Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) No, I am not aware. The Ministry has not created any locations or sub-locations within Mutito and Nzambani districts in the last two years. (b) The Ministry does not gazette creation of locations and sub-locations. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that there are divisions. They have proposed several divisions and a number of locations and sub-locations. The numbers were excessive. We referred the matter to the District Commissioner. The leaders sort of rationalized the numbers. They held a meeting and we have now received the recommendations for the creation of those locations and sub-locations which we are considering. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the procedure is that the leaders meet the Provincial Administration. We restrict the number of divisions based on the land mass, population and community of interest. We recommend that for every new district we should not create more than three divisions. For every new division, we do not create more than four locations unless circumstances about the population density arise. With regard to timeframe, the work is massive and we should be able to give you the results within a period of six months or less. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have details about Kakamega. So, I am not able, at this moment, to explain the reasons for the delays. I do not know whether there have been disagreements at the district level. But I could find out and give a detailed brief on the cause of those delays. There may be disagreements and other reasons that have caused the delay. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: They are selected at the district level in consultation with elected leaders, Members of Parliament, councillors, opinion leaders, religious leaders, peace committees and anybody who holds any position in society. It is usually a public forum. We are not very strict on the inclusion of leaders. We even include civil society and other people. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, earlier on, I said that it should not take more than six months. I also said that there are occasions where there may be disagreements on the ground. There are also cases where excessive requests are put for creation of locations and sub-locations, which are likely to burden the payroll. Therefore, we refer them back to the leaders. So, that shuffling forward and backwards tends to take time. I am not able to give you an answer for Murang’a South. There are 280 districts and I do not have the answers now. In this particular case, ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did answer the question, except that I did not mention the population. It is 50,000 people for different parts of the country. There are some constituencies that are larger than provinces. I also did mention that we should not have more than three divisions in a district, except in places where the population is very high. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: You are not giving me time to answer. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that would be a different statement. I have answered Mr. K. Kilonzo’s Question. I have no problem. I can come back with a comprehensive criteria and the status in the country. That is because there are many outstanding applications for divisions. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: It cannot cut across. view