David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Is my time up? I have just started. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thought I was supposed to take ten minutes, but I can wind up. We have brought many Motions to this House to improve the education sector, and especially touching on school fees. A Motion was passed in this House with regard to school fees and there is even a Government policy on school fees. Today, many students are still at home because they cannot pay school fees. That is despite the fact that the Government has issued guidelines on school fees. Another issue is about the Garissa Teachers Training College. The Minister for ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thought I was supposed to take ten minutes, but I can wind up. We have brought many Motions to this House to improve the education sector, and especially touching on school fees. A Motion was passed in this House with regard to school fees and there is even a Government policy on school fees. Today, many students are still at home because they cannot pay school fees. That is despite the fact that the Government has issued guidelines on school fees. Another issue is about the Garissa Teachers Training College. The Minister for ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support the Report of the Committee on the Approval of the Ratification of the Protocol on Development and Operationalisation of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). With the approval of this Protocol and the operationalisation of the SGR, as a country and as the East Africa region, we will achieve integration because the railway will add economic value to this region. view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The railway is very important. We have seen that our roads are very congested with many tracks and lorries carrying goods from the Coast all the way to Uganda and other countries in this region. You will also find that with so many lorries on our roads, 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
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: the state of the roads is degraded and the maintenance cost by the Government is high because of overloading by those who are in the transport sector. With the approval of the ratification and having the railway line in place, we will reduce the number of accidents that are caused by trucks, some which travel at night while others are overloaded. It is time this Protocol is approved by this House. The SGR will also be extended to Uganda and Rwanda. The Port of Mombasa is very important for the country’s integration to the Great Lakes Region. It will go ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I also want to support the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. I want to raise some questions especially on the Kshs6 billion allocated to the Treasury and IFMIS. 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
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: For the last 15 years, more than Kshs15 billion has been spent on the development of IFMIS. If a proper audit is done, I am sure we will realise that IFMIS is bigger than the Anglo Leasing scandal or any other financial scandal in this country. I am a software engineer and I want to inform this House that in software development, systems are only developed once in a lifetime. However, it is like IFMIS is developed every year. If you check the financial books of last year, you will see that IFMIS was allocated more than Kshs1 billion. In ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: As we approve this Supplementary Appropriation Budget, there is need for the Auditor-General move to the Treasury with speed and audit the money that the Treasury has been using on IFMIS. As we speak, not all Government agencies are using IFMIS. However, when you ask the officers from the Treasury this question, they tell you that IFMIS is used across the Government ministries, departments and agencies. So, I would like to support this Bill with a parting short that the Auditor-General of the Republic of Kenya should move to the Treasury. The PAC should also audit IFMIS because a lot ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Budget. At this point, I want to congratulate the hon. Chairman for the good work they have done especially in unlocking the mediation process. This is a point we need to look at as a House so that in future, we know what happens if a mediation process fails. This is because if a mediation process like this fails, it plunges the country into a very serious crisis. We need to have a fall-back plan so that we do not have such problems in future. Hon. Speaker, I have gone through ... view