David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1321 to 1330 of 2182.

• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: One of the most important pillars of our Big Four Agenda is food security. We cannot have food security when we are importing sugar while we have a sugar belt that is not equal to any in the whole of Africa. We cannot have food security when we are importing maize. We import rice yet our rich farmers live in poverty. We have land that favours all types of agricultural products. That is why I support the Motion. Let this House and the Committee on Implementation, led by Hon. Kenta, make sure that this Motion is passed and implemented to ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I too rise to support this Motion. I am very pleased to see the caliber of people that have been nominated to this Commission. Looking at what has been happening in that Commission over the last few years since it was formed, I wish to state the following. Indeed, if one of its main roles is to cause national cohesion, to ensure unity across the ethnic divide, to ensure that there is peace in the country, then we want to see real action taken against perpetrators of some of those things that we have seen, especially ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: So, people look at it as a public relations exercise. Until certain politicians are held to account, this hate speech will continue even in 2022. I have listened to Hon. Mbadi and with a lot of respect, I want to say the following. The worst thing we can do as politicians and Members of Parliament is to use political violence against each other. This is because we will then have absolutely no boundaries going forward. We are showing the rest of the country that we do not have political tolerance in a way that we can campaign in one area, ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: pray that they will make sure that when disadvantaged groups choose to run for political offices, they can do so without fear of violence or any manner of intimidation. Finally, may I plead that going forward, we should look at a level playing ground for all of us, as politicians, and start reaching out for one another. Kibra is gone. We do not know what will happen tomorrow. Truly, we can be the example of what national cohesion is all about. We can be the example of the purpose the BBI was formed in the first place. We can embrace ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to such an important Motion, extremely especially for PWDs. On behalf of the 6.5 million PWDs that I represent in this House, I want to urge all the Members to support this list. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I want to urge the Members of this House, on behalf of the 6.5 million Kenyans with disabilities, to support this Motion and appointees, so that we can have this Commission up and running. We are going towards 2022 and possibly even before that, there will be a referendum. Whenever there is flare up of political violence, it is we, PWDs, who suffer the most. Some of us are on wheelchairs and whenever there is violence, we are not able to run away from them. Some of us are blind and we may not ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Washiali was once our member. I do not know which violence he experienced, but when they join my club, they compete for the little benefits the Government gives to us. We do not want more competition. Our club of people living with disabilities is full. We do not want more members to join us. If today we have several members joining our club due to political violence, in 2022, I will have a lot of competition for nomination. Some of them will request for nomination to represent PWDs. The benefits that we have been given like tax exemption and importation ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to such an extremely important Bill. Article 204 of our Constitution sets up the Equalisation Fund, which decided that there were counties and regions that were left behind courtesy of the infamous Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965. In that Sessional Paper, resources were allocated to high potential areas. At that time, the “kitchen” cabinet that was describing the high potential areas were mostly farmers. Due to their way of life, they thought high potential areas are only on agriculture because they were entirely agricultural people ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: 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
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The drafters of the Constitution decided that there were 14 counties that were left behind, courtesy of Session Paper No.10 of 1965. Those who marginalised us – the Kitchen Cabinet that was mostly made up of agricultural people – recollected the same in a Commission report and decided that they would relook at the issue of marginalised counties. That is why they added other factors. They said some pockets were marginalised. view