Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1021 to 1030 of 1379.

• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, now that the Assistant Minister has said that they do not intend to re-locate the airbase despite the dangers that it poses, could he assure this House that he is confident that the military, as is constituted now, will be able to deal with any emergencies that may arise in case of an accident, given that the younger officers have been retired and the older ones are the ones running the military? view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister confirm that Sudanese soldiers are currently occupying parts of Kenyan territory and explain the circumstances under which they recently stopped the Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons from accessing the Kenya border with Sudan? (b) What urgent steps is he taking to ensure that the Sudanese soldiers vacate the Nadapal border point which is one kilometer into Kenyan territory? view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You will notice that this is an act of external aggression against Kenyans, especially top Government Ministers. I would like the Minister to tell us what the military done so far to maintain the territorial integrity of Kenya. view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a worrying situation about the territorial integrity of Kenya in the sense that we have got pirates harassing us off the Coast. Now, we have got SPLA soldiers some kilometers inside our territory. We have got the Migingo issue still simmering. Is it that our neighbors have perceived a weakness in us, maybe, because of our obsolete Air Force that has not been rejuvenated of late, or is it that they have perceived a weakness in us because of the obsolete leadership of the Armed Forces in the sense that the Chief of General Staff ... view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to urge investors from northern Kenya to endevour to invest a lot in northern Kenya rather than Nairobi while the Ministry utilizes these funds to develop northern Kenya. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it appears there is a concerted effort to slowly kill the Ministry of Cooperative Development and Marketing. That is a very sad affair for this country considering that many Kenyans rely on that movement for their survival. I beg to support. view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, acknowledging the good work performed by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) in providing loans to students in both public and private universities from poor background in order to access education; noting that higher education financing is a problem in most countries, including the industrialized; appreciating that middle level technicians are key to industrial development; this House urges the Government to enhance funding to HELB and further widen the scope of its funding to include middle level colleges, especially those offering technician certificates. view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I would like to give my accolades to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology for having worked so hard to expand higher education facilities in the country. In the process, public universities have increased in number and so have technical training institutes and polytechnics. view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Vote 08 – Ministry of State for Defence view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, most of the funding has gone to university students, that is on the consumer side. Students of universities do get higher education loans that they repay when they are employed. view