Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1341 to 1350 of 1379.

• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this road has been under construction for a very long time and even as of now when you pass there, the construction appears to be still on-going. When will this road be completed and what will be final cost on completion? view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Kids cannot be children of goats. Kids are the offspring of goats, while children are the offspring of human beings! view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion on the Budget making process. In fact, When I got to this House, I was very surprised to find that we had no say in the making of the Budget. When you meet your constituents out there, they all tell you that they want this or that. They imagine that when you get to Parliament, you participate in the formulation of the Budget. When you get here, you realise that, that is not the case. I do hope that in the course of this year, we will be able ... view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he is aware that since the creation of the Department of Adult Education in 1979, no scheme of service has been effected for the employees of this Department; (b) whether he is further aware that the adult education teachers under this Department have stagnated at one job group for over 20 years; and, (c) what steps he is taking to implement a suitable scheme of service for the teachers to improve their productivity. view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. While I concur with the hon. Member who has raised a point of order, I want to state that this Question came up last time and, again, I received a very long answer. However, trying to pinpoint the facts from this long answer has been very difficult. However, I want to point out that in part (b), where the Assistant Minister has accepted that adult education teachers have stagnated at one Job Group, he has gone on to say that adult education teachers were, subsequently, upgraded every three years, that is 2000, 2003, ... view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Given that illiteracy is a major drawback in the development of this country and that adult education is one of the ways of reducing that illiteracy, could the Assistant Minister tell us whether he is going to make sure that, that Department stays within the Ministry of Education and not to be migratory again as it has been before, leading to the stagnation of the development of adult education? Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. I feel vindicated because in my Maiden Speech in this House, I asked the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs to expedite bringing a Bill to this Parliament to take care of our ethnic animosity. Ethnicity has reached such a point in this country that one fears for the future. I have had the opportunity to live under the three regimes, right from the Independence regime, through to the middle one and to the current one. But they all have one similarity: Ethnicity! Ethnicity ... view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: . He will think that if he is posted to a place like Ukambani, all the Kambas are witches. That is the stereotyping that the child has grown up with. I remember our days in education when we could do Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) anywhere in this country and choose any secondary school and go there. Indeed, it was reducing ethnicity. But when we started this system of district focus, we have entrenched ethnicity in our minds to the extent that everybody graduating from the university right now has ethnic leaning. You find ethnic-based university students organisations masquerading as ... view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that the Assistant Minister has agreed and he is actually very sorry for the delay on the part of the City Council to pay up this money, what is he doing to make sure that interest is paid due to the difficulties caused to these families? view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister say whether it is true or not that the Ministry has no interest in regulating fuel prices because the Government's tax is a percentage of the fuel prices? Indeed, in that process, the Government is fuelling inflation. In other words, the Government is hunting with the lion and running with the hare. view