John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I spoke to this. I was queuing for the next one. view
• 13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Bill. I am completely confused as to whether it is a good Bill or not. I know that when you talk about good planning, it looks like motherhood and everybody needs to support it. However, reading through this Bill, first of all, if it was just simply prose it would be bombastic without conveying the messages clearly as it should. One, there needs to be clear delineation between what the national Government would do and what the county governments should do out of their own volition. This is so ... view
• 13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: sharing across counties but not have them have Executive roles in things that should be done by others. Having said all that, it is indeed very pathetic the way markets and towns are mushrooming and everybody can see that. There are many towns in this country whose roads look like what you find in Lamu, whose roads were built by virtue of ancientness of the city but not because of lack of planning. It was consistent with the infrastructure and transport arrangements of those days. However, you find modern towns growing even in capital towns of counties and so on ... view
• 13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I accept that fully. I know that Hon. Oundo will one day get to this level of seniority by age. So, he is on the way. I will give way for him then. I want to thank Hon. Wanyonyi for bringing up this Motion for discussion. The road we are talking about is extremely crucial. It is the one that links the central part of this country, Nairobi, western Kenya, Rift Valley, Nyanza, and others. For a long time, there have been accidents on that section of the road. Each time we make exhortations, ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Motion and the Report. I have a few quick comments. This was timely but it happened so fast. Most of us were not aware that we should submit comments on this Report. I hope we shall get a chance down the road so that if there are sufficient changes to be made, the Committee can be generous enough to look at it again. I have a comment on the issue of the Parliamentary Service Commission. Without in any way repeating what others have already said, from the comments of the Leader of the ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: That is not what really matters now. Thank you, Hon. Simba Arati for the suggestion. That is one substantive comment I would want to make. I would want this recommendation to take effect prior to next week so that we can stop that rush. There is a huge pool of talent in this House. Let us allow this proposal to be applied without prejudice to any particular individual’s interest. What I am discussing here is a corporate matter. Secondly, during the 11th Parliament, frequently, committee leadership was absent in the House. I have seen a huge improvement. They have labelled ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: around to even attempt to give an answer. I would, therefore, want the seats of committee chairs to be designated to provide for a simple way of finding out which chair is always empty. Hon. Speaker, those are the two substantive points I was suggesting; that, membership to the PSC be restricted to a single term. I would have requested that it be started right from next week’s election because there is such a rush for positions. There is a lot of talent in this House. Let us tap it and restrict the tendency for some Members to sit in ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairperson. The wording in Standing Order No. 174, despite the verbal clarification, is still vague. The proposed amendment in Standing Order No. 174 (b) says: “a Member who is a Chairperson of a committee or a member of the Parliamentary Service Commission appointed under Article 127(2)(c) of the Constitution shall not serve in more than one committee.” This would imply, as I read it, that the chairperson will not serve in another committee. I thought we had said it verbally that they do not have the time to serve in any other committee. So, does ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I fully agree with the rationale of how busy the Committee is and the mutation question. However, a committee of 27 Members, including the chair is the size of the old committees which we had. I was in the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the number of Members was not enough. We should have had a bigger number of Members in that Committee. This number is rather modest. I doubt that it will help meet that objective of mutation fully while giving the critical number. view
• 7 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view