Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: With regard to part "c" of the Question, what is the role of the ECR since we are told that they are the ones who advise on fuel controls? view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister inform this House what are the reasons for the wide price differentials between fuel prices in Nairobi and upcountry and yet, using the pipeline, it is supposed to reduce the differentials? The fact that we are assured of enough fuel in the depots in Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru, how come the fuel is not reaching the users? Is it because the fuel system is filled with fuel from Triton which it has been unable to offload because it bought it at a very high price and now it is unable to sell ... view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to deliberately misunderstand my question and start giving the wrong answer? I asked about price Fe bruary 5, 2009 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Member is asking for a Ministerial Statement purely based on a newspaper report. Is that in order because I believe that we do not rely on newspaper reports? view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this chance to contribute to this very important debate. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Indeed, Mr. Michuki, whom I respect very much, is a person of very many years' experience and has very deep wisdom. I have been lucky to share some of that wisdom with him, and he informed me that sovereignty is like virginity: Once you lose it, it is gone! Those who are talking about passing this Bill as a way of retaining Kenya's sovereignty, should know that we lost it long ago. The moment we called in foreigners to intervene in the issues that we had, our sovereignty was gone. The moment we were struck by hunger and the first ... view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the risk of sounding repetitive, I have said before that at Independence in 1963, we conceived two terrible twins, who were delivered in 1964 when Kenya became a Republic. The two twins were impunity and corruption. They feed on each other. When corruption is starved, it is fed by impunity. When impunity is starved, it is fed by corruption. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The biggest fear is that we all know what we should have done long ago, but we never did it. It has been cyclic for a very long time, from 1992, where we have only looked at impunity vis-a-vis death of Kenyans resulting from elections. But impunity has got many other faces. This is just a shed of it. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The tribunal we intend to set up based on the change in the Constitution that we want to put in place, is supposed to go a long way in removing that impunity, but the biggest fear is that when we look at the Statutes that follow thereafter, that is where the biggest fear comes in. This is because we all fear that it is being manipulated. We fear that once we pass this Bill and it is entrenched in the Constitution and then we come to the Statutes, there will be a lot of horse-trading in this House, so that ... view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day we had the same example, where we had to vote on the Report by the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, on the sale of the Grand Regency Hotel. For some inexplicable reasons, some Members changed and voted differently. So, even if we are assured that we can amend the Statutes on the Floor of the House, we are not sure whether we will have the numbers to do it. view