Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, perusing the answer from the Assistant Minister, there seems to be an equipment in Mombasa Municipal Council which was bought in 1959. This means that I am just one year older than that piece of equipment, whose registration number is KAQ 189.That is the KAQ before the new series started in Kenya. Could the Assistant Minister tell this House when they will donate this piece of equipment to the National Museums of Kenya and remove it from the Municipal Council of Mombasa? view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to suggest that the equipment is functional when his report here clearly shows that it is not serviceable and it is not working? view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this chance to second the Motion on the Report of the Committee on the Cost of Living. It was quite an eye opener when we were on this Committee’s business in the sense that we got out there and wananchi asked us: “You are our leaders and you should know. Why have you come back to ask us”? Being an eye opener, we learnt several things. I, for one, learnt that a cartel-controlled economy is not sustainable. Indeed, as the Mover has alluded to, we have several cartels in our economy that ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: safety net. I am yet to hear any presidential candidate pledging to give free healthcare which is a very important safety net. If they are not able to give this, it will be very difficult to attain whatever level of development that we want to attain. If you look at electricity, you will find that the way we have handled our energy sector is skewed to the extent that right now, factory owners are virtually unable to produce at peak rates because the power bills are too high. I know of some flower farmers in Trans Nzoia whose bills are ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also the issue of population growth, which, unfortunately, has not been adequately addressed. The rate of population growth in this country is almost unsustainable, in the sense that whatever revenue that the Government might receive cannot be enough to sustain even the social safety nets that we are talking about, be it in education, healthcare or provision of food. This is because the population growth rate outstrips what the nation is able to generate. We have not adequately addressed that particular factor. For about two decades now, we have not been addressing population ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: It is important to note that while all this goes on, we are yet to put into place laws that are punitive enough to discourage the cartel-like behaviour of some business people, and to discourage excessive profiteering. This entails putting in place some safeguards to ensure that the common mwananchi is not exploited in the manner it is happening right now. All this comes down to Parliament passing relevant laws to safeguard the common view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: . That is what the Mover of this Motion alluded to when he said that the Committee has a raft of Bills it is going to introduce to this House. We expect the support of this House, because I believe that the adoption of this Report by the House will form a very firm foundation for the future of this country. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to second the Motion. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I would like to inform the Assistant Minister that a medical doctor under training does not necessarily have to be taught by doctors, especially in the pre- clinical years. That is where you do physiology, biochemistry and so on. You will be taught by people who studied those subjects. They do not have to be medical doctors. view