John Dache Pesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I acknowledge that the Assistant Minister has given a very good answer to this Question, he has indicated that they have laid the fibre optic cable for about 5,000 kilometres. Could he specify which counties he has covered during this work? view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, tourism is very important for this country, and so is the marketing that is being undertaken by this Ministry. Could the Assistant Minister confirm whether the Ministry has taken trouble to ensure that they involve the stakeholders, especially the Members of Parliament from that region, so that we can also give in our feedback on what needs to be done in the western part of this country? view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this time to support this Motion. From the outset, I want to say that time has come for Kenyans to get the new Constitution. Secondly, if we had a credible judicial system during the last elections, we would not be in a Coalition Government. The aggrieved party could have gone to court to challenge whatever they felt was wrong, but because both parties, I am sure, believed that the Judiciary was not credible, we were forced to get into this “marriage” which you have seen has been very difficult to ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to police reforms, this is another issue that was mentioned by the President and all Kenyans agree that we need to have reforms in the police. We want the police to know that they are servants of our people and that they must make sure that they protect Kenyans wherever they work so that we have peace and protection in this country. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: I want to commend the President of this country for the way he wants this country to move. At the same time I also want to commend the Prime Minister who is the other Principal. However, I feel that in order for us to successfully move on with the current constitutional changes the two should move at their own level and give better guidance to Members of Parliament. Kenyans look upon Parliament as an agent of change and we are here so that we can make change in this country. Without this change, the next election which will be held ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: The other thing is that development may not be successful in any country without proper education. Here I am talking about education in this country. The Government has done a very commendable job in ensuring that we have infrastructure funds to build our schools. It has not been enough so far but at least there is every indication that the Government has done its best to ensure that we improve the infrastructure in our schools. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: However, we still have a big problem with regard to staffing in our schools. Teachers in most of the schools are inadequate. If you go to rural schools, you will find that in some schools we have as low as three teachers manning eight classrooms. All of you have gone to schools and you can understand that three teachers manning eight classes cannot successfully perform the job they are supposed to do. That is another issue that the Government and the relevant Ministry must ensure that it is improved within the shortest time possible. In fact, there are teachers in ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem of high fuel prices may not be biting to Members of Parliament because we earn salaries but our boda boda operators in the reserves like in Migori really feel it. In turn the people they ferry to those centres are the ones who meet the cost. I ask the Government to consider taking up this issue and ensure that it, at least, cushions that industry so that our people who meet the cost of high fuel prices and are poor do not suffer any more. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: We are talking about equitable distribution of resources. I think this is one area where the Government has been very unpredictable. There is this road from Mai Mahiu through Narok, Migori up to Isebania border. Sometimes people talk about the letter “O” meaning something very much in the Republic of Kenya. If you travel from Mai Mahiu to Kisii up to the Tabaka junction, you will find that there are bumps all over. However, from Tabaka junction; that is when you enter the “O” region up to Isebania, there are no bumps. People have lost lives because the Government has ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I support the Motion. view