David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Of all the amendments that we have done, Hon. Chair, I really support this one because the heads of missions and the ambassadors are our face outside there. This basically deals with training and ensuring that they can form linkages and collaborations with other countries, now that we are gearing to have foreign exchange from immigrant workers (Kenyans working abroad). We have had problems with those who are working in Saudi Arabia. I think training our ambassadors and heads of missions will be very important. So, this is a very important amendment. Thank you. I support. view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Our gadgets have problems. view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chair, our gadgets only go up to Clause 50. I have been following keenly but it only goes up to Clause 50. I did not follow whatever you said after Clause 50. view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I am told I should use the phone but are these machines called laptops, I-pads or lollipop? view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. I am guided. view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Bill. I thank the Leader of Majority Party and the members of that Committee because this is a very important Bill that takes into account our President's Big Four Agenda. Part of the Big Four Agenda is what we have just discussed in the National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill on universal healthcare. We are now in the second pillar of the Big Four Agenda, namely, food security that relies on our ability to irrigate our land. About 80 per cent of our land ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: for the chicken or goats and the land is depleted, you will not get a place to produce food. We have to move and utilise the remaining 80 per cent semi-arid and arid land in our country. We are very lucky as a country. I remember when I was the President of the Student Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU) at the University of Nairobi, I sat with my cabinet and gave a proposal of how we can tap the water above with the rain that we have as a country. Most of our arid and semi-arid areas are lowlands with ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: because there is already enough water there. There will be water flowing along all our Government roads and the work of the citizens will just be to connect some pipes to their farms. The water flowing through those pipes will be courtesy of gravity and will be available for 24 hours a day because Tana River has never stopped flowing. It is still flowing. If you want to irrigate your farm or rangeland for use by your livestock, you do not have any expense. With approximately Kshs50 billion, we will be able to pay for services, labour for our youths, ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: You cannot imagine the magic that Kshs50 billion will do. Capital intensive infrastructure like the Nairobi Expressway which is only 21 kilometers of tarmac road has cost Kenya more than Kshs60 billion, but here we are talking of Kshs50 billion that will benefit 50 million Kenyans. This Nairobi Expressway will only benefit Kenyans who are going to the airport. How many Kenyans use that airport? How many will use the water? Piping and ensuring there is water to all citizens will only cost us Kshs60 billion. view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: As I said earlier, our highlands receive rain and we depend on them for agriculture. However, because of continuous soil erosion, the fertile soils from those highlands have been eroded and deposited in the fertile lowlands. You may not need to use fertilizer in food production. We have seen the Galana Irrigation Scheme. The hon. Leader of the Majority Party has given an example of how productive Naivasha is. However, remember they are still producing food with the use of machines such that they have to pump water to their farms. Here, we are talking of water moving by gravity ... view