John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: In the rural areas, particularly with children walking to school, we need to get a clear separation. If possible, a side footpath along the road that will accommodate school children and other pedestrian users, but perhaps not motorbikes in that regard, so that we can have safe roads. The standards should both be safe but should also take note of efficiency in road use. There is no need to have a high-speed highway with bumps every 50 metres such that motorists must slow down. It reduces the amount of traffic you can carry and negates the advantage of spending billions ... view
• 22 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank Hon. Washiali for giving me this minute. I am not happy with this policy paper. If I had the time to do full presentation, I would oppose it strongly for two reasons, for brevity. This is not supposed to be a plan. It is too long for a policy paper. It is a very typical United Nations (UN) type policy that tries to touch on everything. That is what disappoints me. Kenya is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Therefore, you should not start with that kind of background. ... view
• 22 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, the others can be catered for through instruments of the Policy. The Government does not have to commit a budget in those ones. The budget should be dedicated to those who do not have options at this level of our development. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I rise to support the proposed Committee as shown in the Order Paper. It is a very good team that has been put together. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, I agree entirely that this is one of the most important Committees in this House. I want to look at it from several dimensions. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: First is the facilities aspect. We should wear badges even as Members of Parliament. In many large institutions, even if people know you, you still have to show your badge because sometimes even access needs that badge. As we move forward, we will modernise access to this facility. There is a prominent sign in the dining room saying Members are not allowed to bring in more than two guests at a time. Sometimes people have more than two guests coming in. It does not seem to matter. Where Members meet in the lounge they say it is for sitting Members ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: In respect to that, it is worth having Members go to other parts of the World to see how things are done. I worked in an institution where we had between 10,000 and 11,000 people using dining facilities. They were maintained to high standards and had a wide range of foods. You could get foods that are unique to Kenya and many different parts of the world. Let us showcase our country here in Parliament. I would want to go for lunch one day and find there is a specialty from Turkana or from Coast or the Lake and is ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: This brings me to the next concern I have. We must have a functioning nutritionist in respect of the dining side of our facilities. This is not only important to ensure that the food is of healthy standard, but that you nuance where there are needs. I bet without any survey in this House that there are Members in this house who have specific dietary needs but who are not going to go out looking for that. People who want to have their meals here, the diabetics, for example. I am sure there are many other considerations that deal with ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Angwenyi has spoken to it. These are real problems that have implications on health that even the insurance company should be concerned with. In employment policy within the precincts of Parliament as a whole, some training is helpful. When you go at the gate, you find somebody chatting on phone while opening for you the gate. In some place, you cannot use your phone when you are at work and you are supposed to be a security guard inside our buildings. You find people are chatting away. In the Continental House, you just walk in and walk back and the ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: studied catering or hotel management. With all the love I have for the range and diversity of our innate capabilities, when people come in, sometimes they do not know what they are doing. If you walk into our Members’ Lounge, tea in a big pot and mandazi or cake is brought to you. Nobody asks for it, it is just brought. For heaven’s sake, we can do a lot better than that. As people think seriously about this, our lifestyle is going to be entirely dependent on the diligence and the work that this Committee does. I am on the ... view