Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the current constitutional dispensation, we do not believe in communal punishment. But we all border each other – you know hon. Lekuton is my neighbour, so is hon. Chachu. We are all involved in managing this situation. We know that when cattle are trailed, where they end is where the suspects are normally approached to produce animals. But I am not aware myself that, view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, going by the police reports, some of these animals are in both constituencies. This is the latest information I have just received. We want to take action by involving the elders and the chiefs to get the animals back. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this has just been brought to my attention. Because this is the end of my constituency – my constituency spans from Maralal to the other end which is about 300 kilometers--- Because this Question was being handled by hon. Ojode before, I was not aware of this fact. All these communities live across the border. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am a Government Minister and I do not condone or participate in cattle rustling. I think that my colleague was just querying the methodology used by security forces in tracking stolen animals and I said that I was not aware. However, in the latest incident where animals were recovered, no force was used. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I have already answered that question. I have said that a number of them have been arrested and killed. Others have killed each other during cattle rustling. Every effort is being made to trace and arrest known criminals including cattle rustlers. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has mentioned certain locations where these people are said to be located. I am also in touch with the Provincial Administration on the ground and the OCPDs from both sides. I have been talking to them. We want to involve the elders and the chiefs to zero in on these people to ensure that those animals are recovered. Indeed, it is true that the young men are hiding but I think it is not good to go further and pick their parents and so on. However, it is in my own interest and ... view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just said that we will continue pursuing them because these are pastoralists and they do not stay in one place. These young morans, as you know, do not stay in one place but we will continue tracking them down. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that Kandara District does not have an Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD). The police division is among many other police divisions which were recently created and do not have OCPDs. The operations of Kandara Division are currently being overseen by the OCPD, Kigumo. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: An Officer Commanding Police Department (OCPD) will be posted to the division along with many others once a group of officers undergoing higher training course at the Kenya Police College graduate. view