David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just want to seek clarification from the Chair on the remaining funds. Some of the constituencies have not received the full amount for the Financial Year 2018/2019. Hon. Speaker, as you have directed Hon. Murungi, we have unique constituencies. My constituency, though it has a small population, has problems. For example, we use donkeys to transport a bag of cement from a buying point to a school. We have our challenges. We want the formulae for allocation to remain the same, so that every constituency gets an equal amount. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me this opportunity. I support the amendment. If you go down to the far areas of this country, there is money meant for women at the grassroots, but it is being used in board rooms. This afternoon, we were discussing about sanitary towels for our girls. Just like we do in the National Government Development Constituencies Fund (NGCDFF), all the money meant for sanitary towels must be divided into 47 counties. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: However, I support this. Let it be removed and given to our 47 women leaders so that they can help our male representatives and not have it spent in board rooms. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support the allocation to the National Police Service Commission. If this money is going to be in support of the National Police Reservists (NPR), we have appropriated a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: lot of money to the National Police Service Commission even in the last financial years. However, the NPRs that were recruited in our areas because of insecurity have never been paid. To make it worse, they were withdrawn some months ago. As we speak, we have lost lives in the northern part of the country and several counties are crying because the NPRs were withdrawn. If this money is going to recruit NPRs, I will oppose. But if they are going to support the NPRs who will ensure there is security in Kerio Valley, Laikipia and northern part of the ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this allocation to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I want to say this, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. IPOA should not discriminate policemen. Policemen in this country have been intimidated by this institution to an extent that they cannot even discharge their duties. Policemen are actually discharging their duties with fear. How can a policeman go out to arrest a criminal with a gun and you tell the policeman that he needs to arrest that person. When they kill, they are told they should appear before IPOA. I support. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to comment on this Petition. One, I want to ask the committee, as they look into this Petition, not only to focus on Ndaragwa Constituency. As we have heard, many members are raising issues because the classifications that were done before were skewed. If you check the Equalisation Fund, you will find that there are some areas that benefit from it while there are areas under similar conditions and environment that do not benefit from it. Hon. Nyamai said something important that this Petition requires a multi-agency approach. That includes the ... view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues who have spoken before me to congratulate our President for the good Address to the nation and to this House. The reports before us by the President are to do with international obligations, realisation of national values and state of national security. Those are the three reports which the President laid before this House. The President’s Speech was very balanced and it touched on the main issues which many Kenyans are struggling to get answers to. The President touched on the issue of corruption in ... view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: On the issue of the handshake, it is under the realisation of national values. The President insisted that it is good for leaders to come together through the BBI, which we all support. We are saying it should embrace all Kenyans. In doing so, we should not build new bridges and destroy existing ones. As we build new bridges, we need also to make sure that the country is not divided. On the issue of the Big Four Agenda, we all support it. We should not be talking about the Big Four Agenda and the BBI every day and every ... view