John Sakwa Bunyasi

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• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to comment on two of the funds. First is the Local Authorities Provident Fund. These kinds of funds, whether pension or provident, are useful to workers. People get into them at a young age. They look forward to joining them and ask how they can begin to invest so that when it is time for them to quit, they can be rewarded. They are trust funds and those obligations will be honoured. With respect to the Local Authorities Provident Fund, I know of councilors whose deductions were made from their salaries. The ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: from that. Provident funds provide opportunities where you can remit from diverse contributors or subscribers. Institutions should have the professional responsibility to manage resources in a way that they can look back on 20 or 30 years from now. They should manage funds for people, more for some and less for others, so that whether they are in private or public institutions, they can contribute with the expectation that their funds will be managed within a legal environment. We and the Senate are custodians of the legal environment for making laws that will ensure that those promises are kept apart ... view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also weigh in on this Report. I thank the Committee on Implementation and the Chairmanship of Mheshimiwa ole Kenta. I was persuaded in his presentation. That there was a balance between the benefits of employment and the risks associated with pollution. I thought that is a very good way of approaching it - and not a switch-on and switch-off type of thing. In many countries, the cost of transiting from where they are to an improved situation sometimes justifies a claim on public funding. The reason being that the common good that ... view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: countries are on board and some of the leading countries like the US are reluctant to get on board. It is because they calculated the cost of doing it and they realised that the consequences are severe, but it must be done. That balance is the most important thing. However, the arguments that my very good friend and the MP of Mavoko has raised; when you think about it, yes, the London Distillers had been there for a long time. But pollution standards were quite low. We in western Kenya have the experience with the Webuye Pan African Paper Mills ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this very important discussion on the Sessional Paper on the National Water Policy. Indeed, as we say, water is life. Water is also the environment. Climate management also depends on the kind of water policy that we have. I fully appreciate the issue of perennial scarcity 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
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: of water in large parts of this country and the seasonal shortages we experience in almost of all parts of the country with few exceptions. There is also the issue of excess water on a seasonal basis. We know what happened in West Pokot about two years ago. We also know what happens in Budalang’i in Busia twice a year. We need to manage excess water, so that it is not a source of destruction. To do that, we will need to have a long-term plan, so that we can create dams that do not just store water, but also ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, sorry, I do not know whether I will be taking us back. It is not just a matter of English. It also includes issues that have been underlying in the sugar industry. Some of the stakeholders, including millers, have been the biggest stumbling blocks. So, that consultation with stakeholders needs to be a bit more specific, but it is not. If we pass it as it is, we may introduce further complications. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairlady, this is a very fundamental principle that we are dealing with. We need to be clear on this one. An example of Mumias Sugar factory also has a lesson on this. They had a shareholding; I think it was 30 per cent. However, because of the principle… the Hon. Member from Kibwezi East… view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: That is right just in case you changed positions. My good friend, Hon. Musimba, that is a very important principle. Farmers were disgruntled because their shareholding dropped by a fundamental amount. When they see their share of value dropping, they want to get rid of them. Aggregators came along and bought out those shares, and essentially the farmers got disenfranchised. This is a basic 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
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: economic principle; that you cannot force someone to hold onto an asset they are losing. So, we have to find another way. Somebody has suggested that maybe we should have a trust for the farmers so that it is so collective that individual farmers cannot make a decision to get in and out. If we do it like this, we will have the same. Those aggregator… view