John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is an extremely important matter. In the moving and seconding, they have raised a number of important issues that will benefit the full House. We have no quorum. We should ascertain that we have quorum before we sit. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, on my behalf and the people of Nambale, I would like to pass our condolences to the families that have been bereaved. Secondly, I thank my colleague and fellow Member from Busia for bringing this Motion before the House. It gives us an opportunity to ventilate on this very serious issue. A lot has been said and there is no need for me to add the pain and sadness being expressed through the comments of my colleagues. However, I call upon the House to ensure that the House Committees that are ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I condole with victims. I know they are not just from Kakamega County. They could be from Busia County, but wherever they came from, even if it is from the Coast or wherever, they are Kenyans who travel to make a living. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I really want to put my views on record in response to this matter. The team has prepared a good Report and the idea of Pan-African Parliament is definitely good. We should increasingly think less about our boundaries and heightening of our sovereignty in Africa. We should think more about collaborative efforts. In this day and age, the purpose of national boundaries is essentially to organise economic wellbeing. Except for regimes that are punitive and locked in ethnic clashes and need to get out of such situations, the purpose of stable nations is to improve on ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: There have been some earlier initiatives that required that certain allocations be put in certain sectors because those are the structures that elicit growth, ensure food security and so on. For example, there was a general agreement to put certain proportions of GDP into agricultural research. I think it was 3 or 5 per cent then. These are really important factors that Pan-African Parliament, as they deliberate what they do, should look at. If we do not invest in research and development, and we only wait for grants from friendly nations or international agencies, we will always be subjected to ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: important to verify those good things. We should not simply base our decisions on trust. You can say, “I trust and love, but I must verify so that I am not taken for granted.” It may be late to go back to this matter and see if there are risks we have exposed our farmers to. If there are risks, we should look for ways of reducing them. I link this to Pan-African Parliament because it is in these kinds of forums that we get opportunity to think broadly in terms of what is of interest to our home base. ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: It is not debate. It is a big issue that has been raised and you have alluded to it. If the National Assembly is incapable of getting samples tested anywhere in the world, what sort of remedy have they given the ministries… view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I first congratulate the team led by my good friend, Hon. Kareke Mbiuki, for the very good work they have done. The Report is interesting. I have listened to every bit of what he has said. I think it is a good story to tell about what has happened. The Committee went to great lengths to gather information. view