also important to note that students enrolled in other programmes locally or abroad are not eligible for these scholarships. I have tabled the list of the beneficiaries for the benefit of the Questioner. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have actually given a list of all the 326 beneficiaries to the hon. Member. However, since he has made a very serious allegation that, indeed, merit is not the criteria for the award of the scholarships, I will take that extra step and provide the list of these beneficiaries by constituency. If, indeed, there is any merit in the allegations the hon. Member has made, we can bring them to the fore and address the issues therein. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I table the list of the 326 beneficiaries by name, course and the province they come from. Of course, in my next submission I will indicate the constituencies they come from. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that some of the scholarships are partial. It is made clear to the beneficiaries how much the scholarship will cover, and whether it is tuition or not. They are informed whether or not they will cover for the other costs. I will indicate the partial scholarships, full scholarships, the ones the parents are required to meet the extra bill and the ones the Government is required to meet the extra cost for the students. However, I want to assure this House that under my watch, the issue of scholarships will ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say two things. One, as we look at merit, we have also agreed with the countries that offer these scholarships that there must be an element of affirmative action. That is why in the list that I have tabled, you will find that North Eastern Province has actually a very good share. I think they have 43 beneficiaries. There is an element of affirmative action that has been building. As to how far that affirmative action can go is also limited by the other qualifications that depend on merit. So, I want to ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Ethuro was patient, I was actually coming there. If you look at the list you will see that there is some element of balance in terms of the number of beneficiaries. We have brought in affirmative action to bring on board many areas. In fact, if you look at the list, Eastern Province has a good share and that includes, to an extent, hon. Letimalo’s constituency. I am not sure that specifically a person from Samburu East is a beneficiary, but when I table the list, when I have the opportunity, we will ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue that was raised by hon. C. Kilonzo is very serious, that, indeed, these scholarships are not based on merit and that they are allocated to Ministers from specific regions, which undermines the spirit of merit which is supposed to guide the beneficiaries to these scholarships. That is why I am willing to go the extra mile and actually ascertain the constituencies of these beneficiaries so that, indeed, if there is merit in what the hon. Member was saying, we can actually deal with it, because I think what the hon. Member has said is ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we actually go out of our way, if you look at some of the advertisements that we put in the media. We advertise all the scholarships in the newspapers. Even if it is one scholarship we go out of our way to advertise so that we meet the criteria of merit. At the moment, that is the only medium we have agreed with countries that sponsor these scholarships. We will be willing to entertain ideas on how we can make it even better and reach out to more, so that we can get a bigger pool ... view