John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: So, the intents of this Bill, in my view, are excellent. They take one segment of the activity chain that ends with the insurance companies. We need to go backwards and look at those other segments as well and conform to them. If you build a highway, do not end up with small footpaths. This will ensure that we achieve the changes that we intend to achieve. We will end up with an insurance industry which is very crucial in any country that seeks to modernize this industry such as Kenya. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I strongly support these amendments that are proposed in the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, National Assembly No.5 of 2013. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute and support this Motion in principle. It is a great idea to seek to increase farmer incomes for our farmers, large and small because that is how we are going to grow our economy. I am concerned though with the strategy that is proposed. If the Government sets the price, it must be prepared to pack it. Otherwise, it is useless to set prices as nobody will honour them. The prices that will be set will then be subjected to market forces of supply and demand. Hon. Deputy Speaker, my colleagues ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: enable them to move up the value addition chain that has been suggested; it includes either high value products, as well as the powder milk type. Therefore, I would urge the Mover of the Motion to consider that we ask the national Government to have a careful look at value chains in the different agro- ecological zones, or, perhaps, even counties. Even though the function is devolved, it is worth having a national outlook and looking at what might be the policy implication at the national level. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Deputy Speaker. That is wonderful. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Therefore, even though this is a devolved function, the national Government has got responsibility to set policy, and deal with the fear that we had expressed - possible imports from distant countries into our market. We need to look at this strictly. The reason is that, you cannot do this for every commodity. Milk is different; it is crucial and has high demand elasticity. It means that as incomes grow, the demand for milk grows. This is demand for both raw milk and its various products. So, it is a commodity that grows with the economy. It is a commodity ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak on issues that I think in my view touch on our core values. Therefore, I should not be blamed for stating whether I am for or against, but I will do that at the end. I was looking at Chapter Six, Article 73(1)(A)(IV) of the Constitution which says:- “Authority assigned to a State officer is a public trust to be exercised in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity of the office.” We cannot assume that Mr. Muhoro is guilty in any way. Nobody has said that. However, I ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On that basis, I think the House might be confronted with a situation in which we may appear to be thinking along partisan lines. In nominations of this nature, it will be very important if the House could have been bipartisan. The House should not be put in a situation in which we have to consider cases of this nature. What worries me is that the House in its own wisdom in January threw out this requirement of integrity which I think was a major mistake. I hope it comes back again before the next election. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to provide what I think is called a discordant voice. I thought we were going to have debate around this issue. We are having all rounds of choruses. It worries me when this august House with this depth of knowledge and experience, suddenly agrees on something completely without any divergent voice. view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, indeed, hon. Speaker. Clearly, I must have said something really right because it got every hon. Member interested in what I was saying. I have already said that I have no difficult apologizing because I am quite confident in myself. So, I would not mind apologizing when I am wrong. I withdraw the words, “bickering wives”, just because it may have had connotations that distract us from the point I am trying to make. view