John Lodepe Nakara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First of all, I would like to thank Hon. Yusuf Hassan for bringing it. We have many historical sites in this country that we need to protect for the benefit of future generations. To mention a few of them, we have Lokitaung and Kenyatta Lane where the first President of this country and five others were jailed. Right now, people have grabbed that land. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I wish Hon. Yusuf could bring amendments to declare all historical grounds in this nation protected areas. I support this Motion because first of all, this is a historical site. Future generations will know it as a place where people fought for Independence and came up with ideas like multipartism. They will know what happened on a particular date on the ground. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: In Nairobi, we have land grabbers all over. If we leave this historical site without protection, it will be grabbed. We shall have no place to refer to as a historical site where some achievements were accomplished for the benefit of this country. We also need to protect this site for our children in schools to visit. We need to have a guide who knows the history of Kamukunji Grounds, how it came about and what happened, so that whenever students visit, they are given a lecture on the achievements and reasons why it is a protected site. In doing ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: We need to respect the achievements accomplished through this site. That is why we are appealing to protect it. This country is where it is because of what happened there. We need to show gratitude to the people who lost their lives and fought for changes in this country by protecting that site. We also need to put up a monument and mention key people in this country, whether dead or alive, who did something good for this country on Kamukunji Grounds. We also need to record the activities that led to particular events like Saba Saba and Independence, so ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: We also need to make sure that we put up some recreation facilities where people can rest and hold discussions. Finally, we can make it a freedom corner or square where we can present our issues instead of demonstrating in Nairobi City, destroying properties and losing lives. We will have a better place designated for that where people will go, make declarations and maintain peace in Nairobi. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. We need to know that no number can satisfy the whole nation. We have more than 40 tribes in this country. Even if we try to bring every tribe inside, there is no way we can satisfy everybody. So, we should ask ourselves whether these people are Kenyans, qualified and balanced. We need to give these people an opportunity to serve this nation. The country is looking at us. When we argue here, put tribalism ahead of us, what do we think about minorities like Turkana, Pokot ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: balance. One thing that we need to make clear is that pastoralists, especially minorities, must be given a chance. They must be included in any appointment because many appointments belong to bigger tribes. We should also consider small tribes in such appointments. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Motion. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First of all, as part of the suffering community, I want to thank Hon. Cheptumo for bringing this Motion to reduce the menace of cattle rustling. I would also like to acknowledge that the Jubilee Government has tried to bring that menace down. Whenever we have that problem, the Jubilee Government tries to respond. Though it comes late, at least it tries. It has also given us an ear. Whenever we report that issue, the Government is ready to listen, though it is dull in responding. I want to come to the point by saying ... view