David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. You have pronounced yourself well on the matter. The Constitution is very clear on the functions of the Cabinet Secretary and the Attorney- General. In this case, the Cabinet Secretary is also responsible for policy making. At the time of registration and verification, there is a process and policy which should be followed. The Cabinet Secretary is the person responsible for coming up with those policies. The Attorney-General cannot assume the roles of a Cabinet Secretary. Deleting the Cabinet Secretary is wrong. I oppose the amendment by Hon. Ken Okoth. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the amendment because we have seen so many children in this country who have undergone serious problems like mistreatment. It is important to provide legal aid to children. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to seek your direction. Given that Hon. Neto is a member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, is it in order for him to purport to bring an amendment in this House when he had an opportunity to prosecute his case at the Committee level? view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I stand to support the amendment. I come from a potato-growing area where our farmers have been suffering for many years. They put their potatoes in a bag which is more than 150 kilogrammes. They then sell it at a very low price. With this amendment of having a 50 kilogramme bag of potatoes, it is going to help farmers. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have also been anointed by the people of Marakwet East as one of their greatest leaders. So, Hon. Chris Wamalwa is not wrong. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: That aside, I stand to second the Motion. Like Hon. Chris Wamalwa has said, an identity card is a very important document. We are living in a new constitutional dispensation. Many The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Kenyans voted for the Constitution in order to decentralize resources and services. One of the services that need to be decentralized is the issuance of identity cards. The other day, in my constituency, the Government compensated Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). It is at that point that we realized that there were so many people without identity cards. Some of the IDPs registered themselves using their friend’s or brother’s identity cards. This led to a serious fight because the money was paid into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. The identity card holders, in whose names the bank accounts were opened, ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Pursuing an identity card in Nairobi takes so long and it comes at a cost. The other day, the Ministry reported that there were about 100,000 un-collected identity cards at the Registrar of Persons Department. It becomes a challenge for people from remote areas to travel all the way to Nairobi, with accommodation cost involved and the time taken to queue to collect their identity cards in Nairobi. That is why we have so many ID cards lying at the Ministry. We have seen ID cards coming with pictures that are different from the ones that applied. Making corrections takes ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. There is a Motion that is coming before this House by the Member for Kwanza, seeking to allow people with serialized waiting cards to register as voters. I am saying it takes too long for the ID cards to be processed here in Nairobi. If someone comes to make a follow up on their application, they need to, maybe, bribe their way because they are told to wait or come the following day. Again, there are so many people who are queueing in Nairobi waiting for their ID cards. So, it is a fact ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: What I was trying to say is that the corruption in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government in getting IDs has led to aliens getting Kenyan ID cards. When you issue ID cards at the ground level, the village elders, chiefs and local administrators can ascertain whether the applicants are local people or aliens. We have seen, and there are records in the Immigration Department, that so many people have been given citizenship without verification and validation. We have so many young people who do not have ID cards. There is a voter registration exercise going on. ... view