Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: I thank the Minister for that information. However, the solar power provision needs to be equitably distributed in the country. He has captured my other point. This is the question of availability of network countrywide. Again, there is a big shortfall in the northern parts of Kenya in terms of the distribution of the mobile phone networks. With those few remarks, we need to put money in the Budget, because this is the last financial year we are facing before the general election next year. Thank you. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek permission of the House and your permission to answer this Question next week because I am still doing consultations to get a proper answer. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the answer I have is not complete. So, I need to do further consultation since the Nyayo Tea Zone was under the Office of the President and it is now under the Ministry of Agriculture. There are certain facts I want to confirm. We have discussed with the hon. Questioner. With your permission, I could answer this Question on Thursday afternoon, next week. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I rise to support the passing of this Bill. view
• 17 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is as a result of the Constitution that we passed. As you know, we need to take care of the human resources that will drive and implement this Constitution. There have been 15 commissions and committees reviewing salaries in Kenya between 1960 and 2003. A number of them have actually been operating on ad hoc basis. We ended up with the Kipkulei Harmonization Committee, which I think did a good job. It also ended up with the establishment of a Permanent Public Service Remuneration Review Board which has not been anchored in the ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to congratulate Mr. Namwamba for coming up with this Motion to appoint a Select Committee to deal with this very complex and urgent issue, for which none of us has answers now but collectively, we can contribute to it. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to congratulate the immediate speaker, Mr. Mututho. He has raised crucial issues. I hope that he will be able to give the Committee the insight into some of the issues touching on corruption, and that affects the prices of food in ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Committee should look into the whole issue of famine relief. I am aware that famine relief is also another cash cow. Famine relief is a business; famine relief is ridden in corruption in Samburu County. We receive food worth Kshs40 million monthly, but there is very little to show on the ground. I, personally, believe, and a number of people have also reported to me that 50 per cent of the so called famine relief does not reach their destination. This does not only happen in my constituency, but in various parts of Kenya where ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, hon. Mututho referred to short term crops that can be grown within a very short time. Sometimes they are referred to us as orphan crops. The seeds of such crops should be supplied at this time, so that these orphan crops can be harvested within the shortest time possible. This Committee should also look into the question of food banks. The whole question of management of food in Kenya is centralized. I cannot see the reason why we cannot harvest food in the villages and have food banks there. All the food does not need to ... view