Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1301 to 1310 of 1379.

• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to only allude to the former Director of Medical Services and not allude to the former Chief Pharmacist, who has also been reinstated and is part of the rot in KEMSA? view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am surprised that we should want to delete this part of the proposed amendment, which seeks to provide that the secretary to the commission serves on a full- time basis. We have already amended the Bill to remove the provision that the chairman will supervise and direct the work of the commission. So, there is no supervisor or anybody directing the work of the commission. Now, we are saying that the secretary should not serve on a full-time. What kind of commission are we going to have? I think the secretary should serve on a full-time ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the truth of the matter is that we are ambushed and find out early in the morning that one's Question is on the Order Paper. On the other hand, Ministers are informed prior to the Questions coming up. I think it would be better if we got to know the contents of the Order Paper a day before, so that we know what is coming up the 2880 PARLIAMETARY DEBATES October 22, 2008 following day. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to ask the Assistant Minister that now that it is public knowledge that the Port of Mombasa is supposed to be privatised, and here we are taking a loan guaranteed by the Kenyan citizens, are we trying to guarantee a loan that is going to just assist profiteers at the Port, including PEPE? It is Kenyans who are guaranteeing the loan! view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security:- (a) whether he could give a district-by-district statistics of police officers recruited since 2005; and, (b) whether he could also indicate, giving names, reasons and home districts, of officers who have been dismissed from the force since 2005. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we had agreed with the Assistant Minister. He explained that the Police Department is not computerised, which is very unfortunate! If it is computerised, it does not have computer experts who can bring out the statistics at the touch of a button. That is very unfortunate! I think we are a bit "BC", that is, "Before Computer" and I think that is very unfortunate. So, because of that, I will accept the indulgence from the Assistant Minister. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second that amendment. If districts are created on the basis of the existing constituencies, it will mean that if we eventually split constituencies and have more constituencies, then they will not be covered by the terms of this Motion. I support that amendment, so that we do not have an ambiguity. In future, as we create new constituencies, we will be creating new districts at the same time. We should not have a situation where we will again have to debate on whether we should get more districts or not. With those ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that devolution has been implemented successfully through funds such as CDF, roads funds and youth funds; noting that there are no criteria used to determine allocation, which means that constituencies receive equal amounts of money regardless of their peculiarities such as size, population, poverty levels and HIV prevalence; cognisant that continued uniform distribution of funds perpetrates unequal development, this House urges the Government to ensure the distribution of devolved funds presently and in future takes into consideration all factors that may influence the impact of such ... view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to Vote 06, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. Indeed, at the risk of sounding monotonous, I wish to say that failing to plan is planning to fail. But the biggest folly is planning and failing to follow those plans. This country has done that since Independence. We plan, but we do not follow those plans. The worst bit of it is to plan shoddily, because the outcome will be shoddy. With all due respect to the Minister, whom I respect very ... view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Constitution is very clear on this. We should review constituency boundaries at intervals of not less than eight years and not more than 10 years. Now we are doing it after an interval of about 12 years. So, could it be, therefore, that the Electoral Commission of Kenya has failed to uphold the Constitution? So, actually, they should stand disbanded! view