David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to also add my voice to this particular Motion. Let me begin by congratulating the Departmental Committee on Health for a job well- done, but allow me to focus mainly on the MNTRH. The reason I want to do this is that the issue of mental health in Kenya has been ignored. It has not been taken seriously. We are now facing serious tragedies across the country. We have people committing suicide, especially young people. We are having cases where spouses are killing each other. It is not so ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: ups and families. Therefore, there is need for us to begin to give it the real support and energy it deserves, so that we can take care of sick people in this country. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I would like to see a little more beyond the recommendations of the Committee. I would also like to see real efforts towards making this hospital a Semi-Autonomous Government Agency (SAGA) with a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in charge, so that they can have their own clear budget that they can use to take care of the issues that they are facing right now. We need to have more human resources like nurses and doctors to take care of patients in this hospital. The sad thing is that in an effort to look for money outside mental health, they are ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Beyond that, we should devolve those services to make sure that every Level 4 hospital and Level 5 hospital has a well-equipped and resourced department that takes care of mental health. Otherwise, we will continue to have these big headlines every single day and then we are left complaining by going on twitter to post pictures and talk about what is happening, how we have a sick society but we are not doing anything about it. It can only get worse as we move along. I look forward to see something happening in Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital. We ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I hope that going forward the Departmental Committee on Health can make it their responsibility to bring a special Bill to make this hospital a parastatal like it is the case with KNH. It is good to begin there. I also pray that in the next Budget, we shall see more money going to this important hospital, serious refurbishment taking place and the adoption of the latest technology for treating mental health patients, so that we can reduce the level of crime rates and death rates caused by mental health condition. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks I beg to support. view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to inject my voice to this very important law, the Law of Contract (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.1 of 2019). Let me begin by congratulating Hon. Waititu for bringing such an important Bill. Our laws are largely borrowed from India and UK. However, we should customize our laws to suit the needs of the Kenyan citizens. This Bill has gone through public participation and it is what Kenyans want. Let the borrower who is the principal beneficiary of the loan, who may have used this loan ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: It pains Kenyans, especially when you are a guarantor because, sometimes, banks collude with borrowers. The borrowers intentionally hide money. Some of those borrowers are advised by banks who to choose as guarantors because they know their bank accounts and they know how much they deposit every now and then. Sometimes, it is collusion. The banks would advise a borrower to look for Hon. Kabinga because he has a fat bank account and when he defaults, they will go for the Member. We do not know if they share the borrowed money. Once the borrower defaults, the banks choose not ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Some borrowers are very intelligent. When they borrow, they hide their assets in several companies with very funny names so that when they are not able to pay, the financial institutions will follow the guarantors. Some of them have many assets even outside the country, but the assets are in the names of companies, wives, daughters and sons and so, the banks do not go for them. They choose the easier route, which is the guarantor. The guarantor will not hide his property because he is not under any threat since he does not have any loan. Some of these ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: guarantors. We just want to protect the guarantors and by extension, we are also protecting the borrower because with this trend, nobody will guarantee any Kenyan to get a loan. When we stop guaranteeing because of fear that our property will be confiscated there will be no borrowing in Kenya. We know some borrowers are very intelligent, progressive business people that borrow money and make more profit, employ Kenyans, pay taxes to this country and economically change it. So, the issue of borrowing is all over the world. Some people have become rich. They have economically empowered their nations and ... view