John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. I congratulate the Committee. This is a good development in our country. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As my colleagues have said, there are good reasons for financing political parties. The expectation is that as political parties get funded, they will use the money in a way that promotes the public good. One of the areas that political parties can promote is to bring people into mainstream politics when they are much younger. We have affirmative action by definition now because we have not achieved some social goals we needed to achieve. So, political parties can help to provide training in the early years of an individual’s political life. This will help to bring youth and women ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Increasingly, we should minimise reliance on foreign donors even for seminars such that when you want to go to Naivasha for a workshop, you must look around for a foreign donor to help defray the costs. It is because of that kind of expectation in mind that this provision in the law can be help. We have to think about widening the scope and making it a process that allows parties that have elected officials to access some funds so that they can train our youth and women on matters politics and give intensive civic education to other candidates. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I have said many times that the vast majority of our MPs get to understand public budget-making processes only when they come to Parliament. In the absence of that, the discourse out there is not factual enough. So, funding of political parties is of great help. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. People may not realise but I think over the years many Bills pass through this House but it is this spectrum of society that tends to be most active and it is this lowest level of financial intermediation that is most critical in combating poverty. If you increase the level of financial activity, you first monetise our economies that are largely barter economies, but also at the same time you give people financial comfort at a level in which their capacity to spend is The electronic version of ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: very high. There is very high propensity to spend and if there are savings it will be good, of course, to invest. It will take care of the basic needs like schools fees and, perhaps, medicals but it will provide a financial within the overall banking system. In many of our towns like Nambale which is our capital city, it has only one financial services provider. That is our bank. That is where our people go to save their money or they travel much farther out to go to Busia, Bungoma or Mumias if they have to catch a bank. ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: enough to be reported when your performance is not good? We have to go back and link the strengthening of these institutions with the requirement for accountability in respect of financial transactions. If we do that, we shall instil a sense of responsibility from a very young age. I have young people in my constituency who are venturing into business and the typical ones do not set up a kiosk. Someone buys a boda boda . I have known somebody who has moved from one to three motorcycles. That is phenomenal growth. He is supporting his own family and educating ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to give my views on this. I am really conflicted on this Bill. I am aware of the textbook advantages of warehousing. They are mostly the arguments being espoused in the Bill and which Hon. Members have repeated over and over. view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The success of this kind of experiment depends on other contexts. One of them is the legal contractual type of culture they have. They operate well in situations where contracts are respected, are enforceable and where compensation is liquid, easy enough to achieve; where systems work as expected. So, the countries that have been mentioned, be it Holland or United States of America, have that kind of environment. India has a very strong judicial system. In India, you can sue anybody in the Republic and the court will listen to you with great keenness following the law. So, they can ... view