Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, pastoralists in Kenya have undergone extreme hardships due to the loss of their animals, yet this Government does not have provision for relief or compensation unlike in situations where certain sectors in agriculture are challenged and you see the whole Government mobilised and bringing fertilizers which is not even required. This is what I call marginalisation; it is very sad in our culture to see milk being poured down when other people are starving. I was chairman of the Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) for two years, when it was put under a Commission 20 years ... view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: The other issue I want to raise is the question of education. I want to make reference to pastoralist areas, where people lost their source of income and more than a thousand bright kids, some of whom are orphans, cannot access Form One places because they do not have anything, including cattle to sell. The situation is very serious, and I would urge the Government to waive fees, provide grants to clear debts in pastoralist areas, particularly in secondary schools. We cannot afford to waste future talent that will implement Vision 2030. view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks I beg to support. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: (a) It is not true that the DC, Kirinyaga South provides Administration Police (AP) security to hired goons to harvest other farmer’s rice. The truth of the matter is that both the regular and the APs have always been hired by farmers’ co-operatives to escort their staff to recover debts owed to them by rice farmers with the full knowledge of the District Security Intelligence Committee (DSIC). The support given by the security personnel to the co-operative societies is necessary as failure would lead to their collapse, leading to unemployment and increased poverty. These farmers’ co-operatives include Mwea Rice Farmers ... view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: (b) There is no disciplinary action being contemplated against the DC as the actions she is undertaking are not illegal as stated. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to table the bylaws of Mwea Rice Farmers SACCO Society in which they agreed that they will recover the cost of inputs through the actions being taken. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: I would also like to table the minutes of the District Security Committee chaired by the DC in which members of the co-operative society attended requesting the DC and the security team to invoke the society’s bylaws, which I have tabled, and take the defaulters to the Co-operative Tribunal Court. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the DCs come in only on invitation to provide security which incidentally is hired. This is an arrangement made by the co-operative societies. The DCs do not go there without invitation. They go there to assist in implementing the bylaws to ensure that the co-operatives do not collapse because some of these co-operatives, particularly in the area that I have talked about, had financial difficulties which almost made them go under. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not understand the question. Is he asking me under what circumstances do MPs interfere with co-operative societies? view