David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this very important Bill. At the outset, I support this Bill 100 per cent. Let me start by congratulating Hon. Joyce Emanikor. She is an honourable Member of this House whom I have closely worked with during my time as a board member in NGAAF. I travelled all the way to Turkana to oversee some projects that were being undertaken to assist the vulnerable members of our society. I realised the people of Turkana were very lucky to have a progressive mind like Hon. Joyce ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: losing them.When the late Hon. Michuki was alive, he introduced some rules which saved many souls on our roads. We may not have reduced traffic accidents, but we have reduced the loss of lives. That is what Hon. Joyce Emanikor wants. Even though such disasters will be happening, we can prepare our children so that we can save as many of them as possible. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we will sit with Hon. Joyce Emanikor so that we bring some amendments because those who are affected most are People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs), the ones I represent in this House. They are a total of 6.5 million in this country and we have more than 200,000 students in various institutions of learning. Whenever there is disaster preparedness training, we forget the PLWDs. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you imagine a situation where we are trained that in case of fire there will be an alarm. We have deaf people who will not hear it. We do not take into consideration such situations. Normally, there is lighting in terms of exit, especially when you board an aeroplane. You are told that in case of disaster the light will show you your exit route. We forget that we have blind people who will not see the lighting system. We are told that in case of fire, do not use a lift, use staircases, but we ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: So, I will speak with Hon. Joyce Emanikor so that some of these factors can be brought on board so that we know that we are not only saving those without disabilities, but we are also saving PLWDs so that during this training, we bring on board the issue of PLWDs. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Not once have you seen the Head of State attending international conferences on disaster management without a PLWD in his delegation. They are delegations of people without disabilities who go and discuss about disaster management and other issues without bringing into play the factors that affect persons with disabilities. It is clear that nothing about us is without us. That is why when such laws are made, it is good to include ideas and policies that will assist PLWDs. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: This country lacks proper training on disaster management especially for our children. I remember while I was in Ole Sangale Primary School, I became disabled because of a doctor’s injection at the age of 12 and nobody had trained me on how to adapt to the disability world after that. I know Hon. Denittah Ghatti became disabled while she was a Member of this House and nobody trained her on how to adapt to her new life. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: In primary school, we were attacked by a leopard and I used to be very active before I became disabled. When there were screams all over, I forgot that I was disabled. I rushed and fought with the leopard only to realise that I cannot go without crutches. I could not hold the view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: to fight the leopard. However, if I was properly trained, I would have known how to handle the situation. There are a lot of rescue measures that are undertaken outside this country. There was a fire outbreak in New York when I was attending the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the hotel we were in. There was a lot of response. When they came in, the first people they saved and evacuated were PLWDs, pregnant women and children. Here, it is everybody for himself and God for us all. view