David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was talking about corruption because it has really finished this country. It has also affected our security. In concluding, I want to thank Hon. Mwinyi. We want to see the Committee on Implementation of this House do its work. We pass many Motions of this kind, and they need to be implemented to the letter. It should not just be an opportunity for us to talk here. I want to ask the Mover to develop this Motion into a Bill, so that we can bring an amendment to the National Police Service Act to make ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion as amended. I want to congratulate the Deputy Speaker for allowing the amendment by Hon. Olago Aluoch. That was the most contentious part of this Report. As much as I support this Report, as a country and lawmakers, we need to put in place measures, policies and legislations to develop our electoral system so that we do not create a new electoral body after every election. It is unfortunate that after two elections, two electoral bodies were disbanded. For how long will this trend continue? We need to ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion as amended. I want to congratulate the Deputy Speaker for allowing the amendment by Hon. Olago Aluoch. That was the most contentious part of this Report. As much as I support this Report, as a country and lawmakers, we need to put in place measures, policies and legislations to develop our electoral system so that we do not create a new electoral body after every election. It is unfortunate that after two elections, two electoral bodies were disbanded. For how long will this trend continue? We need to ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There are some contentious parts in this Report because electronic transmission of results from the polling stations to the tallying centres will be difficult. For instance, in my home area, it is difficult to make a phone call unless you climb to the top of a tree, a roof of a house or even a mountain. Unless we provide telecommunication surveillance services in all the polling stations, this system will fail. As we make these laws, we need to consider having the manual book and the electronic system working together so that in case there is failure with the electronic ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There are some contentious parts in this Report because electronic transmission of results from the polling stations to the tallying centres will be difficult. For instance, in my home area, it is difficult to make a phone call unless you climb to the top of a tree, a roof of a house or even a mountain. Unless we provide telecommunication surveillance services in all the polling stations, this system will fail. As we make these laws, we need to consider having the manual book and the electronic system working together so that in case there is failure with the electronic ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: still go manual and have credible elections. There might be no problems in the urban areas but in pastoral areas like Turkana, Samburu and Tana River, electronic results transfer will be very difficult. A voter register needs to be verified and an audit carried out to make sure that it is genuine. During the last general elections, there were allegations that dead people resurrected to vote. We must do that so that when Jubilee or I win, then it will be a clean win without any allegations. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: still go manual and have credible elections. There might be no problems in the urban areas but in pastoral areas like Turkana, Samburu and Tana River, electronic results transfer will be very difficult. A voter register needs to be verified and an audit carried out to make sure that it is genuine. During the last general elections, there were allegations that dead people resurrected to vote. We must do that so that when Jubilee or I win, then it will be a clean win without any allegations. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: This Report is very important because next week, we will be debating the draft Bills. We have an elections Bill before this House that was talking about qualifications of Members of Parliament (MPs). It should also go down to the counties so that we have the right people to make the right laws. We have issues in our counties where Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) have a lot of difficulties in making laws to govern their counties. In some counties, governors and MCAs fight because of simple legislations where MCAs bring unconstitutional Bills that do not conform with the ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: This Report is very important because next week, we will be debating the draft Bills. We have an elections Bill before this House that was talking about qualifications of Members of Parliament (MPs). It should also go down to the counties so that we have the right people to make the right laws. We have issues in our counties where Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) have a lot of difficulties in making laws to govern their counties. In some counties, governors and MCAs fight because of simple legislations where MCAs bring unconstitutional Bills that do not conform with the ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Junet was a Member of this Select Committee and he failed terribly. He cannot tell me to stop now when he had all the time. He went ahead to complain that he was forced to append his signature on this Report, and yet he sat there from the start of the Select Committee. Hon. Junet, please give us time to debate this Report. Do not tell me that my time is over because there is a timekeeper. view