David Ole Sankok

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• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: justification enough as to why our men and women are stranded somewhere in Nigeria. And it is not for us to solve that problem. It is the Government, led by the Ministry of Sports to solve it! Before I was rudely interrupted, I was saying that I support this Motion of Hon. Gideon Keter, who is a youth himself and he is doing a perfect job. I expected the CS, Rashid Achesa, to do what Hon. Keter is doing, as a youth himself. We need to develop the talent of our young men and women, because apart from bringing that ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before, I conclude I have to talk about activities of sports of persons with disabilities (PWD), being their representative in the National Assembly. As we develop these stadia and sports in this country, let us also remember that PWDs may be disabled but they are also human beings who need these activities. We should develop together. I suggest that even sporting activities of PWDs should start being developed in primary and secondary schools. As it were, sports competitions in primary and secondary schools are only for the able-bodied. It is also good ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report. From the outset, I would like to congratulate this committee, led by their very able Chair, Hon. Kareke Mbiuki, for a job well done. We do not have to get into issues critical to us just because they have come to us by way of petitions. Sometimes we should take up matters because they are of national importance. The role that our forests play in our climate and the livelihood of Kenyans cannot be gainsaid. Therefore, it was important that this Report comes before us so that we ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: be taken and where interventions are required. This is so that we are clear in terms of where we are and where we want to be 10, 15 or 20 years from now. We have already seen what inadequate forest cover is doing to our country especially when it rains. Very important also is the need for us to begin to embrace carbon credit programmes which is an old concept in many countries but Kenya has not embraced it. For example, if you are a private farmer, you know that you can earn carbon credits by having small forests in ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even as we come up with tree planting days like the President did the other day and said that it will be an annual event, it is important to note that we do not have enough seedlings nurseries in the country. We do not have them because we lack a master plan. We must find a way of engaging the youth and women groups to have nurseries in their farms, so that we get adequate seedlings to supply not only for the tree planting day but also beyond it. I hope that as we come up ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Allow me to talk about community forests associations. I come from an area where we border Mt. Kenya. I have seen the role of community forests associations in that area. They are there but very poorly financed. They are not given the opportunity to plant trees in the forest or around it, so that the communities benefit from that. They are not able to ensure that the benefits trickle back to the community like the way the Majority Chief Whip talked about. He talked about the Mukombero roots. We also have honey. We should show the people the benefits that ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: One of the other issues that have come up is the saw millers. We hear about it all the time. We have 898 members of the saw millers association. They are so many. They are the ones who put pressure on whatever little we have. First of all, the whole arrangement of where people harvest trees and plant others is not well organised. I support the committee on that. There are times you find land with no trees at all. We must reduce that number to a bare minimum that we can manage and monitor the activities. We can demand ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I hope that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry will take this report very seriously. I want to see a situation where after passing this report today, we will have a meeting between the committee and the Ministry to ensure that this important report is actualised. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With those many remarks, I support the report. 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
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to be repetitive. This amendment by Hon. Kamket is welcomed because, indeed, as I stated yesterday while addressing the House on the same issue, somebody cannot be condemned unheard. The initial report has no attachments or evidence of Mr. Kinyua’s appearance before the committee yet he did appear before the committee on Thursday, 29th March 2018. The initial report did not capture his sentiments or explain what happened. I did hear my dear brother, Hon. Washiali, say that he was summoned twice and the impression created was that he did not appear. ... view