David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask Question No.129 to the Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives. (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the measures that have been taken by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) to ensure that used motor vehicle parts such as vehicle air bags, steering assembles, braking systems and other parts imported into the country for re-use as spare parts are of sound quality and approved standards? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why KEBS is allowing high-end vehicles such as Toyota Land-Cruiser V8 Models imported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be inspected ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Bottom-up. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute in such an important function of this House, the function of budgeting and resource allocation to various ministries, departments and agencies of the Government, which is our sole mandate here. There are some issues that I would like to touch. One of them is Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO), a programme started by my President, His Excellency Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, with a very good intention to uplift the lives of the vulnerable members of our society. It means access to government procurement opportunities by ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was rudely interrupted by Hon. Millie, who is a very good contributor in this House and a very intelligent Member of Parliament. I said that majority of women have the backing of their husbands and therefore they take 25 per cent of the chunk that is supposed to be given to the three groups, 4.5 per cent goes to the youth and only 0.5 per cent remains with the persons with disability. Sometimes the tenders that are given to persons with disability are not economically viable like supply of toothpicks, toilet ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: after them. They are being auctioned and some of them have gone into more poverty than when they applied for these tenders. The other issue is that of white elephants. That one has come out very clearly. Apart from the Mtihani House that was started in 1986 and is ongoing and we still allocate money to it; apart from other programmes that allocations have been raised from Kshs 18 million, all the way to Kshs 200 million and we have not yet finished paying, we still have a balance of 70 million, there is this issue of Standard Gauge Railway ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: What would be the reason for a rail to end in a catchment area that has one butchery that is open only on Wednesdays and one small shop? I believe that for economic viability of any infrastructure, be it a road or a rail, it must start from a bigger town, end in a big town so that there will be transportation between the two catchment areas. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The SGR is only 12 kilometers shy of Narok Town, but for the Suswa Economic Zone, we have already constructed 52 kilometers to Emurtoto. The 52 kilometers is a bare misuse. It is open for vandalism. Construction of 12 kilometers would have given the SGR economic viability by opening up the Great Lake Region, Narok, part of the Northern Tanzania, South and Central Rift. It would be transporting wheat, barley, potatoes, animal byproducts, soapstone and even fish from Kisumu. I do not know why it stalled. I plead with the Government and with my President, if I have wronged you ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I may be very notorious in speaking my mind, but I still plead with the Government in the name of God, do not punish 6.5 million Kenyans with disability because of me. About Kshs250 million has been chopped from the budget of the National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD). This is money that goes to wheelchairs. There are Kenyans with disability crawling on our streets. There is a child with disability soiling their hands as he or she crawls into the dirty pit latrines in our primary schools. He or she will use the same ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: without speed governor here in this House. Unfortunately, their money has been chopped. How will they get education? view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Lastly, the commercial attachés. In this country we export nothing and import everything. No wonder, our economy is going down year after year. We need to relook at human resource. One brain channelled to proper use is worth more than all the oil wells in Libya. If we channel our brilliant youth into proper use by exporting labour into the Middle East and other countries... We went to Qatar and found out that they have about 35,000 Kenyan immigrants workers working there. We need to export labour so that we can earn foreign exchange and reduce unemployment. I support this ... view