Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1311 to 1320 of 1354.

• 4 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Parliament passed the Water Act and so, we cannot blame the Minister. However, there are certain administrative issues which ought to be clarified. For example, we cannot understand why awarding of tenders for the construction of water dams and boreholes is done here in Nairobi by the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (NWCPC). Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Minister explain why he cannot decentralise that function to the districts? view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question has been deferred many times because of the Minister for Education and his Assistant Ministers being out of the country. view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question should be deferred until the week after next week. I will be in the country by that time. 1678 view
• 27 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is the fate of the Samburu Question raised by hon. Odoyo? view
• 27 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said "raised". What is the status of the Samburu Question which was raised by the Luos about the Samburu women who were raped by the British soldiers? view
• 21 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my constituency, the most visible television station is Citizen Television. Could the Assistant Minister consider employing the services of Citizen Television staff to improve the KBC facilities? view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I would like to start by saying that this is a very innovative Budget. There are lots of good ideas in the Budget. The problem is that the implementation and enforcement of this Budget will not take us where we want to be. I like the idea of creating the Drought Contingency Fund. Initially, we used to have drought every ten years. With time, that period changed to every four years and, lately, every two years. I am afraid that drought may be ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, protect me from the Cabinet Members. They are not interested in my contribution. view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am glad that the Assistant Minister is taking notes. I would like to say that on the issue of Government vehicles, the Minister came up with a proposal to provide only one vehicle to each Minister and one to each Permanent Secretary. From my own experience, I do not think that will be workable. The whole system should have been phased out. I think the system will increase inefficiency and bureaucracy, and the amount of money we will be saving, Kshs1.3 billion, is not really worth the expenditure that would result to ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in many districts, for instance, Samburu District, the only financial institution in place is the Kenya Commercial Bank, which serves the whole of 21,000 kilometres of Maralal. We do not have any other financial institution there. That is why we look forward to the Micro Finance Bill being passed so that we can get financial services. I would also like to mention the issue of the Constituency Roads Fund. We welcome the increase of Kshs11 million. However, as you know, we do not control that money. It is controlled by the District Roads Engineers. It ... view