Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to join my other colleagues in congratulating the Minister, and his team, for the reforms that they have carried out in the water sector over the last four years. What these reforms have yielded are some very good results, and what I would like to recommend, or suggest, is that we need to continuously involve parliamentarians in information sharing. Judging from the Questions we had this morning, it was very clear that a number of us were not aware of the Water Services Trust Fund, for example. In addition to involving parliamentarians in these reforms, ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Also, water companies have been set up. Some of them are in areas where the economy is not very strong. It is important that the water companies are supported with seed money, or given an opportunity to settle down, as water companies, before they begin to charge--- view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need your protection from my colleagues, or I move to another--- view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I hope you will add me 30 seconds, if I do not conclude in time. The idea of the water companies is very good, and what I was saying is that we need to support them to take off, especially those in marginalised areas. view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: 3384 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 22, 2007 view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to congratulate the Assistant Minister for his presentation, which basically reduces the points I was going to raise. Since I have got the opportunity to speak, I just want to highlight two issues in support of this Motion. I agree with the Assistant Minister that this is a colossal job. We have about 3 million children missing out in early childhood education. I agree with him that foundation is very important. view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other point I want to make is with regard to the establishment of more dams. A lot of water from rivers goes to waste, and we need to dam them because I believe the cost of managing such dams is less than the cost of managing boreholes. Talking about dams, we require designs that are durable. Numerous Questions have been raised in this House with regard to dams that collapse during floods. I think more effort should be made to ensure that the dams that are created are durable. With regard also to dams, in terms ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could you protect me from "Prof. Wanjala" and Prof. Oniang'o? view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, to deny children the opportunity to obtain early childhood education and miss out on foundation is almost a violation of their rights. Children deserve education, but we need to be a bit innovative in the way we provide education. If we are going to institutionalise everything and provide early childhood education in the manner we provide primary school education, in terms of provision of buildings and standard teaching, it will be very expensive. We need to understand that children live in the villages. August 22, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3353 Let me talk about ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. So, flexibility is the point I wanted to emphasise in providing early childhood education. With that one point, I beg to support. view