Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: The Executive has held Parliament at ransom during this constitutional implementation period in the sense that they bring these Bills late to force us into situations like what we are in now. They are just using the loophole in the Constitution that blames any failure to implement a Bill on Parliament. Parliament risks being dissolved if they do not pass certain Bills by certain deadlines. But there is no deadline as to when the Government should present those Bills. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I think, as a House, we need to come up with a way of forcing the Executive to bring these Bills here on time. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: With those few words, I beg to support. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to associate myself with the sentiments of hon. Dr. Nuh; could we ask the Leader of Government Business, or the Deputy Leader of Government Business, to start whipping the Front Bench? If they continue this way, we will call their bluff! The Executive has failed to set an election date; if they continue this way, we will call their bluff and not pass these Bills, so that we go for an election. We can set an election date for them. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has mentioned also the agreements they reached with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in that agreement, it was collectively agreed that this cadre of staff will be getting certain allowances. However, at the time of the implementation, the pharmacists were actually left out. Yet, at the time of bargaining and agreeing, the pharmacists had been included in this agreement. When did they sit again and decide to exclude the pharmacists, or was this a unilateral decision by the Ministry to exclude the pharmacists. Thank you. view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I sat listening to the Assistant Minister with a very sad heart. His combative mood showed that the doctors are up against a hard rock. From his tone of address, it shows that he is not really interested in amicably solving the problem. He even showed the callous nature of the Ministry by insinuating that no patient has died and yet people are not going to hospital because there are no doctors, so, they could be dying at home. The Assistant Minister is not aware even of those who have died at home. That is the ... view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Ministry has studiously privatized health care so that people end up in the private institutions instead of public hospitals and the poor who end up in public hospitals end up suffering. The Assistant Minister has said that the Treasury has agreed to avail some money from July, 2012. Is that available or is that a wish list? That is a wish list. How can the Assistant Minister tell us that this money will be available in 2012, and yet we do not have any concrete evidence of the availability of that money? How much money ... view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Honestly, the Assistant Minister does not seem to have been ready to tackle the issues in the petition, because the things he is telling us are not even answering a number of the queries raised in the petition, especially questions raised by more than three hon. Members about what each doctor has been offered. What he is telling us about the Kshs40,000 is what has been offered to the administrators and the Director of Medical Services, that is officers on Job Group S. That is why doctors are living in servant ... view
• 6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Obviously, the Ministry has been hiding under the Hippocratic Oath to underpay the doctors expecting that because of the oath, the doctors will never rebel but they have rebelled now. The Government wants to continue underpaying them. Could the Assistant Minister explain to us why, at the moment, when the Constitution of Kenya allows people to go on strike if they have grievances, the Ministry is currently harassing 95 doctors by withholding their salaries with the intend of breaking the strike, meanwhile causing suffering to the families of these doctors? Why is the Ministry ... view