John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: There was a feeling from the majority of the people, but I do not know if that is how we concluded, that the way powers are exercised go far beyond our rejecting and seeking reconsideration. They go to a point where there is redrafting of legislation. I think this is not something we should gloss over simply depending on either our political affiliations, the nuances in our political affiliations or the floods we seem to fall into politically from time to time. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: So, we should think of this not as the President, but as the presidency. Maybe, this will make it a bit softer because it will be less personal than it is. I think fundamentally there is a very big issue here. As my colleagues said then and are as saying now, effectively, legislation is then being made by the mandarins who are seated in State House. We run a risk because we do not even know whether they have vested interest because they do not declare their interest. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: There is a fundamental issue here and probably the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs should debate this and get people who understand it a little bit to go in some depth on the issue of veto. Furthermore, on the issue of brokerage and the underwriters, I think this amendment is being intrusive. The relationship between the broker and the underwriter is a voluntary one. Why does the underwriter continue to work with the broker who will not remit funds to them? view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: If we begin legislating relationship between parties, we will one day get into the bedroom. Let us get out of this and let the industry work it out in negotiated arrangement. Somebody has mentioned the difficulties we may begin to confront when we get to, for example, the boda boda industry. These kinds of arrangements are the interests which are all over in every corner of this republic. We are going to create great difficulties by putting obstacles along the way. Let the underwriters themselves - they have an association among themselves - negotiate this with the brokerage industry. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Lastly, nobody should accept money from anybody without taking responsibility. If that is the case, we should also apportion responsibility that once funds are taken by the brokerage firms, they have to bear some responsibility. I do not think we should go into debt collection, revenue consolidation for underwriters through the back door. This to me sounds like it could be legislation that is being passed with vested interest. I think it is a bit risky. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I oppose. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is a leap in the future even though this is something that has been all around us in bits and pieces, particularly in the medical field and other areas. In terms of going the traditional way to supplant our greed, this is a real leap into the future. We should encourage it. It will help to spur even training in our universities and colleges in high areas both in nuclear science and production and its management, and particularly risk management. It will also spur ancillary services, study ... view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I come from Nambale and I have no option, but to support this kind of initiative. Electricity is available two or three times a week and there is power outage for four or five days. The challenge of a dilapidated infrastructure cannot be solved even with an increased supply of electricity. It is not as a result of failure of generation and loading of power to the grid, rather it is because of dilapidated lines, poor management and poor responsiveness by the staff involved. For example, with regard to Kenya Power, you have to call the big bosses in Nairobi ... view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: It is great to have nuclear energy. Kenya has the vigour through its technology orientation. We have the vigour and the willingness. Many universities should bloom in terms of thinking about this area and contributing towards it. I hope by the time we have the industry moving, we will have a stable critical mass of Kenyan expertise involved. As Hon. Kimunya said, I hope we will seriously work to nurture talents and skills so that our own people run the industry. We should not end up with the kind of things we have caught ourselves in, for example, in some ... view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Kenya has to think carefully about safety aspects. It should not be a pool under the carpet. They may be real in the generic sense and many countries are dealing with it, but we have to begin to assess how we can deal with issues of this nature. What would it take to be safe with nuclear energy? It is not just about the manual the United Nations Atomic Agency has got. What kind of culture have we developed in dealing with such things? We have people who let things run down and then we are expected to replace them. ... view