Simon Lesirma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 931 to 940 of 1354.

• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to begin by congratulating the Minister and the Permanent Secretary who are both new in the Ministry. I, however, have confidence that they can both do a very good job. One would say that this is not a "Mudavadi Budget" in the sense that he is not actually the owner. He may have done a bit of policing here and there. From my own experience and his, having been the Minister for Finance for seven years, we know that the Budget cycle in the current system begins in August and by March, ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, the Government is in the process of establishing Mosop District within Rift Valley Province. The Gazette Notice to notify the public of this intention was published on 24th December, 2007. (b) The Government posted the District Commissioner to the new proposed district in October, 2008. Other respective heads of departments are being posted. (c) The Ministry has not allocated any money during this Financial Year 2008/2009 given that quantified estimates for the works have not been done and submitted to the Ministry headquarters to facilitate inclusion in the Annual Budget. view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to assure the Member for Mosop that we are not discriminating against his constituents. We have some money allocated to districts which have not 2616 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 9, 2008 yet submitted their requirements. This is the situation in many other districts. When a new district is set up, you are bound to have these teething problems. The first step is to post the DC. Other departmental heads will be posted by other Ministries. We have sent a DC to Mosop, who is a very resourceful lady. She will be able to mobilise resources with ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, we have plans to provide for funding. As you will realise, 77 new districts were created between 2003 and 2008. These districts cannot be facilitated in one year. We have to do these things in stages. For example, the total allocation for construction during this financial year is Kshs826,561,979 for the districts that are ready. This includes the refurbishing of the old districts and additional facilities. We have also set aside Kshs373,331,630 to facilitate the take-off of the newly created districts in the last ten months. So, some of these issues are going to be dealt ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a joint venture. There was a lot of pressure from the various communities to be given districts. It should be understood that if you were to be funded, you would require a lot of money to take off immediately. I want to assure the hon. Member that there are districts which have already taken off with minimum facilities. I would like to urge the hon. Member to be patient in this respect. The DC is already using the facilities at Kabiyet Polytechnic and he is housed in a privately rented house. There has been worse ... view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) In accordance with Cap. 20, Paragraph 34 of the Force Standing Orders, an officer may be removed from the Kenya Police Force on prejudicial grounds when and if, "the Commissioner of Police or Provincial Police Officer, as the case may be, considers that any member of the Inspectorate or subordinate officer has acted or behaved in a manner prejudicial to the peace, good order or good governance in Kenya; he or she may be, by notification in writing to the member of the Inspectorate or subordinate officer concerned, remove the said ... view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just given the relevant Standing Orders governing the discipline of police officers, who act in the manner in which these three police officers acted. I think I have quoted extensively unless the hon. Member wants me to repeat it. I quoted in details the relevant chapter and the Force Standing Order. The officers were also given the opportunity to defend themselves and they were not adequately able to do so. All the processes of the Orderly Room were followed. At this stage, this case is not finalised, because the final stage is with the ... view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this particular case, the Standing Orders of the police force have not been changed with the appointment of Maj-Gen. Ali. The Police Standing Orders and disciplinary procedures are followed. So, I do not think the hon. Member is quite right in saying that the orders have been changed with the appointment of a military officer as the Commissioner of Police. view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when officers are appointed as, indeed, the case that happened recently with the Commissioner of Prisons, it is assumed that they will comply with the law and standing orders in place. The Commissioner of Police does not deal directly with police constables. The police constables are under the command of various commands. There is a chain of command in the Police Force. So, I do not think there should be any worry that the Police Commissioner will interfere directly with the cases on the ground. That is because those cases are dealt with at various levels. ... view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member will appreciate that there is a number of those funny cases. The Appeals Board is constituted when there are adequate cases to consider at the headquarters. The Appeals Board is not based at the headquarters. It consists of the Provincial Police Commanders. So, I agree with you that there is a little delay in this particular case, but the case will still be considered as soon as possible. view