Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1161 to 1170 of 1379.

• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hunger and starvation are not things that need to be played with. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it seems like there is, indeed, a concerted effort to make sure that this Motion does not move. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am going to say just a few things that suggest why we say the Minister should step aside. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Hunger and starvation are very difficult things to deal with as a nation. One of the most agonizing deaths you can suffer is to die from starvation. That appears to be facing many members of our nation. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The Minister misled this House when he give his Personal Statement and stated that he was going to sack the managers of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) for abetting the crime of trading in maize arbitrarily. The Minister misled the House because any sackings that went on were as a result of a previous audit done in the NCPB, but not as a result of the maize scam. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Earlier on we passed a Motion of censure on a Cabinet Minister mainly because of misleading the House. If--- view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I know that it is unparliamentary for me to name Members, but would you like me to do so? view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. That is quite a relief because the threat was made within the precincts of the House. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was stating that the Minister said that he was going to sack the management of the NCPB for perpetuating the maize scam, but it transpired that eventually those who were sacked, were sacked not because of the maize scam, but because of a previous report. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I believe that, that was misleading to the House. We have set a precedent before, that a Minister who actually was thought to have misled a House Committee, was actually asked to step aside and censured by the House. I believe we should not apply double standards over such issues, because censure is a very weighty matter. It is not a matter to be taken lightly. If we could allow it to happen on one, then we should allow it to happen across the board. view