Julius Kibiwot Melly

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise on Standing Order 35. My Chair, Hon. Abdullswamad, has just put it very clearly that this is a very important report. It is a report that needs the attention of Members to discuss it so that we...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon Speaker. I want to thank you for accepting this request for a Statement by the Member for Muhoroni. As you all know, Miwani Sugar Company is a Government-owned mill. When goons showed up this morning purporting to be auctioneers, they caused mayhem....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank you for giving me a chance to speak to this Bill. The Division of Revenue Bill is the actualisation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. It is actually one of the best things that the Constitution gave...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Petition. I want this House to realise that there are several communities and individuals who have lost their land not because of anything but because they do not have their rights and they were not given...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise on Standing Order No.35 because the issue of quorum is very important. Noting that this is a very important Bill for the House to discuss, I have sat here and realised we do not have enough quorum....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research on its consideration of the Petitions regarding:

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have three statements I wish to lay on the Table of the House. On 8th October 2019, Hon. Anthony Tom Oluoch sought a statement from the Ministry of Education on the issue of closure of informal schools in the country....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) The second Statement was sought by Hon. Joshua Kandie, Member for Baringo Central on special needs funding of schools. The third statement is by Hon. Member for Kilifi Constituency, Hon. Ken Chonga, on the injuries to students and teachers due to the use of xylene...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. (Hon. Julius Melly laid the documents on the Table of the House) Next Order! December 5, 2019 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 19 Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP)A certified version of this Report ADOPTION OF PAC REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue which the Member for Imenti has just read is facing a number of national polytechnics and TVET institutions. This is something that has caught our attention as a Committee. We have even sent a number of issues to them....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) I will make sure that they respond to it next week.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On 19th September, 2019, Hon. Kaluma sought a Statement from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) concerning a number of issues. One of it was the interdiction of teachers. He also sought a Statement on the wrangles between TSC and the Kenya...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Yes, he is in the Chamber.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On 23rd April, 2019, during the first day of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) trainings, some few teachers forcefully gained entry into training venues and disrupted, incited, physically restrained, assaulted and caused chaos by forcefully and violently chasing away teachers who were...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) We are meeting on Tuesday and Thursday, next week not on the issues of TSC, but on the normal parliamentary questions.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bill No.26 of 2018) be now read a Third Time. I also request Hon. Omboko Milemba to second.

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, clause 16 of the Bill be deleted and substituted with the following new clause− Review of registration. 16. (1) As soon as practicable after provisionally registering an education centre under section 15, the...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, clause 20 of the Bill be amended⎯

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, clause 23 of the Bill be amended⎯ Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, clause 24 of the Bill be amended⎯

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, clause 25 of the Bill be amended⎯

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I had an amendment in Clause 30.

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) The import of this is that it is necessary to ensure that there is no duplication of duties between the Parents Teachers Association and the board of management. Further, at the early childhood education level, the period is too short to warrant November 20, 2019...

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) I thank you and I hear the reservations of my colleagues. The reason we have indicated this is not actually to bring in overage children. It is actually to look at areas where parents who are not able… In nomadic areas, they are not able...

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) The Member for Funyula has not read the amendment well. We are deleting Clause 48. This is against what he has just said. Tuition programmes and any other activity should not be offered during the holiday. We are removing that in this amendment.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) I withdraw the amendment. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Julius Melly withdrawn)

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) I agree with the Member for Funyula but all this shall be provided in the regulations.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) I agree with the misgivings by the Member for Funyula. The timeline will be given in the regulations which will govern the whole sub-sector.

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 69 of the Bill be deleted and substituted therefor with the following new clause⎯

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to allay the fears of the Member for Funyula. I want to be very specific on this one. There are certain mistakes that I corrected administratively through words of advice and guidance. However, issues concerning breakage of...

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Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Yes. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by⎯ Bill to those of general definitions applied within the education sector as well as within the November 20, 2019 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 54 Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP)A certified version of...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bill No.26 of 2018) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) November 20, 2019 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 55 Hon....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) I propose the Question that the Early Childhood Education Bill… The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Patrick Mariru) : Order! Hon. Melly, you cannot be the Speaker. You cannot propose the Question. I guess you want to move. Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Sorry. I have...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The matter that the Hon. Member for Nakuru Town is raising is very weighty. It is a matter of national concern. The Ministry had to take that stern action because it is better to have a student alive than a...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Hon. Speaker, my intervention is as a result of a statement which I had given assurance to issue relating to a Question raised by Hon. Kaluma on interdicted teachers.

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Hon. Kaluma had sought a Statement on interdicted teachers and issues that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) had with Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) . I wanted to inform the House that we are in receipt of that Statement. We went through it as...

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Actually, it is a matter of grave concern and we are taking it very seriously as a Committee. We shall bring a very comprehensive Statement to this House before two weeks are over. October 8, 2019 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 Hon....

Hon. Julius Melly (Tinderet, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. The Finance Bill that has been introduced by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning is important. In the first few weeks, we discussed about the Division of Revenue...