Dr. David Eseli Simiyu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the pillars of Malaria control right now are a bit haphazard. In fact, some of them are groping in darkness not knowing how to control malaria. We talk about maybe coming up with a vaccine, which is a very expensive endeavour. We are also talking of using mosquito nets and all sorts of things. None of these on their own can be successful in controlling malaria. Mosquito nets, for example, is one thing that I have always laughed at and wondered why we are trying to do with them. This is because the anopheles mosquito ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Health sits down with the Mover of the Bill, hon. Kaino. Probably, we can even go on a retreat to look at this, so that we can harmonize and make it very effective. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that setting up a malaria Prevention and Control Institute would be very good because we will be able to coordinate all these activities of Malaria control, be it use of mosquito nets or in-house spraying of residual insecticides. By the way, I brought a Motion here in early 2008, which was unanimously passed by the House; that the mainstay of ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think when we are talking about fine- tuning this Bill, it will be important to remember that we have a Malaria Control Act dating back from the colonial days; 1920s which we have virtually just appended on the part of putting up an institute. We need to harmonize that so that that old Act that came in the 1920s synchronizes well with the idea of having an institute. So, while I second this Motion, I still realize that we still have a long way to go to be able to fine-tune this Bill to ... view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: climate change. Now, with those challenges coming on, then we need an institute that can actually co-ordinate all these activities of malaria control taking into account the climate change and all those issues that are also encouraging the increase in malaria transmission. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to end by stating that the level of malaria in our country is too high and it is leading to high mortality – that is high death rate of our under five years children, leave alone women who are expectant who we are also losing to malaria. Also, those expectant ... view
• 29 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Minister has answered part “b” on increased access for Kenyans who aspire to train in these institutions by saying that he has availed bursaries. This Parliament passed a Motion brought by myself which stated that Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) was going to be empowered to be able to give loans to students in tertiary institutions so that they access education. What has the Minister done so far to ensure that HELB meets these needs? view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister said that one of the uses of those parcels of land was for a cemetery. Now that cemetery land seems to provoke Pavlovian responses among hon. Members and the Ministry of Local Government, could the Assistant Minister assure this House that he will ensure that all land that has been set aside for cemeteries in all local authorities in this country is protected? view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The post mortem report has been tabled and putting my head together with my medical colleague, we have perused it quickly. We have realised that the cause of death is purely not related to the caning. So, I do not know whether it is in order for us to continue in that manner, where we might be implicating the poor teacher as the cause of the death when the caning is not related to the view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Energy:- (a) why the proposed power supply from Brigidia through Tongaren to Lukhuna in Kimilili Constituency has not been undertaken, four years after it was planned; (b) what action the Ministry is taking to ensure that the project is carried out without further delay; and, (c) when the Naitiri/Mbakalo Project in Kimilili that has stalled for one-and-a-half years will be completed and what is causing the delay. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank the Ministry which I have always respected for doing work on time except on this particular project which seems to have had a lot of delay. I would like to confirm to the House that since this Question appeared in the Order Paper before the House went on recess they quickly moved on site and work is ongoing. There is a misleading implication by the Assistant Minister that the delay was occasioned by the use of concrete poles which took time to erect to avoid breakage. The concrete poles were erected ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister explain to this House why it is that any project under the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is always delayed while that under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) is way ahead, yet these two are under one Ministry? Is there a reason REP projects are moving faster than those of the KPLC? view