All parliamentary appearances
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, World Teachers Day was proclaimed by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on 5th October 1994 to celebrate the great steps which were made by teachers on 5th October 1966 when a special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris adopted the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers. Hon. Speaker, on Teachers Day, the services of teachers and their contributions to the education sector are acknowledged, their role and importance for the development of students and society are appreciated. The Teachers Day is an occasion that pays tribute to the teachers and tends to ...
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
outcomes and mechanisms to measure the progress. Our Government is dedicated to ensure that teachers and educators are well-trained, professionally qualified, empowered, adequately recruited, motivated and supported within well-resourced, efficient and effectively governed systems. The 2021 World Teachers Day with a befitting theme “Teachers at Heart of Education Recovery” comes at a time when Kenyan teachers are disoriented, demotivated and feel abandoned by the State especially in the period when the COVID-19 scourge is exacerbating educational inequalities across the country. For Kenya’s already fragile education system, the coronavirus pandemic has generated unprecedented challenges for teachers, learners and parents. These have ...
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, very much, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to celebrate our teachers. I pay tribute to the teachers of Kenya on this day. I want to tell you that teachers are the unsung heroes of the Kenya education system. I am born of a teacher, educated and mentored by one and this is how I found myself seated in this House.
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Teachers in this country must be respected and remunerated accordingly because many of us are their products. I pay tribute to teachers with disabilities in this country because when you look at how many of them are heads of institutions or schools, you hardly find any. As my colleagues have said, as a House we must speak seriously about the infrastructure where teachers operate.
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Allow me to say that the World Teachers’ Day must be translated into a public holiday so that we are able to celebrate our teachers. Allow me to pay tribute to the teachers of Migori County and those in my community, Kurialand for all they have done to educate our children. On this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
specific day allow me to say that teachers are selfless. We must look at the various legislative proposals that come into this House to advance the welfare of our teachers. We have thousands of our graduates who have finished university and have Teachers Service Commission numbers but hardly get posted or posting takes forever. In this country, we must remunerate our teachers well so they are able to work. Allow me to celebrate our teachers and say they are the most selfless unsung heroes of the education system.
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, very much, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to celebrate our teachers. I pay tribute to the teachers of Kenya on this day. I want to tell you that teachers are the unsung heroes of the Kenya education system. I am born of a teacher, educated and mentored by one and this is how I found myself seated in this House.
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Teachers in this country must be respected and remunerated accordingly because many of us are their products. I pay tribute to teachers with disabilities in this country because when you look at how many of them are heads of institutions or schools, you hardly find any. As my colleagues have said, as a House we must speak seriously about the infrastructure where teachers operate. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly:
Allow me to say, that the World Teachers Day must be translated into a public holiday, so we are able to celebrate our teachers. Allow me to pay tribute to the teachers of Migori County and those in my community, Kuria land for all they have done to educate our children. On this specific day allow me to say, that teachers are selfless. We must look at the various legislative proposals that come into this House to advance the welfare of our teachers. We have thousands of our graduates who have finished university and have Teachers Service Commission (TSC) numbers ...
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29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a very important Petition that needs to be given the right treatment. If we want to implement Vision 2030 of developing politics of this country based on issues, we must allow students in our school systems and universities to be responsible and practise democracy through universal suffrage. It was wrong to withdraw the right to exercise the right of one man, one vote, in universities by the university authorities ostensibly to control the political freedom of students.
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