Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: dispensation, this is a budget-making House. If the committees’ recommendations cannot be taken into consideration, then what does the budget committee want us to do? Attend meetings with them and then they do not implement what we recommend? I think we need to re-examine this. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am sorry to interrupt my good friend but is it in order for him to enumerate quite a number of things after he has said he does not have a military background? So, he does not know how far he can go in the technological revelations that he is making in the House. I think it is wise for him to skip some of the technological things that he is revealing. It is important for our security. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Report. I am a Member of this Committee. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: As I start my contribution, I would like to quote a few things. One, leadership without integrity is hollow. Wealth without work is theft and that is where Kenya is at the moment. As a nation and community, we have condoned theft, including theft of public funds. We condone it and clap for those who steal. As a nation, our problem is that we did not grow out of the colonial era where it was justified for us to plunder Government resources because they belonged to our colonisers and oppressors. It was a way of resisting our oppressors by plundering ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: We have oversight institutions. Parliament, of course, is the apex. The Auditor-General is very key for our performance and yet, his office has not been facilitated enough. Imagine they now have to audit 47 governments in addition to the national Government and other public institutions. But they have not been empowered enough to get resources and have enough personnel to do a proper job. The Constitution is very clear that apart from the usual audit, they should also do performance audit and value for money audit. In the 10th Parliament, I had an opportunity to visit Canada where they do ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Another thing we should worry about is the current trend to discredit oversight audits. There is a current trend to discredit the Auditor-General’s Office. That is very dangerous. We should not allow it to happen because that is what drives the oversight activity of this Parliament and, indeed, PAC is the ultimate oversight authority that actually uses the Auditor-General’s reports to come up with a report like the one that was tabled by my able Chair. So, we should avoid any move to try and discredit the Auditor-General’s Office. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Another thing I want to talk about is the Recurrent Vote. On the Recurrent Vote, apart from the salaries, the rest of the money goes to waste in a lot of travelling and on many other things. You find that there are huge amounts of money in the Recurrent Vote for seminars and 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
• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I agree with what Hon. Kimunya has said. When you look at Section 29(1)(d) it is prescribing the manner and procedure of entering into contracts between the board and health service providers. view
• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, when we get to Section 30(3), it proposes the deletion of the proposed new subsection (3) and substituting therefor the following new subsection “(3) The Board shall use the regulations prescribed under section 29(1)(d) of this Act to enter into contracts with health service providers.”. It will be right to delete it but, substituting it makes it redundant, however, I do not think it will cause any harm. So, I agree with the Chairman’s amendment. view