Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 1379.

• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am a member of the Committee. We interviewed Rev. Kobia. He appeared to us as a very dedicated person. He is somebody who this country can trust to be able to carry out the duties of the JSC. My only contribution here is to ask the public and the media, that when we are vetting candidates for whatever position, it will only be prudent that they actually bring written memoranda or appear before the Committees themselves, rather than using media reports to cast innuendoes and portray people in bad light when it is not proven. ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a situation where one motorcycle was reported stolen, but the people who were shot were actually on two motorcycles. Therefore, one motorcycle had not been stolen. Is it right for the police to shoot to kill suspects even when they are not armed with firearms? view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, perhaps, when the Minister gives that Statement, he should also clarify whether this is a case of political assassination given that the councillor was a member and a staunch advocate for his party, FORD-K, which has of late been a victim of hate speech against the party, and its leadership by various political operatives from within and outside the county and have on several occasions threatened violence on FORD-K party supporters. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you notice that the deceased was moved to Lugulu Mission which is further away than Webuye District Hospital which is nearby. Could the Assistant Minister also clarify why the deceased was taken to a hospital so far away instead of being taken to Webuye District Hospital? view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, these issues of insecurity have led to many deaths of grassroots leaders in the sense that the former Mayor of Kitale was shot and killed under unclear circumstances. The former Secretary for KNUT of Trans Nzoia was also killed and his family members injured under very unclear circumstances. We buried him on Saturday. Previously, the Mayor of Bungoma was shot at his house in Mandizini. Up to now, no investigation report has been brought to light and nobody has been arrested for these deaths. Now we have this other death of another grassroots leader from Bungoma County. ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to mislead the House and the nation that this particular Bill is going to stop a Member from campaigning for another political party? It says very clearly in Cause 14(6) that Sub-sections 5(e) and (f) shall not apply to a Member of a political party in relation to the common objective of a coalition. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the way I understood PNU at the time of the last general election is that it was a corporate entity. So, which party did he belong to because the other PNU, that is, the party was registered after the last election? So, is he one of the party hoppers? view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this chance to also support The Political Parties Bill. I would like to tell the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs that we passed The Political Parties Act that we were trying to amend earlier on in the life of this Parliament. Therefore, we have had a chance to live with it, see the faults in it and see how we can correct it. Unfortunately, the Bill that the Minister has brought to this House is not an improvement of the existing Act. If anything, it muddies ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Despite the various persons who have spoken on this Bill, I have only heard one voice supporting the issue of pre-election coalitions. We must be awake to the fact that pre-election coalitions have been the cause of Government instability in this country. The first pre-election coalition of NARC led to a lot of instability in Government. This means the development that we achieved under NARC could even have been more if we did not have that instability. So, I do not think we can craft a Bill to become an Act, which institutionalizes instability in Government. Pre-election coalitions result in ... view