Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1061 to 1070 of 1379.

• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the law is generally made to protect the weak. In that case, once the containers leave the manufacturers and the goods inside have been used - even if it was cooking oil – eventually, those containers end up in the hands of the rural folk who fetch and store water and other edible items in them. Those containers get damaged and, I believe, that is the cause of the rising cancer cases in the rural areas. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Assistant Minister might be constrained, being in the Ministry, to give a full report on this. Would I be in order to request that this issue be referred to the Departmental Committee on Health to do a thorough probe into it? That is because the rural people are the ones who are being exposed, inadvertently, to cancer causing materials. view
• 11 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There was a clarification that was to come from the Ministry of Agriculture regarding the importation of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) maize, and I was given to understand that the investigations were through and they were supposed to clarify the issue. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Defence the following Question by Private Notice. (a) What criteria is being used in the recruitment of servicemen and women from the National Youth Service (NYS) pool, which commenced on 3rd August, 2009? (b) How will the criteria ensure fair and equitable distribution of recruit chances among the districts in the country as well as the number expected to be recruited per district? view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank the Assistant Minister for that answer, because it allays a lot of anxiety where youngsters fear that they might be left out of the recruitment. However, could the Assistant Minister undertake to bring to this House a breakdown by members, and not by names, per district as to who has been recruited in the current exercise? Could the Assistant Minister undertake to bring that to the House on a date convenient to him but as soon as possible? view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it true that the reason for recruiting at the NYS, away from public view, is so that they could conduct a very unfair exercise? Is it possible to open these recruitments to public view even if the recruits are going to come from the NYS? view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister in order to misunderstand the question I asked him? I did not suggest in any way that recruiting from the NYS is wrong. However, I said that the recruitment should be open to public view, even if it is done within the NYS. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that the houseboy of the Director General of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) earns more than a doctor in Kenya or a don in one of our public universities, could the Assistant Minister tell us whether he is comfortable with the situation? If he is not comfortable with it, what is he doing about it? If he is comfortable with it, what exactly makes him comfortable with it? view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of 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 ones; appreciating that middle-level technicians are key to industrial development, this House urges the Government to enhance funding to HELB and further to widen the scope of its funding to include middle-level colleges, especially those offering technician certificates. view