David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: It is just for clarity. I am getting information that he is a member of the Committee. If he is not, let him make it clear. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is no quorum. view
• 3 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support Hon. Musimba. The reason is that the Information and Communication Technology Authority and the Communications Authority (CA) set up a data centre purposely for Government information. What we are saying is that this institution can also be accommodated there on a virtual data centre in such a way that its information is separate from other information. They will have encryption and their own code which can be accessed locally and internationally. There is no need to have another data centre when we have one which is funded by Government with a lot ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the approval of this Supplementary Budget. At the last quarter of the financial year, it is proper that we approve this Supplementary Budget to fund Government operations, including payment of public servants for the remaining months of the year. I did not have time to join the Liaison Committee which came up with this Supplementary Budget. I congratulate the Members because they have come up with very good Supplementary Estimates, given that we do not have the substantive Budget and Appropriations Committee of the House. There are areas of this Supplementary Budget ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Why should we give NIB money when we are appropriating? I am speaking because my constituents are suffering. There is a four-kilometre project which has not been done. On revenue collection, the Leader of the Majority Party is here to tell us whether the Government is broke or not because there are huge pending bills in the Government. The KRA reported that they have missed their target by almost Kshs60 billion. That is the area we need to see. There are serious loopholes in revenue collection. There was an amendment by Hon. Omulele on ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I believe this amendment was looked at by the Committee. By the time it was brought to this House, the Committee had looked at it thoroughly. Members are raising some things which should go to the regulation of the Bill. Not everything can be legislated here. Some things will be covered by regulations. For example, under what circumstances can the State withdraw your firearm licence? Those are some regulation issues which the Departmental Committee Chair should consider. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. This is a very straightforward amendment. We have seen before some security companies coming up with uniforms, logos and vehicles that are similar to those that belong to the police. This Bill will clear that confusion and make sure that the security of this country is not endangered. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: This is a very critical amendment especially on the protective gear and tools. We have seen security guards whose uniforms are in tatters and they are not well protected. They sleep out in the cold the whole night and suffer from pneumonia. Eventually when they die, the security companies do not even compensate them. So, I support. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Hon. Chepkong’a raised a very fundamental issue. He said that our Standing Orders do not prevent amendments in any Act. I want your ruling so that it is not again used by any Member. It should be clear whether it is proper when you are debating a Bill such as this you raise an amendment to amend another law. view