John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The NEMA, who should be the eyes and ears of the people, Parliament and the country, is colluding with LDKL. They are producing reports in manners that are suspicious in timing. They are making conclusions that clearly are indicated to hoodwink and that has been eluded in the Report. Therefore, we need to come out really hard on this one because it is a good opportunity for us to fix it. I think the problem is NEMA and if the taxpayers’ money is going to be used this way, they should not exist. We may borrow their services from other ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I speak as if this was being done right next to me because I know how badly they have come out. The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources in the 11th Parliament knows this. In fact, when leaving, we said they should look at how NEMA and the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) works. We have a problem with the regulatory authorities in areas which are somehow complex for the ordinary person and that is why we have these institutions at hand. In terms of completeness of the Report, they have tried. However, I think the issue of the immediate ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, our populations are very generous. We are told they are creating jobs. Somebody should take them to court for those health impacts affecting expectant mothers and others. I want to emphasise on mixed-use and the fact that we have residences next to the LDKL, which cannot be a problem. However, the problem is the LDKL. In fact, it is good they came up with this Report so we can discover the problems. I have very many points that I want to raise, but I can see my time is running out. view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Probably there is an issue on who LDKL is. I do not know who LDKL is. However, I hope that as this Report goes for implementation, these issues will be pursued. They have been identified by the Committee, but I can almost sense the difficulty the Committee was in when finalising these recommendations given the kind of intensity of interest that occurs when these kinds of reports are being completed. If I am given half a minute, I will quickly pick on the next point. view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: There is a recommendation that NEMA should help county governments to upgrade their capacity, so that they can look at issues of this nature. The County Government of Machakos should do a master plan. I think all this revolves around trying to keep them apart like we do with wildlife and human habitation. They are separated to avoid conflict. I am saying no to this because there should be issues of compliance. We should look internally at what is intended by the law, which should be compliance with the various standards that are set. So that even as we live ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: we will be safe and there will be social comfort from oduor. The smells may be annoying, but if they are not harmful, that may be okay. However, we should not seek to separate them because land is costly. How far apart are we going to push factories when such kinds of things happen? There is the fact that the land was resold and there is a church. Initially, I worried that the church did not have sanitation and I thought that is where the problem was. However, if it has sanitation, this should not have been raised. With those ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is the Member in order to blame poor planning on devolution? In fact, when LDKL started, we were under the central Government function. So, it is not related to devolution, but another problem altogether. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join everybody else in congratulating the appointment of Mrs. Kioko to her new senior position. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: (Nambale, ANC) asked the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation to: (a) provide the implementation status of the irrigation project located along Sio River at Malanga and Mwikemo villages in Nambale Constituency; and (b) list the number of affected land owners who are yet to be compensated and state when the said compensations would be concluded. view