David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I thank the Member who has moved this very important Motion. From the outset, I second the Motion because it is a Motion whose time has come. The country, by using the Nyumba Kumi elders without paying them or recognising them is a type of modern-day slavery. These elders, apart from being senior citizens, take roles that sometimes border on miracles especially when there are conflicts like divorce. I do not know how miraculously they work and bring people together. They are the same people that we use, ... view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Motion is to get funds to pay village elders. I have said that there are funds we waste by sending people to monitor some of the funds the Government gives to the people, going all the way to Bondo or 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
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Mpeketoni to monitor projects. They are paid per diems and mileage. Instead of paying them, we could easily get information as to who have died and whose economic status has changed by paying that money to village elders.We should not send people from Nairobi. As a House, we should not just be lamenting, but we should be giving solutions. Village elders should be paid knowing very well that it is this House that appropriates funds. We do not have another arm of Government that allocates funds. So, it is us to give solutions on how we can allocate funds to ... view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I have heard stories of people being chased from church. It is very bad for you to be chased from a church, especially if you are an elder. That is what confused the Deputy Speaker. He did not get what I was saying. In church, we only chase Satan using the Holy Ghost fire and view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: However, when a Member is chased from church, it is worrying. That is what has worried the Deputy Speaker. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I am saying that we should not subject our elders to modern-day slavery. If we want to deal with the Al Shabaab, let us use the village elders. They know who is new in the villages and whose son has disappeared. They can easily report. How can they report such criminals and put their lives in danger when we do not even recognise them? They do not have uniforms or badges. They are just village elders volunteering to do what the Government ought to do. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: That is modern-day slavery. This House should consider allocating funds for remuneration of village elders. I have suggested a very easy way of getting funds from the National Government Affirmative Action Fund for the cash transfer programme. They should also be given positions on school boards as well as serve as members of the Uwezo Fund. There is a slight way of recognising and remunerating them. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, village elders are very important in terms of pursuing our agenda of ensuring 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school. If today there is a girl who has not gone to school simply because of early marriage, the County Commissioner sitting in the county headquarters, will not have detailed information from the village without the help of the village elder. The village elder will report such matter. However, if they do not have the means to get to the county headquarters, how will they report such matters? We need such reports and those who will ... view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I do not know if it is that number that we are told in the Bible will be used in end of times on people by the anti-Christ, but we have the elders who can recognise us instead of using numbers. With those many remarks, I second the Motion and urge Members to support it. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Members are correct by saying that the Senate is just trying to look for relevance. Their functions are vested upon county assemblies. County assemblies oversee county governments and the National Assembly oversees the national Government. They have to look for some relevance because they are hanging somewhere there. It is just a waste of public funds to have the Senate overseeing county governments which again, are being overseen by county assemblies. The Fourth Schedule of our Constitution is very clear on agriculture and irrigation. When this House was considering this Bill, it indicated that the Fourth ... view