David Ole Sankok

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• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. You can see that to your left, we mostly have male Members. You can now understand the interest that this Bill is attracting. Hon. Kaluma has come with a Bill that is very important. It is a Bill which will solve a lot of problems we have witnessed in the recent past. In the process of Africans being civilized, they ended up being westernized. They forgot their culture and embraced other peoples’ culture. In the process, we ended up having a lot of problems, especially with regard to ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: It is pathetic that this only affects the rich; those who have something to be inherited. So, people are not interested in the person who has passed on, but the properties he has left behind. Sometimes, this gives a lot of problems to their families and burials have been delayed for years. This is because somebody from nowhere just emerged and claimed to be a dependant. That is why it is very important to define the word ‘dependant’. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The slay queens have slayed their way into families and reaped where they have not sown. This is pathetic because no burial of our female colleagues has been postponed. But for the male, it is a problem because of the issue of slay queens. I support this Bill and especially its definition of defendants. I have a little problem and think in the Committee of the whole House… 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
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am sure you have understood. I have a problem with clause 29(1) (b) which states dependents include: “(b) such as the deceased’s parents, step parents, grandparents, grandchildren, step- children, children whom the deceased had taken into his family as his own, brothers and sisters and half-brothers, half-sisters, as were being maintained prior to his death. I think this will bring a lot of problems and confusion. We need to redefine this because if you are my dependant and I have taken you in while I was alive, you should appreciate for the years I have taken ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: There is also a definition of dependants as the wife, wives, former wife or wives. In the Committee of the whole House, we will amend this. The issue of former wives does not arise here. This is because I believe when marriages break-up in our traditional set up, there is normally settlement. We still believe the settlement was enough and it takes care of the many years you have been together. We will amend this so that dependants will be your wife or wives as per the date of the death. Also, children, whether they were maintained or not, we ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: As we talk about slay queens, some of them have made this a business. They pretend they are hard to get, but only maintain a certain season which they know is right. I do not want to go into details, but you find several men being claimed to be fathers of one single child. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, you have taken a lot of my time. I hope you will add me one minute. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I withdraw and apologize. It was a slip of the tongue. It is my time, let me use the terms slay queen and when it is Hon. Millie Odhiambo’s time, she can have the liberty to use slay king. Before, Hon. Millie Odhiambo appeared in Mzalendo and she was no.1 while I was no.2. When she gets time, I know she wants to compete so as to maintain her no.1. Before, I was rudely interrupted, I was saying sometimes a slay queen can have several men maintaining one single child and claiming it belongs to one at ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was just using examples, but if this has made them feel guilty…You know when the truth is spoken, sometimes one feels a bit guilty. So, let me withdraw the truth. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Professor is misleading the House. If the man did not want to see the extra wife in life, why should he see her in death? If I hated you in life, I should hate you in death. So, keep away from my family. view