Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not true that the Government is discriminating against the constituents of the hon. Member in terms of resource allocation. First of all, let me say that the Kshs30 million that was given to Kirinyaga West Constituency was the amount that came out of the stimulus project. That amount came from Treasury to 105 districts. The allocation was based on districts that did not have basic infrastructure to begin with. The allocation was in two phases. So, it does not only relate to Kirinyaga alone. The whole country had 105 districts over a period of ... view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to nil allocation, yes, indeed, we did not have adequate resources but we have now factored it through the next Budget fund to cater for the renovations of the DO’s office currently occupied by the DC and also to provide resources for the DC’s house which is in a very bad state. An amount of Kshs700,000 has been requested for the DC’s house but I can confirm that it has been approved in the current Budget. I do not have the figure in my books. view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to vehicles, the way information has been tabulated here, Kirinyaga Central, the original district, appears to have seven vehicles but I can admit that out of the seven, only two vehicles truly belong to Kirinyaga Central. That is, the Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Pick-up for the Administration Police, the Land Rover Defender for the DC and the lorry listed under Kirinyaga Central is used by the county for distribution of food when necessary. So, the lorry is shared by the four districts. view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think I got the hon. Member clearly because in his constituency we are providing an additional Kshs1 million for the refurbishing of the DC’s residence in Kirinyaga Central. Kirinyaga Central has been provided with resources. So, Kirinyaga South cannot be said to have been discriminated against because over a period of two financial years, they have received Kshs3 million for a project that they had initiated and Kshs4 million during the current financial year. So, there is no discrimination with regard to Kirinyaga South. view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: I do not think I got his question right. Could he repeat it? view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, obviously there has been tremendous growth of districts from 70 during the last Parliament to 386 districts. The policy is to provide facilities where they do not exist at all and to refurbish facilities that were previously occupied by District Officers like houses and offices. The policy is also to provide vehicles according to the rate of crime and the expansiveness of the districts in the country. Those are some of the policies that guide the allocation of resources but, obviously, we never at any one time have enough resources. A lot of these activities are ... view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to acknowledge Ms. Karua’s contribution from the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to support the Provincial Administration infrastructure. I also want to deny that the Government is specifically discriminating against Kirinyaga County and Gichugu in particular. For example, I am aware that they got new police lines in her constituency and they also got a new hospital. So, the issue of discrimination by the Government does not arise. view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I still insist that we are not discriminating against the County of Kirinyaga and every effort will be made to redress any injustices that may have taken place in the past. view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In view of the interest being shown in this Question, particularly in market stalls, and in view of the fact that a number of us cannot also interrogate the Minister openly because we are in Government, Would I be in order to inform the Minister to create an view
• 14 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: opportunity to hold a K amukunji for us to go through the whole project, constituency by constituency? view