David Ole Sankok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: done to the Independence Constitution by giving themselves power at the expense of Kenyans. One of the things I am asking myself is: How important are these amendments? First of all, it is a time when Kenyans expect that we should be more sensitive to the real issues affecting them, one of them being the COVID-19 Pandemic and the impact it has had on the citizenry. Many Kenyans have lost their jobs. Many Kenyans do not even know where to earn a living. Many Kenyans cannot access the COVID-19 vaccines. All of us in this House have been vaccinated. So, ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, can the Leader of the Majority Party let me contribute without interruption? view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with all due respect to the Leader of the Majority Party, if you had accepted to sit right where you are and gave me time, I was going to mention those dangerous clauses. So, please, do not disrupt me. Allow me to speak. When we were making the current Constitution, because the Constitution is about all Kenyans, the then Government allowed people, including ministers, to give their views. I remember the then Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Ruto, and the then Minister for Special Programmes, Hon. Naomi Shaban, were in the ‘No’ camp, but nobody intimidated them. So, ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Sorry, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to proceed. One of the things that we fought for when we were fighting for the current Constitution was the independence of institutions of Government. The big gain we made was ensuring that the three arms of the Government were truly independent. Some of you who probably never had a chance to face the wrath of the dictatorial regime that was there may not appreciate those gains. Those that followed what was going on then will appreciate that one of the major gains we achieved was the independence of the three arms of the Government. ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, allow me to begin with the issue of the Judiciary. The Judiciary is very important. If the Judiciary is not fully independent, any of us seated here can become a victim. If the Judiciary was not independent, T.J. Kajwang’ would now be behind bars because of treason. Article 47 says that the Judicial Service Commission, on top of all the functions that are already stipulated in the current Constitution, will receive complaints against judges, investigate, discipline them by warning, reprimanding or suspending. This Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill is amending this provision by providing that the JSC will ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, that is my opinion. Hon. Junet, you will have your chance. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Once again, thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity especially on this very important day in the calendar of this country; a constitutional moment. You are right because at 1:30 p.m., we already had enough quorum. At the outset, I support this Bill. It is important so that we can move forward together as a country. Hon. Speaker, we do have a few issues with it, but, of course, no document will ever be perfect. One of them is on the issue of inclusivity. Here, we are tending to create around three more positions making it five. The ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think you will add me time. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Even yesterday, I was forced to speak in my mother tongue, Kimasai in this House because we are now outsiders in the Government we struggled to form, courtesy of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The professional ODM hecklers cannot heckle us in this House. They should give us enough time to speak. I was speaking before I was rudely interrupted on the issue of the winner takes it all. When it comes to this, an election is a competitive process. In any competition, there is always a winner and loser. This will not be democracy. In ... view