David Ole Sankok

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• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: 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
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Discovery of such resources in some African countries leads to wars, displacement of masses and mass murder and such like capital crimes. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: It is very important for us to think as a country. I would like the Departmental Committee on Energy to stress much on conflicts that may arise due to discovery of natural resources. It is also important for us to note that in any civilised nation, we have three very important factors of production. One is the human resource and the other is raw materials. Energy resource is just as important as the other two factors of production. In Kenya we have stressed so much on the two factors of production leaving out energy which is a very important or ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: It is also important for us to note that the moment other forms of energies become affordable, we will save our forests. At the moment, in the rural areas, the form of energy used en masse is wood. This form of energy has depleted our forests via the production charcoal and firewood. If we had cheaper electricity, then people would prefer to cook using it and if we had cheaper gas, people would resort to cooking using gas. We will then phase out the use of charcoal. The moment we phase out charcoal burning, we will save our forests. I ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: It is also important for us to realise that bioenergy does not only mean energy from firewood and charcoal; we also have bioenergy in the form of biogas from livestock which we can capitalise.We have a lot of livestock in our country, but we have not been able to capitalise on the by-product of livestock especially biogas. We should invest in it a lot. I request the Departmental Committee on Energy to come up with ways in which we can utilise cow dung as another source of energy in the form of biogas. If we use biogas, we will reduce ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: This is a very important Bill and that is why I strongly support it. Thank you. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me begin by saying that I support this Motion and congratulate my sister, Hon. Waruguru, for bringing such a very important Motion which touches on the lives of all Kenyans. This is an idea whose time has come. It is an idea that if we follow up to implementation stage will save thousands of Kenyans, will save lives and will save our country economically. Majority of cancer patients in this country are diagnosed at stages three and four simply because of lack of awareness. When we say that cancer should be declared a ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: of cancer. Therefore, we really need to come out clearly. The Government should put in measures to make sure that we curb this menace and pandemic because it is really affecting us seriously. At the moment, we are told that 8.2 million people in the world are suffering from cancer and this figure will triple by the year 2030. What can we do as a country to prevent such an increase in the suffering of our fellow Kenyans? We should see into ways of preventing cancer from developing in the first place. As the Member from Nyatike has said, we ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, let me take this opportunity to congratulate our new Member, Hon. Edith Nyenze. Having taken oath, she is now one of us. I assure her that we will be there for her in case she needs some orientation. In 1963, when we got Independence, the population of this country was slightly more than 8 million. At the moment, we are around 48.5 million, meaning we have extra 40 million mouths to feed. If you rely on the mode of farming that we have been relying on from The electronic version of ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Independence to feed that population, you will see a burden. Our highlands have been our food basket because they receive above normal rainfall. Those highlands have been cultivated and tilled year in, year out. We have cultivated our highlands, riparian areas and even the doorsteps of farmers who live in the highlands. That land has developed nutrients fatigue. It is no longer able to sustain the amount of production it used to support several years ago. Most of the highlands have so many rivers that drain to the lowlands. But, unfortunately, they are arid and semi-arid areas. So, there is ... view