Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 1379.

• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I am a Member of the Committee and we have put in a lot of work since Thursday. Yesterday I took off to sleep and I left the other Members working. We worked through the Bill this morning. My point of order is to request the Chair not to allow biases to the extent where there is a lot of male bashing, implications that perhaps men might not be interested in passing good laws. It is very unfortunate to lump together people and criticize them and in a way, intimidate ... view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us get back to our senses. This Bill has already passed Second Reading. We are past that stage; we cannot stop. We have to continue with it. It is good that we continue with it tomorrow. It is about breast milk substitutes; how to regulate them. It is not about breastfeeding. It is about breast milk substitutes and complementary feeds, how to regulate them. It is not about breastfeeding. Secondly, whenever we make laws in this Parliament, a good law protects the weakest members of our society. In this case, the weakest members of our ... view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this chance to contribute to this very important amendment Bill. The adage is: “If it ain’t broken, don’t mend it”. Here we are trying to mend something that is not broken. Instead we are trying to introduce problems. We have examples in this country. Some of us are stuck in this attitude that every organization must have a chairman, a CEO and things like that. We have eyes and we do not see. We have corporations and organizations with chairmen and CEOs who quarrel and things become very bad. You can imagine if ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, these theatres were either constructed or renovated by the Ministry. In the process, the Ministry had a chance to partner with some donors in the sense that some theatres were constructed by donors. Why was the money that was supposed to be used for renovation or building theatres in places where the theatres were constructed by donors not used to buy equipment? For example, at the Naitiri Sub-District Hospital, Safaricom built a modern theatre and completed it three years ago, but it has not been equipped up to now. Could the Assistant Minister assure this ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this brief chance to contribute to this very important Motion. First, I would like to make it very clear here that the IEBC, as the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has said, might have fallen short of the glory of God. But I dare say that the Executive has fallen even shorter because the IEBC sent the regulations to the Attorney-General earlier on and he failed to table them in this House. Then the Minister for Justice, view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to congratulate the Committee for the good work that they tried to do, and the fact that they called on the Auditor- General to make an audit and give them a report. We have had instances where some Committees have come up with drastic reports which actually break up people’s careers without any proper audit being done. view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I agree that it was good to have an audit report, I would still insist that this audit report was not properly before the Committee. This was a special audit report and the Public Audit Act, Article 42, states special audit reports shall be brought into the House by the Minister, and if he is not able to, they should go to the Speaker who will then table them in the House. Even if we were to say that the report was properly before the Committee, it is so fatally flawed that they could ... view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order to seek your guidance, with all due respect to my colleague, hon. Bonny Khalwale, the Chairman of the PAC. The method he is using, of starting with the Recommendations part of the Report, is unprecedented. So, I seek your guidance as to whether it is in order. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had wanted to raise this point of order for some time and I did not get the time. I agree with what the Chairman has said about the Constitution on Article 229 on the submission of audit reports. It says that audit reports shall be submitted to Parliament or the relevant county assembly and he has shown a letter from the Auditor-General to the Clerk of the National Assembly. When you go to the Public Audit Act, 2003, which is still law, Sections 42(1), (2) and (3), it says ... view
• 28 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is just one key thing here. The Minister says he wrote the circular promising the money, but did not get it; but he has failed to tell view