wilson sossion

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• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for granting me this opportunity to contribute to the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I wish to join everyone in saluting this Committee appreciating the fact that mobilising resources to finance the various Vote Heads in the budget is a difficult task and considering the novel COVID-19. Hon. Speaker, allow me to comment on the education Vote Head and also the TSC Vote Head. We appreciate that at this time, the most essential critical services in the world out of the COVID-19 are healthcare system and education. All Governments have been indicted and so ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: offloaded. Moving forward, there is need to rationalise the Budget with regard to the teaching service, so that more funds are directed to the actual employment of teachers. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, looking at the budget of the Teachers Service Commission the Kshs7 billion allocated for the general operations cannot compare with that of the public service which is only Kshs734 million. Do we really need Kshs7 billion for the operations of the TSC? Probably it is time we thought of having a lean and efficient TSC so that we can free more resources to hire teachers which is more important. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: The vision of the TSC to satisfy the needs of teachers has been to hire 22, 000 teachers annually. This should be considered even moving forward and there should be equity right at the… view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to ask Question No.42 of 2020, directed to the CS for Labour: (a) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why Safaricom PLC has been discouraging and inhibiting its employees from joining workers’ unions of their choice, contrary to the provisions of Article 41 of the Constitution? (b) What action does the Ministry intend to take against the said company for unlawful termination of employment of several of its workers due to sickness resulting from working for long hours in an unsafe environment at its call centres? I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am constrained as well to oppose this amendment. I am concerned by the meaning we are giving special interest groups and the marginalised. We are not only misleading the House but a number of other people as well. I am a nominated Member; there is a sense that one will think that it is a special interest category. When we make laws like what this amendment is seeking to do, we will be micromanaging what political parties do programmatically. When we approach political parties as if they are not, by themselves, constitutional and ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: understand is that there are structural and situational contexts that political parties need to be aware of. They range from age, disability and minorities to geographical location. I oppose this amendment and encourage us, as we debate, that we need to have more sense and agreement on what we are calling special interest groups and marginalised groups. Political parties that have small number of members are not marginalised. They just need to work on their ideology. Political parties do not need to be given money to talk about their ideology. They need to define it and sell it. They can ... view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this amendment, but with reservations. As I support, I take the opportunity to draw the attention of the House to the critical challenge where, as we list the categories that we are going to put here, we have put women as a category. We give the impression that we do not have women in the youth, people with disabilities and the minorities. As I look at this, I have a heavy heart because I find it extremely challenging that I am seated here as a nominated Member that has come under the ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to ask Question No.004/2020. It is directed to the Cabinet Secretary for Education: (i) Could Cabinet Secretary provide the status of investigations into the cause of recent student deaths at Precious Talents Academy and Kakamega Primary School? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide the technical reports regarding public works certification of completion and occupation, public health and quality assurance and standards, in respect of the two schools? 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
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: (iii) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide the progress of registration of unregistered schools which have enrolled students, progress made in approving buildings for such schools, and give reasons for the delays? (iv) When will the Cabinet Secretary appoint members of the Quality Assurance and Standards Council, as required under the Basic Education Act, 2013, so as to enhance quality assurance in the delivery of basic education? view