Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 751 to 760 of 1354.

• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we move into E-government, most of those problems will be solved. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the documents were forwarded to the Director of Pensions two weeks ago. I will be too willing to give Mr. Kiilu the relevant correspondences. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Show cause letters have been addressed to chiefs and assistant chiefs as to why they should not be dismissed for abetting brewing and consumption of illicit alcohol in their areas of jurisdiction. This has, therefore, drastically reduced prevalence of illicit brews in the two districts. (b) The following steps have so far been taken to reduce the practice in those districts. 1. The Districts have mounted campaigns through barazas to sensitize members of the public on the effects of illicit brews and drug abuse. 2. The districts have also intensified patrols, ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one chief and two assistant chiefs have received those letters. There has been marked improvement according to the statistics that I have been provided with. They show that there is a decline in three months in terms of the number of persons taken to court and those fined. About 5,500 litres of illicit brews was also impounded and destroyed in that area. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a good question. You will recall that in the Presidential Address, His Excellency the President, listed the policy on alcohol as one of the policies that will be brought before this House. We are also aware that there are about 16 laws which deal with various aspects of alcohol production and consumption. We have a draft law called the Alcoholic Beverages Control Bill in which we intend to consolidate the previous laws. What Mr. Olago is mentioning, in the case of, for example, c hang’aa, standards can be set to regulate the manufacture of ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I share the concern of the hon. Member. As I said before, this Bill is coming before the House. It is one of the various laws that are in the pipeline. It is for the House Business Committee to determine the prioritization of which one comes before the other. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the hon. Member for making a contribution. I hope that he makes a substantial contribution when the policy and the Bill actually come to the House. We also have the drug law in the pipeline. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as we are concerned, the drinks are as of now illegal. The chiefs and assistant chiefs are under instructions not allow their production and consumption. I am sure you have seen reports in the media of action being taken by chiefs in Nairobi area. We want to continue mounting campaigns through NACADA and barazas. I really want to appeal to leaders to support this effort. We also had cases when people are arrested, the community together with the leadership, tend to interfere in terms of asking the police to release the suspects. So, this ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will undertake to do that, but I also want to appeal to the hon. Member that if he has any evidence of bribery or illicit brewing going on to also provide us with it, so that we take action. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister will issue a statement on Thursday, next week. view