Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 1354.

• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member. When I am answering this Question, I am not saying that Turkana District is occupied by purely Turkanas and Pokot District is occupied by purely Pokots. In fact, it is the boundaries of the two districts which is actually in dispute rather than the communities living in the districts. I also agree with him that, in fact, pastoralists do not pursue boundary issues unless they are hiding something else there. For example, as I speak now, members of the two districts are, indeed, grazing in my district. So, I understand those ... view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we undertake to carry out this exercise as soon as possible. view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The preparation of the 2008/2009 Budget Estimates has not yet been finalised. According to the indicative Treasury ceiling, the Ministry has been allocated Kshs3.027 billion for the Development Vote. The indicated amount falls short of our requirement, which amounts to Kshs3.526 billion. However, an appropriate proportion will be allocated for the development of new districts intended for creation in accordance with their requirements. (b) No money was set aside for the new districts during the Financial Year 2007/2008. However, the Ministry requested for some money to create basic facilities for districts ... view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member needs to be informed that the need to create new districts arises out of the applications by Kenyans themselves. With regard to the issue of making every constituency a district, that should be left to the people of Kenya. They need to say whether they want to go that direction or otherwise. view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, well, Mr. Bett, could be right, but the mode of application is by the population of those specific areas, but not by individuals. It will be good to have the residents of particular areas come together and discuss the modalities for sub-division, creating the boundaries, the number of divisions and so on. view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, well, population is not the only criteria. The other criterias are, of course, geographical and physical features, the need for internal harmony of the population affected, the security demands, the infrastructure and socio-cultural affiliations. It is not just purely population. There are fairly large districts which are even bigger than two provinces combined like Marsabit District, for example. view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the recommendations by the hon. Member can be considered. However, it is also true that certain constituencies are so large that, in fact, they deserve to be split into two districts. They also deserve to be split into two constituencies. So, I think it is a good suggestion the hon. Member made that we consider moving towards that direction. view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, something is being done. As you are aware, we are just about to go through the Supplementary Estimates, while, at the same time, preparing for the Budget of 2008/2009. Something is definitely being done to provide funding for those additional facilities. However, we also want to encourage the mother or original districts to continue supporting the new districts in terms of sharing technical facilities. There may be districts without district engineers or Officers Commanding Police Divisions (OCPDs). While we are moving to that direction, to provide all those facilities to encourage the mother districts to continue ... view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kshs18 million was distributed to the districts that were created after the Budget of 2007/2008 Financial Year had already been passed. Here, we are talking about 34 districts throughout the country. However, the amounts of money I am talking about here are monies for the Provincial Administration. It is not budgetary allocations for the whole Government. It is specifically for the district commissioners and district officers requirements. view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that we will take those recommendations made by the hon. Member into consideration. I will advise the Provincial Administration to facilitate dialogue, so that you have an agreement on whatever you need. view