John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: they do not start up with debt. You cannot pick up a good idea then go and borrow heavily and succeed. It is not easy because mistakes at that level are grave. If you make any mistake, you may collapse and fail for good. So, they have family settings where they get resources, counselling and a support system and they grow into big enterprises. Culturally, we do not have that arrangement in this country. We have to rely on formal institutions to help to create them by providing incentives to these kind of institutions to be present to support our ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this was in respect to the earlier business. I was going to request the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Finance to confirm when she would table the Public Debt Bill. She has said it is almost ready. So, it is not about this Motion. Thank you. view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Actually, I was not waiting for this one but I have something small to say on it. I think the 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
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: experience today has largely been in the large infrastructure like transport, water and energy. I guess, this is in the spirit of going forward and we should let it to go through. view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the proposed repealing of the Bill. However, I am completely horrified; either I have a very short memory or lack of research. The arrangements that led to this were part of the architecture of the Lancaster Conference. Later at Independence, for those communities that opted to take British citizenship, the agreement was that their pensions would be guaranteed in Britain. They gave management of the pension payment to Crown agents. The fact of the matter is that over time, the amounts were so small and the cost of Crown agents was exceeding the value ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You are a true heroine. You are particularly considerate of the fact that we have come to participate in these late-night sessions. I support this Bill from the Senate. I think they are doing the right thing. It amazes me that we are very good at looking over our shoulders at others and judging them as being less accountable or less transparent than we are in this House. When we talk about oversight, we should think about how this function has slipped through our hands. That is why today we have an accumulating debt ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: As a House, we have the big responsibility of looking inward at the reflections from mirrors on our walls and not yonder and say, “Those are the guys.” Doing so would be pointing fingers at others. As they say, as you point one finger at somebody, at least three fingers of your own palm will be pointing at you. We must take an honest reckoning of where we are. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this idea of grants is great. They are targeted grants. If there is failure of oversight, we should also take the blame. We should strengthen the Office ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Devolution is an equaliser. Let us ensure that the system works. Let us support it to ensure that it works as we fix the things that are in our purview and where we have influence. For Heaven’s sake, we cannot expect miracles overnight. We should be intolerant to corruption wherever it occurs. If corruption occurs in 10 per cent of the Budget, what happens to the 90 per cent? Do we think there are saints in the 90 per cent? We must disapprove of the corruption taking place in that area in equal measure. Corruption should be intolerable wherever it ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: fridge because we had no electric power. We only got power after devolution. A fridge now runs. We do not have medicines but I hope one day they will be brought. I hope KEMSA at the national level and its equivalent in the counties will begin to function someday so that Madende Dispensary will have supply of medicines throughout the year – particularly medicines for children and expectant mothers, who are most vulnerable. We have a lot of weaknesses in the system that is otherwise good. Re-centralising anything would be taking us back to the dark ages. How can the ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support. view