Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1281 to 1290 of 1354.

• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, given the fact that technocrats at City Hall may be under July 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2387 capture by the "chair throwers", namely, the councillors, would it not be necessary for the Minister to enlist the services of the Chief Structural Engineer, Ministry of Roads and Public Works, to ensure that standards are enforced? Members of the City Hall Planning Committee, namely, the councillors, are not going to appear in court. Instead, it is the civil servants who suffer. Could we get independent officers from the Ministry of Roads and Public Works to deal with this issue? view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, on page 654, Head 752, there is an Item on Rentals of Produced Assets and another one on Other Operating Expenses--- view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is Item No.2210600, Rentals of Produced Assets. The other one is Item No.2211300, Other Operating Expenses. I would like to know what these "Other Operating Expenses" are. I would also like to know who is getting the scholarships under Item No.2640100. view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the explanation on "Other Operating 2416 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 26, 2006 Expenses" amounting to Kshs8 million - "Miscellaneous" is not clear. What are these "other operating expenses"? The other ones are clear. view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, on page 374, there is Head 737, Item 2211300 which is entitled: "Other Operating Expenses, Kshs10 million". What is this? This is actually at the discretionary powers of the Accounting Officer because all the other expenses are detailed here. Are there more details for this particular Item or does the Accounting Officer just wake up in the middle of the year and say that he or she will pay medical expenses? Is there something else in addition to this? view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: I am not happy! view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on page 375, Head 751, Item 2211300 - Other Operating Expenses-there is a figure of Kshs22,175,980. It disappears the following year. What is that? view
• 25 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to make a contribution by congratulating the Minister for his good leadership in multi-lateral and regional trade negotiations since he took over the Ministry. I would like to say that at the constituency level, the good activities of this Ministry and parastatals at the grassroots level are sometimes not really heard of. It is important that the Ministry spends some resources as we devolve funds. There are so many funds being devolved, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) being one of them, to see how we can take advantage of the activities of this Ministry ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister lay on the Table the distribution list? He has said that they received 50 vehicles which they distributed to insecure areas of this country. I come from the most insecure place. The DOs in Six divisions in Samburu District do not have vehicles. Could he lay on the Table the past and future distribution lists? view