David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1441 to 1450 of 2182.

• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support the Bill. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that discussed the Bill. Hon. Martha Wangari, as a mother, had suggested three months. However, as a Committee, we decided for a start, to reduce it to one month. We felt that it was adequate for the bonding session with the new comer in the family. For a long time, parents who cannot sire their own children have been undergoing a lot of psychological trauma. This is a respite for them to, at least, ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: (Off record) view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support this amendment. I request that in the subsequent budget, we increase taxation on alcohol. Our bars are more than our schools. Our bars are more than our shops. So, I suggest that the Finance Committee finds a way of increasing taxation on alcohol and reducing or zero-rating food products like ugali and the rest. Thank you. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Petition. This Petition is not the first one and it seems it will not be the last one where Government agencies have encroached on community land. We still have the issue of Mau Forest where the Government itself is the greatest encroacher of that land. It has erected schools, connected people to electricity, appointed chiefs and sent teachers there duly paid by the Government because there are school-going children. Yet, this is community land and they are saying it is a forest. I think this matter should be given enough attention. Otherwise, there ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. 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
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to give my small input into this matter. There are things that may be very popular for a Member of Parliament in the constituency, but there are times when you have to bite the bullet to save your people. I once heard the Governor of Kilifi County talking about this Disco Matanga . He said that many young girls had ended up getting pregnant because of Disco Matangas . If this cultural practice is becoming a problem for the girl-child or the boy-child, it is about time we bit the bullet and did what is right. ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. He was speaking about being too late and he was too late himself. Let me start by supporting the statement from the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I also support Hon. Kaluma by saying that the chairs should up their game so that they will be attending such an important process. If not, then we change the Standing Orders so that they serve for at least one year or two years. I also want to alert this House that as we engage, let us oversee the Executive properly because at the moment, there are a ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support such an important Treaty. Let me start by commending the Committee for having done a thorough job. In the past, whenever Members of Parliament travelled for benchmarking, people only saw how much they spent out there, but they did not see the much they learnt and implemented in this House. Kenyans should be aware that we travel outside for their own good. Sometimes we travel to learn best practices just like the Beijing Treaty, which will assist our performers and artists to earn a living. For a ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I still commend the Committee for having done a good job and congratulate them. I urge the whole House to support, and the implementing agencies to make sure that this Treaty does not gather dust in their shelves. It should be implemented as it will benefit our country in earning foreign exchange. As I said earlier, there are countries whose artists earn a lot of foreign exchange for their countries. We can as well exploit this talent - because we do not have gold or copper to export- to bring foreign exchange to our country. Thank you. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view