Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. While I respect the Leader of Majority Party and the way he defends his position and it is quite admirable, is he in order to mislead the House that Justice Waki did this as an individual yet we had a negotiation about it and that is what they had agreed on? At that time, hon. A.B. Duale was a Member of the Tenth Parliament. He never brought it up in the House to stop Justice Waki from giving that envelop. So, is he in order to keep on misleading the House? view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for a chance to contribute to this very important Motion. From the outset, hon. Waiganjo is the first person I have heard touch on the body of the President’s Address. In fact, maybe the Leader of Majority Party should borrow a leaf from the President and sometimes cede authority to other people. Maybe hon. Waiganjo would have moved this Motion much better than the Leader of Majority Party. This is because he has exposed the content and gone on to point out the salient features that are very key. What hon. Waiganjo has just done gives ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Will they be under the same circumstances; these unfortunate circumstances that our President has found himself in? Kenya had never found herself under those circumstances before. So, it would not be good to compare the previous presidents with the current President on that score because then it is not even. They did not face the same dilemma. So, that is not a very good comparison at all. We all agree that it is the President’s right to address the House when he has an important matter, which he did. The President followed the Constitution, which we expect of him as ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish to thank Hon. (Dr.) Pukose and his constituents, who have brought this Petition to this House. It raises a very important issue which borders on what has been ailing this country since Independence, corruption. It also points to an important matter that this House passed through a mediation committee about county development boards, so that hon. Members can deliberate on matters, so that we do not have this sort of situation arising again. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: As I support the Petition, I would like your guidance on the issue of the various jurisdictions of the Senate and the National Assembly on this matter. We would like your direction on this. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I seek your guidance regarding this particular matter between the Senate and the National Assembly, given that this is a county matter and I support the Petition. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Chairman is being economical with the truth. He has explained clause 5(3), but he has not explained Sub-Clause (2); what he has talked about is all in (c)(a), (b), (c) but he has not talked about 5(2)(b). He has not explained himself on that. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: He has not explained it. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. It is good that the Committee realizes the weighty matter that is before them. But we need to be awake to the fact that the devices that record hon. Members’ attendance in this House sometimes malfunction. In the last Parliament when this Chamber was opened, the moment you slotted in your card and logged in, your attendance was recorded. In this current Parliament apart from this card, we have a biometric device at the entrance. That biometric device at times malfunctions; when it does, then you have to look for the Serjeant-At-Arms to sign in your ... view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The other issue is that we know that all information possessed by a public institution - Parliament is a public institution in a sense - the public have got the right to access it. When members of the public access that information they should be given disclosure. In this case, there should have been full disclosure to those members of the public who brought those petitions about the Committee attendance of those members and various other activities of those members. Otherwise, we are opening ourselves to being harassed and intimidated. At times, in fact, somebody with ill motive can easily ... view