David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1931 to 1940 of 2182.

• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The proposed high performance centres will assist us to produce more professionals who will play locally or abroad after the example of Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand and South Africa. They wanted to come to Kenya recently to train with fellow world champions but it was sad to turn them away simply because we do not have a stadium that meets international standards. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I had earlier alluded, very few players have made it to the ranks of Edward Rombo since 1990. This should be an indictment on our collective consciousness as a country given the immense potential the country has shown. Kenya leads in rugby at the regional level with visiting teams from Uganda and Cameroon opting to pace their games with ours. We must ask ourselves the right question and at the same time not fear tough questions. Why is it not a priority to develop rugby talent in Kenya? Why not restore Kenya as a regional ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: in Kenya and nurturing our youth. When investment in sports is well informed, it has the ability to create employment and spark growth. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: As Kenyans, we must pause and reflect often on this issue. I beg us to do the same: pause and reflect on how other nations are able to overcome conflicts and produce world-class sports icons across various disciplines with low populations that are a fraction of ours. We must pause and reflect on rugby as a vehicle that is ready to go and only needs a little fuel to be injected. Players have gone out there and shown potential. Let us support rugby in Kenya and we will see more desired results sustainably. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I implore Members present to support the Motion that seeks to establish high performance centres in every region and a national rugby stadium in Kenya. Thank you. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. From the mood of the House, Hon. Chepkong’a is a very good man who performed very well while he was working as a chairman in this House. We have a problem as politicians, especially Members of Parliament, because once you become a politician, it is like you become unemployable; you cannot be employed elsewhere. There is fear that politicians, even in private companies, will bring politics. So it becomes very difficult to employ a person who was once a politician. I must commend this House for offering employment to our former colleagues. I also ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Before I sit down, I support this appointment but I will not approve directly like Hon. Chepkut. There was a petition on the issue of cattle rustling, and I want the committee that will be dealing with it… view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support the appointment. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, unlike the Member who has just spoken, I really do support this Motion. I want to congratulate Hon. Gideon Keter, being a representative of the youth and doing his work perfectly well because we know sporting activities are for the youth. He earns his position here if he keeps bringing Motions such as this that will assist the youth in this country. It has also come at the right time when we are mourning. We are mourning because of having a CS by the name Rashid Achesa who was a sportsman ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Of course, I understand failures have many excuses and excuses are a justification of failures. How come we can have a delegation of the Government, including the CS, getting direct flights to wherever they are going to, but when it comes to our sportsmen and women who win this country gold medals, we have to find the cheapest means of transport, which is connecting flights and so on? That excuse is not a 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