Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am sure you were in this House when issues of Telkom Kenya and Mobitel came over. If they had been pre-empted, perhaps, we would not have ended up the way we did. I also regret that I was in the 10th Parliament when issues of the Rift Valley Railways (RVR) and the Kenya Railways came up and we failed to stop them. So, we ended up losing our metre gauge railway. As a House, I believe we should be more proactive. In that manner, we will be helping in the governance of this country. The electronic version ... view
• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Otherwise, if we keep on gagging ourselves, I do not know how far we will get. I agree entirely with whatever my immediate predecessor said about being innovative. Being innovative is good, but I can assure you an airline running an airport is not innovative. This is already being done elsewhere. So, it is no longer an innovation. Maybe, an innovation would be the airport running an airline. view
• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: However, I think this is an issue of whether PIC is trying to interfere with the day-to-day running of KQ. I do not think it is a day-to-day matter. It is more than day-to-day. I am getting worried that perhaps, we are gagging ourselves to the point where we will be unable to perform our oversight role anymore. That will be a very dangerous place for us to be. It is better we debate these things. If we find fault in them, we throw them out or amend them. Rather than putting brakes, so that we do not even talk ... view
• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. By the Constitution, Parliament should deliberate and resolve matters of concern to the citizens. I do not know whether I should agree with the previous speaker who said that lack of Opposition is creating problems. We have sinned against Kenyans and we should go to church and repent. For many years, we have committed sins. I remember the franchising of Kenya Railways to Rift Valley Railways. A company that belongs to a shanty company somewhere in South Africa came and ruined our meter gauge Kenya Railways and now it is dead. In came the ... view
• 26 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think the Chair of that Committee has virtually answered what I wanted to add. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to give an alternative voice. I do not think we are going to transfer the mistakes of National Treasury to the Central Bank of Kenya. We borrowed too much and stole it. It did not come into the economy to stimulate it. So we are not generating enough to the Exchequer, but 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
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to give an alternative voice. I do not think we are going to transfer the mistakes of National Treasury to the Central Bank of Kenya. We borrowed too much and stole it. It did not come into the economy to stimulate it. So we are not generating enough to the Exchequer, but 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
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: then we are here blaming the CBK Governor. If you recall, in this House, when we were vetting the Governor of CBK, I was the only voice that warned Kenyans that this guy is used to spartan life and he might not understand the rest of us, but people insisted and passed his name. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: then we are here blaming the CBK Governor. If you recall, in this House, when we were vetting the Governor of CBK, I was the only voice that warned Kenyans that this guy is used to spartan life and he might not understand the rest of us, but people insisted and passed his name. view