John Sakwa Bunyasi

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• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Usually I am guided when I stand up to speak on Bills, but on this one, I am convinced in my mind that this is a… view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I hope Member No.001 will keep quiet for a change. Normally, I am guided when I rise to speak in the House on Bills with such weighty matters as implied in this Bill. On this one, I am completely clear in my mind that I support it unreservedly. Let me say why I think somebody of my age and exposure should stand up and support the Bill strongly. Hopefully, those that are behind me in age and exposure will pick up from it and must support it because it in the interest of their generation as ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: of the voters. If the mindset of the voters, who are predominantly women, were to change, we would achieve this and we would be crying foul because women would have had a lock on the electoral seats around the country. Part of the public participation ought to have been, although there is no time to do that, re-education. As we go forward, women must be told that they need to have the confidence to elect whoever they feel is competent including one of their own gender. If we did that, this would be completely unnecessary. I hope that will happen. ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: as we like to refer to very bright people, they will know that in terms of representation, nothing will stop them. Therefore, in terms of being elected to the presidency and to those kinds of positions it will be a reality. We have seen that happen in other countries in Africa where women have become presidents, though not many, via electoral process. We will get there. Kenya is a leader and it can lead in this respect. I know that there are countries that are ahead of us, but they are ahead of us because they have a different strategy ... view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me pick up from where I left. My comments were on the utility of this Fund and how it is important to support priority ventures that require a long time to develop like affirmative action, embracing of the gender dimension in politics, lack of political experience by young men and young women and civic education for party members. view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: We are not yet at a point where people choose the political parties to support entirely on the bases of ideology. It may be based on many factors. As we admire the older democracies, we are saying that irrespective of the diversity that exists in countries like India, ideologies play a big role. Funding of political parties will help us to change the way we choose political parties with time. We will eventually get to a point where we will be differing on issues that affect us. Then we can collectively be a minority or majority in our setups. view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: There are also other more mundane issues at home. For instance, in 2017, we had a big political party and a major coalition. The law organises this principle through parties. Even though the major coalition had deposited its instruments with the Registrar of Political Parties and, therefore, binding it legally and giving it a legal persona, the process brought down from the aggregate party allocations seems not to flow smoothly. I hope that first and foremost, a party should, within themselves, negotiate as strongly as they can. If they have issues that they disagree with on, they can go back ... view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I give the remainder of my time to somebody else. view