Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1231 to 1240 of 1354.

• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is also an economic issue. We can use water hyacinth to make furniture and cattle feed. So, could the Assistant Minister continue? view
• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am interested in cattle feed--- view
• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that water hyacinth can be used to manufacture cattle feed and furniture. Could the Assistant Minister explain what action the Ministry is taking to support those groups that can put to economic use that particular weed? view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Education the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that a large number of pastoralists' children have not joined Form One due to loss of livestock markets closed because of Rift Valley Fever? (b) Could the Minister waive fees for Form One students from pastoralist areas? view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, normally in this country, when there is a crisis in the sugar, coffee, maize and tea sectors, there is a lot of concern in providing relief to those sectors. When there is a problem among pastoralists, it is taken to be just one of those things. They get one or two lorries of grass to feed their cows. Could the Assistant Minister give an indication as to how much was given to, say, Samburu District or Marsabit District? view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I specifically referred to Form One students in pastoralist areas. It was not a big request. If the Assistant Minister did his sums right, it could probably be less than Kshs100 million. I talked about Form One students because those joining do not qualify for bursaries. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the amount of bursary has also been on the decline. You have to count the number of students in a school and consider the poverty index to allocate the bursaries. If someone is still at the gate waiting to join Form One and is not able to sell ... view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I just want to refer to some of the issues raised in His Excellency the President's Speech. I will begin by commending the current administration for using Kshs7 billion to provide electricity to our people in a period of three years. I commend the Government because, in a period of 40 years, from 1963 until the year 2002, only Kshs6 billion was spent in this sector. However, the people of northern Kenya have not benefited from this expansion. view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about the issue of equity. Although the Government is being commended for spending Kshs7 billion in the last four years as opposed to Kshs6 billion in the previous 40 years, the question of equity is important, especially to those who March 28, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 167 come from northern Kenya. The last time we heard about electricity connectivity in Samburu District was during the reign of the late President Kenyatta and, even then, I believe it was installed to facilitate the operations of civil aviation and assist direct flights from Sudan to ... view
• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: We need to consider the welfare and working conditions of our judges, before we increase their numbers. Where will they sit? We should improve facilities in terms of ICT infrastructure. Our judges must be tired of writing judgements using the old technology. Judgements by judges in the United States of America (USA) are written in Nairobi by Kenyans using the ICT technology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last point in my contribution is the question of identity cards. Many Kenyans will not be able to democratically elect their leaders this year because they do not have identity cards. We want to ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Administration and National Security the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that two policemen, PC Ltangee Lolkirau and PC John Leshimbiro, have been missing since the attack on Dukana Marsabit Police Post by Ethiopian militia early last year? (b) What action is the Minister taking to trace the two police officers? view