Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 321 to 330 of 1379.

• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I oppose--- view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for this chance. I wish to oppose this amendment. The Jubilee Administration has received a lot of accolades for the fight against corruption so far. These amendments fly in the face of all that anti-corruption fight; if we reduce the independence of the Auditor-General’s Office, then we will be tampering with one of the best mechanisms to fight corruption. Right now, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is current. What we will be looking at is current. If this office does not have its independence, we do not know what kind of material we will ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for this chance. I wish to oppose this amendment. The Jubilee Administration has received a lot of accolades for the fight against corruption so far. These amendments fly in the face of all that anti-corruption fight; if we reduce the independence of the Auditor-General’s Office, then we will be tampering with one of the best mechanisms to fight corruption. Right now, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is current. What we will be looking at is current. If this office does not have its independence, we do not know what kind of material we will ... view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, is the Leader of the Majority Party--- view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Is the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party in order to impugn such dangerous and not-right attitude to the good religion of Islam by saying that because he is fasting, he has to say the truth? He is implying, therefore, that when he is not fasting, he will not say the truth. That is what he is implying. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Mover of the Motion mentioned that her history on the Committee on Implementation is rather scanty. The Committee on Implementation was first set up during the one-party state. The first Chairperson of that Committee was Martin Shikuku. Before the Committee could even start working, he found himself in detention and the Committee remained in the Standing Orders, but was never reconstituted again. After that, it died a natural death. After that, in the last Parliament we moved through Speaker Marende that we bring back the Committee on Implementation. In fact, the first Chairman ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Mover of the Motion mentioned that her history on the Committee on Implementation is rather scanty. The Committee on Implementation was first set up during the one-party state. The first Chairperson of that Committee was Martin Shikuku. Before the Committee could even start working, he found himself in detention and the Committee remained in the Standing Orders, but was never reconstituted again. After that, it died a natural death. After that, in the last Parliament we moved through Speaker Marende that we bring back the Committee on Implementation. In fact, the first Chairman ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Committee Report that was adopted by the House. It was an elaborate scheme on how they can go about increasing the reach of national referral services and not necessarily reversing devolution. It is important that, as the Committee goes ahead, they should not feel shy to recommend sanctions against the people who are not implementing the resolutions, unless they have a real good reason why they have failed to do so. If they do not have a good reason, the Committee should not feel shy to propose sanctions against them. If we do not do that, many of them will ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Committee Report that was adopted by the House. It was an elaborate scheme on how they can go about increasing the reach of national referral services and not necessarily reversing devolution. It is important that, as the Committee goes ahead, they should not feel shy to recommend sanctions against the people who are not implementing the resolutions, unless they have a real good reason why they have failed to do so. If they do not have a good reason, the Committee should not feel shy to propose sanctions against them. If we do not do that, many of them will ... view