David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The Constitution provides freedom of association, including joining any political party at any time. We have Members in this House - including Hon. Olago Aluoch who was able--- If he was living at the mercy of his former party, he would not be in Parliament today. There was a lot of rigging and corruption during the nominations. This Bill will bring sanity in political parties, especially during nominations. My friend, Hon. Aluoch, is in Parliament because he was able to move to another political party. He is in Parliament today. view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: What I am trying to say, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker is that, currently, the Political Parties Act allows members to be in those parties for more than three months. I should be able to switch from a party this morning and if I feel that I am not wanted, I will change to another party in the afternoon. If I feel that I am not wanted there again, I should be allowed to go to another party in the evening. view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: When it comes to funding, we should not just form political parties. That is because there is the Political Parties Fund. We must have political parties which have got political ideologies for Kenyans. We should have political parties which reflect the face of Kenya. The parties we have in Kenya today reflect their tribes and regions. When we talk about The National Alliance (TNA) Party, what comes into your mind is Central Kenya. When you talk about United Republican Party (URP), what comes to your mind is Rift Valley. When you talk about ODM, what comes to your mind is ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I am winding up, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We talk about corruption in the Government and other places but, let me tell you where there is real corruption and rigging! It is in the political parties. If you are able to give the boss or those who are conducting election more money, you get a ticket. To eradicate that corruption, we need to strengthen our political parties so that we can have a strong House. In future, there is need to amend the Constitution so that those who are seeking higher positions like the presidency, can also seek to be ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: of the presidency. When you contest for the presidency, you should be given a chance to contest and become a member of parliament, governor or senator. I support. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Appropriation Bill, 2015. I would like to start by congratulating the Committee for the good work it has done. It is the function of this House to appropriate. At the same time, under Article 95, we are supposed to play the role of oversight. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The huge sums of monies that we are appropriating are monies contributed by the taxpayers, who in turn want to see value for that money. We are appropriating funds to Ministries and departments, but the biggest problem that we have in this country is corruption. We want to see the Ministries and departments to which we are appropriating money use it wisely. It is sad that Kenyans have lost Kshs800 million in a scam involving the National Youth Service (NYS). We were told that three individuals wanted to run away with Kshs826 million. I believe that those who were involved ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The youth of this country have been left out for a very long time. We have many Kenyans stranded out there. Some of them have many degrees and other qualifications and yet, they are not in any employment. This morning, we passed Hon. Sakaja’s Bill on youth employment. We want to strengthen the institutions catering for youth welfare and employment by allocating more money to them, so that we can have many young Kenyans engaged in meaningful development activities. We do not want to see our youth engaging in criminal activities, as we have seen many of them joining Al ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the monies that have been allocated to security agencies are good sums. Insecurity does not emanate from nowhere. Insecurity emanates from those areas experiencing it. The perpetrators are youths who do not go to school within communities which do not have access to roads and basic education. As we put a lot of money into security, we ask the Government to open up those areas with roads, implement water projects and build schools. I The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: have in mind Turkana and Baringo counties as well as the northern Kenya region. People in those areas should embrace education rather than engage in criminal activities. A good sum of money has been allocated to the Department of Defence. We want to see our borders secured, so that Kenyans can be safe. We do not want that money spent in Somalia while Kenyans continue to suffer from insecurity. As we allocate a lot of money to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), Kenyans must be secure before our soldiers go to secure other people. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is very ... view