David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. It seems the new Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, Hon. Gladys Wanga, has started on a high voltage. In fact, she has started with what we call economic recovery post COVID-19. This is because after COVID- 19 we will realise that so many SMEs will crumble but with such a guarantee that the Government will guarantee loans to the youth, persons with disability and women who traditionally do not have assets... Some of them do not have title deeds to be able ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: However, I want to caution the National Treasury. This should not be like the Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) by the three categories of the marginalised groups or the affirmative action group. This is because in the AGPO, the tenders allocated to youth, women and persons with disabilities do not give any economic empowerment to the youth or to the persons with disabilities because they reserve tenders of supply of toothpick, toilet paper and newspapers to that category. The mega tenders are set aside to those who are known or to who is who in the society. So, I ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do support and I once again congratulate Hon. Wanga for being the first female Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I am sure Hon. Mbadi is now shaking because the gubernatorial race in Homa Bay will be a big race. 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
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the onset, I would like to congratulate the Committee for coming up with a Report that is exhaustive and well thought. When discussing the issue of water, I expected this House to be full because water is life – either as drinking or bathing water or water for swimming in or even as intravenous fluids from the doctor or even water for irrigation of our farms. Water is life. So, this is a very important Report that we should discuss soberly so that we can save our people. For a long ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: many ways to do this. I would like the Committee, through the Chairman, to approach this issue of dams in various ways. We have megadams. Equally important are the water pans. Water pans may be small and they are less costly, Kshs100,000 for each. So, the Kshs23 billion that was wasted in Arror and Kimwarer dams could have constructed 230,000 water pans in Northern Kenya and parts of the South Rift where it is semi-arid. It could have supported many of our citizens. The Government should also be innovative sometimes. I remember in the construction of the Narok-Maasai Mara road, ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: He has not read the Report. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am commenting on the first Petition on the issue of encroachment of Nairobi National Park. As much as we may require a national park within Nairobi, we also require development projects like the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the Northern Bypass. Of course, we need to conserve the environment and our wildlife, but we have left Maasai Mara National Reserve, Tsavo National Park, Amboseli National Park, Aberdare National Park, Mount Kenya National Park and others for the wildlife. We cannot, again, leave our Capital City for wildlife. Let us also be diplomatic and reason that ... view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I beg to reply. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Chairman. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: The import of the amendment is very clear. If it is not well structured, we may end up having duplication of funds that are available in the national Government or county governments like the Uwezo Fund and the Youth Enterprise Fund. But when it is specific that it is funds that are supposed to be used within Parliament, then the President’s reservation is very good advice. We take it wholeheartedly. I support it. view