David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: When you earn Kshs7,500 and pay Kshs500 to the NHIF, that is almost 30 per cent of your salary, yet a Member of Parliament who pays Kshs500 is paying 0.0001 per cent of his or her salary. This is not an equaliser. For the sake of the hustlers who are at the bottom of the ladder hustling their way through the economic ladder to become billionaires, let us charge in terms of percentage. I will bring this amendment in the Committee of the whole House. view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The NHIF should also protect the very vulnerable members of our society. For instance, why should persons with disability pay for an insurance Fund? They should be easily exempted. I will bring an amendment in the Committee of the whole House, so that we can exempt persons with disabilities from paying. They are registered and the Government has their data and should pay for them. Even those on the cash transfer programme, we cannot say they are vulnerable and give them Kshs2,000 per month and then expect them to pay hospital bills. Surely, the Government should give them Kshs2,000 per ... view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Diseases like cancer are detected very late when they are in stage 4 when they are no longer treatable. Why? Because people fears to go to hospital since they know how much they will be charged. They are probably looking for money. Some of them have already been diagnosed that they have stage one cancer which is treatable, but they will go home, so that they can look for money. Then they will look for that money for the next three years. When they come back, they are already in stage four and it is not treatable. So, for us ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the Whip of the Majority Party for moving, and also the owner of the Bill, who is his Excellency, Hon. Aden Duale. He explained the Waqf Bill in depth. Today, I know Members who are not Muslims have really learned about the Islamic faith. I know quite a majority of us from this House, listening to Hon. Duale, will be recruited into this very important faith. The Islamic faith has accepted civilization, but it is not westernised, unlike us, Christians, who are not civilised. We are rather more westernised because ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: and sadaka. But because of lack of a legal framework, these funds in churches have ended up not benefitting charity works, not benefitting widows, persons with disabilities or orphans. Instead, they have become a green ground for pastors and men in cloth to feed on. Because this is a legal Fund that is controlled by laws, people have benefitted and we have learnt. Even Christians will learn from the Muslim faith on how to be men. There are no divorces, there are no love triangles, there is no this “send upkeep money” in Islam and within the Muslim Community. This ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: cultures and traditions, so that we do not go to westernisation as we accept civilisation, so much forgetting our faith and cultures. With those very many remarks, I support and hope many of us, before 2022, will be of the Islamic faith. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me this opportunity. The Hon. Leader for the Minority Party, Hon. Mbadi had stolen words from my mouth because we are opening up litigation. It is not a must for you to have an expensive wedding. If somebody loves another, they can as well have a wedding at the Attorney General’s Chambers and have a marriage certificate by paying Ksh100. So, I ask the Members of this House to reject this completely and throw it out because we are opening up room for litigation. Just get married if you are loved but ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support and congratulate Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi for bringing this timely and urgent Bill. With humility, it is my considered opinion that there are certain issues that we must address that are fundamental as we move to the Committee of the whole House stage. We amended the law and put the industry of sugar under the Agriculture and Food Authority, and we are now bringing it back to the sugar board. What happened in between the stages and what really are the issues bedevilling the sugar industry? Indeed, in 2016, we had ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on the Petition you earlier read on sports. In the Petition dance is mentioned as a sporting event. You know I had become very famous courtesy of Jerusalema Dance. It was the only and the first time I ever won a competition with a presidential candidate called J.N. Muturi. I am blessed with four legs but, Hon. Speaker, you only have two. So, it was like a Prado competing with a bicycle. When it comes to sports, Kenyans are very dormant. Health wise, Dr. Pukose and Dr. Nikole my seniors ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view