David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Let me start by thanking you because you are a true mtetezi wa wanyonge. You directed us that we should not debate in burials and barazas but bring the Motion in the right place and we have done that. You directed that we should not do it as a Motion of Adjournment but as a Petition that will be addressed as soon as possible. The 14 days period is a lot. We need to make it seven. Hon. Speaker, no wonder, you are a presidential candidate and ahead of ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: We should not at all, in this time when we have COVID-19, when we have drought and when we have problems as a country, justify with anything the suffering of Kenyans. The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning should examine the landing cost plus the transport cost of petroleum. If it is Kshs60, let us charge it to Kenyans for the next six months or one year to cushion them because we have cash transfers to the vulnerable where we are cushioning Kenyans from the effects of COVID-19. If there is something that will cushion Kenyans, it is the ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: As a House, we should go further and look at the corruption that happens. Probably, the wastage of public funds might have brought this issue. I heard my President saying that corruption had reduced in his second term. I beg to differ. I think the “eyes” that normally point out corruption - the Opposition - are in the pocket and, therefore, they are no longer pointing at corruption in this country. Corruption in the country has brought the problem of increase of prices, especially of fuel. view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I do not know what happened to the oil in Turkana. I do not know if it was cooking oil or fuel for our vehicles. If it is for vehicles, then we should be seeing reduction in prices, lower than Uganda which ships its products through Kenya. Their transport cost is higher than ours. Wastage of taxes in non-priority areas like the Building Bridges Initiative should be looked into so that we channel money into proper use. view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, I support. view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on behalf of Hon. (Dr.) Tecla Tum to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education the following Question: - (i) What plans has the Ministry put in place to harmonise disparities among universities on the mandatory retirement age for lecturers who are holders of Doctor of Philosophy (PhDs)? (ii) What steps is the Ministry taking to address financial challenges currently facing public universities in the country, which have led most universities to institute unusual austerity measures such as suspension of promotions and deferment of new hiring and putting embargo on engagement of lecturers serving on ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Sessional Paper No.4 of 2020 on the National Co-operative Policy on Promoting Co-operatives for Socio-Economic Transformation. There was something that caught my attention when the Chairperson was moving the Motion. He said the Committee did not receive any memorandum. If that is so, there must have been something very wrong in how they called upon the stakeholders. This is a very important discussion. The Sessional Paper on co-operatives ought to have attracted all Kenyans because most of us belong to one or ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: protecting monopolistic individual and private companies at the expense of the co-operatives. If I can give an example, we had killed KCC – it was a co-operative by farmers and was assisting them - in order to promote, through legislation, monopolistic private industries like Brookside and others. At times, they end up buying milk at a low price. Sometimes they buy milk at Kshs22 or even less than Kshs30 a litre. They skim the milk. They remove the ghee and butter, package and then sell to us the skimmed milk, which is almost water, at Kshs60 for half a litre! ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I will only comment on the first petition. We are sure that this country can no longer rely on rain to produce enough food. One of the Big Four Agenda of the President is food security. When we were student leaders in the University of Nairobi, we came up with a proposal and advised the then Government of the late President Moi, to irrigate the whole country using the water in Mt. Kenya, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Elgon by piping it along all Government roads which stand at around ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provision of Standing Order No.44 (2) (c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security regarding the recent killings of young men in Embu County, Kitengela, Kajiado County; and other parts of the country. It is of great concern and deeply regrettable that in the recent past, and in particular on August 2021, a number of killings were recorded across the country. Messrs. Benson Njiru Ndwiga and Emmanuel Mutura Ndwiga... view