Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that these officers are in Trans Nzoia West and not Trans Nzoia East. That was not part of the Question but if it is the case, then they are causing overstaffing in West and should be moved to their respective stations. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will find out whether the District Development Officer, a Ms. Pamela Cheruitich, the Human Resource Officer, a Mr. Moses Luvane and the Procurement Officer, a Mr. David Liheretse, are indeed in West and not East. I can confirm that with the hon. Member either through this House or through my office at any time. I am traveling to my constituency now. So I would appeal that I confirm this early next week. view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Mate Enterprises Ltd of P.O. Box 162, Wote, has not been paid Kshs162,510 being the money payable to the firm for the supply of tyres and tubes to the District Commissioner, Makueni, in June, 2006. (b) The reason for non-payment is that on 31st May, 2006, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes issued an AIE for Kshs1,575,125 to the District Commissioner (DC), Makueni, to facilitate transportation of relief food to affected persons. However, this AIE was not funded. Against this AIE, the DC make several commitments ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree that this was not really proper. The Ministry of State for Special Programmes had just been established and the Accounting Officer was the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. When they should have paid this debt, they did not do it. I have just found out last night that, indeed, it should have been the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to pay and not the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. I am making arrangements by either today or tomorrow to issue a cheque to M/s Mate ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have an undertaking in writing from the Permanent Secretary, the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, that all those traders will be paid. view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are 13 vacant administrative units in Marsabit North (Chalbi) and North Horr districts and not 15 as the hon. Member has stated. There are five vacancies for chiefs and eight for assistant chiefs. Six of the vacancies have not been filled because they are effectively new administrative units, having been created in July, this year. The other six have been advertised but postponed twice due to the fact that a good number of potential candidates did not meet the minimum qualifications for shortlisting. Applications are now ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have given an assurance. Indeed, I admitted that there was undue delay in appointing the chief for Galasa Location for various reasons. The hon. Member is aware that a number of candidates applied to be considered but they did not meet the qualifications. Some of them were not suitable as per the requirements in terms of competence and character. Again, there has been a series of transfers of district commissioners and review of the administrative units in that area. However, we have now advertised these positions and in less than one month, we should have ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to Marsabit, the people there are fairly educated. I am talking about the applicants. We try as much as possible to conform to the scheme of service that requires that we have chiefs who have studied up to Form IV with a mean grade of C+ or diploma where possible. In areas where it is very difficult, we have appointed people with lower qualifications but with adequate experience in public service, NGO world and religious organizations. We always get, at least, somebody from the community who fits in that category. Although we want to ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the selection of chiefs requires very careful attention and as you know, we advertise at the district level. They are interviewed at the district level and names of three candidates are forwarded to the PC, who after vetting them, forwards them to the Permanent Secretary. There is a unit that looks into this and many factors are checked, including re-checking their qualifications and that is the cause of delay. However, I must admit that because of the volume of work and creation of very many districts – we now have 295 districts – you will agree ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker view