David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill and I thank the Committee, led by Vice-Chair, Hon. Ruth Mwaniki, 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
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: who is an expert in trade. She has taken us through the Committee of the whole House and we have understood. The amendments are okay. The enactment of the National Electronics Single Window System Bill will solve a lot of issues that we are facing as a country. As I speak, we had set aside some funds to subsidise fuel, but because of red tape, some people are still sleeping on their jobs. That is why Kenyans are still queuing for fuel. This one will reduce the red tape. As we improve on the issue of single window system, we ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. It is very important that we are discussing this Bill, when you are seated on that Chair. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: The National Disaster Risk Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 28 of 2021) has come at the right time. Our response to disaster in this country has been a knee-jerk reaction that is not coordinated. When we had the 1998 bombing, anybody became a rescuer, even those who had no know-how. When we had Al Shabaab attack at a certain mall, everybody, including the Governor of Kajiado County—Hon. Ole Lenku— became a specialist of rescuing people. He ended up saying that mattresses were being burnt. He shamed himself and the whole Maa Community. This is because of our knee-jerk reaction. ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Drought is a planned and predictable disaster. We are unable to respond to it. Everybody is aware that it will be there. It affects certain counties that we know which are in arid and semi- arid areas. We are unable to respond to it because it is not coordinated. We do not have the legislative framework to deal with it. This Bill has come at the right time to address that. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the Committee of the whole House, I will talk to Hon. Mwathi who is the Chairperson of the Committee, so that we can bring amendments to discuss and incorporate issues of persons with disabilities. Whenever there is a disaster, they are more affected than others. When we respond to disasters, we do not take care of their needs. People transport food to the North Eastern Region. They go to a certain shopping centre and call people to come and carry sacks of beans, rice and maize. There are those who may not access those centres. ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: We should not respond to conventional disasters only. At the moment, we have a disaster in our country. The country is literally at standstill. Nothing is moving. There is no fuel. Vehicles are not moving. It is a disaster. The boda boda riders are now jobless. They are sleeping hungry because they cannot work. It is a disaster. We may not know how to respond to it because it is not coordinated. The National Disaster Risk Management Bill will address such. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: I told you earlier that the cost of living is too high at the moment. We should include it as a disaster. Even during President Moi’s era and when we had sanctions from International Monetary Fund (IMF), we did not reach where we are now. However, what do we expect from a concoction of ulevi na uchawi ? The country is not moving at all. Petrol, milk, water and cooking oil are not available. The only liquid which is available currently in Kenya is alcohol which is served at the right temperature and price for obvious reasons. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: These disasters can emanate from various quarters. We have been taking drought as a disaster. We may have taken other things that may not be real disasters as disasters. Think about the war in Ukraine. God forbid, if Kenya was under such an attack and we cannot handle six characters of Al Shabaab hiding in Dusit, what could happen? That is why Hon. Mwathi and his Committee have come up with the National Disaster Risk Management Bill that will have a legal framework. There is the issue of training of personnel. I have gone through this Bill and it will ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: countries in this world. I do not know how we could have responded to typhoons and other disasters, if we are not able to respond to a disaster like miners being buried alive in mining caves. We are not able to respond to road accidents as a country. When we improve this Bill at the Committee of the whole House, we will come up with an elaborate system and scheme of being able to respond to disasters, not necessarily in a knee-jerk reaction. view