John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: There is nothing intrinsically wrong with any criticism of an institution. When you criticise an institution, it does not mean you have no faith in it. You simply feel that in respect to that particular aspect that you are concerned with, it may need rectification. It may need them to strengthen their systems and clean the dirt that is in their systems. It is by doing that, that we will get change. We are just talking about incremental change and that is going to be an important part that we must not give in to anybody. I am looking forward ... view
• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: because the election virtually stops our economy for at least six months of the year. It should not be like that. It should be more routine! It will get more routine; if we go by the laws as they are. There are rules and regulations that we have put in place and if we punish people appropriately and accordingly, irrespective of which side they are in; whether they are in the corner of Busia, somewhere in Dujis or wherever it is, they must face the law equally. We have to get serious on this Floor and carefully look at our ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to the Budget debate. 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
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I join my colleagues in thanking the Committee for its solid work. This is not an easy job. We still quibble with the numbers and allocations, but I know the process of arriving at this Report is usually a difficult one. For that reason, I would like to thank all the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. They deserve all the accolades they can get. I have some concerns which have to do with relativities across the allocations the Committee has made. I note something with regard to the allocation for education, which is my pet subject. We have ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: that have lately occurred because people have turned the NYS into a dipping pot. I hope that has slowed down because I know it has not stopped. Fundamentally, what they do is very important. I, however, have one main concern which is that to access the facilities of the NYS, you must pledge a certain amount of loyalty. The only loyalty we need to pledge in this House as elected Members is to the Constitution. I do not have to be in certain form of congruence with the Government of the day in order for me to access services such ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I think it is a major problem in this country that we do not care about the youth. They will always be there in every generation and remember today’s youth are tomorrow’s adults who will sit in this House. It is high time we allocated resources to prepare them for the future. We expand our economy through domestic investments and trade opportunities. Let me start with external environment. I can see there is money allocated for commercial and economic diplomacy which is a great idea, but Kshs141 million in a year for all our major embassies is a drop in ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Once, I was in New Delhi and the amount of money allocated for the Kenyan embassy was less than Kshs300,000 for the whole year and previous years’ allocations were worse. I think we have great opportunities to grow our economy by finding opportunities for trade and investment and it is limitless what we can do with the external sector in terms of our export capacity if we develop our own domestic capacity to export. It is not only money that matters, but we need programmes. When you see these kinds of little allocations and absence of ideas, this is probably ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: If we know that the commercial centres out there are doing nothing, then we should give them zero, but by giving them such little amounts, we cannot expect to increase our trade volumes significantly. We cannot find enough formal jobs for our youth and that is the reality for Kenya and many other countries, but it is not an excuse. Some colleagues have already commented on investments in technical education. As we think about importing 400 Tanzanian doctors, we should think of importing 400 Chinese professors to teach in our technical colleges because we do not have staff to teach ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. When we moved the ceiling from Kshs1.3 trillion to Kshs2.5 trillion, we doubled it to an increase of nearly 100 per cent as opposed to not more than 50 per cent as had been the case before. We have gone all the way to over Kshs.3 trillion and the National Treasury request for this has been cursory and casual. This is a very serious offence and I am surprised that this has not been condemned. We need to move together as Parliament in the management of debt which is a double-edged sword. We have ... view
• 23 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Are we speaking to the Division of Revenue Bill? view