Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 1379.

• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Is the hon. Member in order to quote the Constitution out of context? While the Constitution allows freedom of association, you have the freedom to associate with the political party you support. You should not necessarily get into a coalition to fulfill your personal ambitions. It is not so. view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Is the Minister in order to mislead the House that the Constitution anticipated pre-election and post-election coalitions yet the Constitution actually anticipated a post-election coalition? It is already in the Constitution and, therefore, we do not need to legislate on it. This is in the sense that they are anticipating a leader of the majority of party or coalition of parties. Is the Minister in order to mislead the House? view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Eyes do not lie. You voted against it! view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. When we called for Division, he did not stand. view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I move this amendment because I feel that, while the Minister has some good intention in it, the legislative for post- election coalition, I am against the pre-election coalition. I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 10(i) be amended by deleting the words “before or” so that the clause reads:- “Two or more political parties may form a coalition after an election and shall deposit the coalition agreement with the Registrar. We then delete Clause 10(2) entirely. view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Can I respond? view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House by purporting that stopping the pre-election coalition has been successful before, yet it has previously been shown that it led to a rocky government and the NARC should have been a merger rather than a coalition? view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose this amendment with very clear reasons. If you remember, NARC survived after the referendum in 2005 by poaching members from other political parties. This legislation we are putting here seems to be legitimizing the poaching. Another thing is that; what we are doing here is legitimizing political prostitution; hopping from party to party at will. What we are doing here is that we are justifying what PNU has been doing by “eating” its own children and adopting the neighbours’. That is what we are doing with this amendment to this Bill. Yet this is ... view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chair. We do not have a quorum in the House. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this brief moment to also add my voice in support of Rev. Kobia. view