John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: We have only dealt with one and we do not know how the others are going to move. I am going to suggest to the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade that we speak to the Governor of Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to give us baseline analysis of where we are with this change. Hopefully, down the road every six months or one year there should be a major review to see what else has moved. view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Many things can change that will disadvantage the very people we want to benefit. The majority of our population does not borrow, they save. If they did not save, they would be dead. That is why the poor and withdrawn areas survive through generations because they put aside a little bit to live on. In terms of benefits from the financial sector, the returns to those who save are more important than the cost of those who borrow. We need to look at all those aspects so that we are sure we have a balanced score card on that one. view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: The second one, which I think is also a premature celebration, is on the great advantages of today‘s legislation including the issues of party-hopping. I can see people are anticipating what happens in other democracies and saying that is the way to go. One thing we forget is that we are in a system where the internal management of political parties is not democratic. They do not hold elections, and look at the landscape of parties. Ask yourself, when did your party last hold internal elections and when do they promise to hold it? view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: I have seen something in the newspapers about promising to hold party elections only after the general election, for fear because they are uncomfortable with the results of the decisions at the grassroots. When we get there then these other things will fall in line. We will go to nominations without unique registers. That is something that parties fail to do almost continuously and there have been a lot of challenges. I wish everybody luck in that one. Thirdly, when I find that the mainstream party leaders are in total agreement on something which was so divisive, I get very ... view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: takes the mainstream party leaders to come together so quickly and they are only three or four fellows and get this kind of thing agreed upon, why did we have to do this in this House? Why did we not have just an assembly of elders with four or five party leaders to make decisions? It will be less costly. Probably that will be for another day. As I conclude on the issue of the Election Offences Bill and the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, the role of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ought to be more proactive. The DPP should ... view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am just seeking your guidance. We are looking at the Kenya Regiment (Territorial Force), but I do not see any reference to any amendment at all. Where are you reading from when you call out Clause 2 or Clause 1? view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am just seeking your guidance. We are looking at the Kenya Regiment (Territorial Force), but I do not see any reference to any amendment at all. Where are you reading from when you call out Clause 2 or Clause 1? view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am of a mixed mind, whether it is something good or bad that is before the House. First of all, I think it is good that the process which led to these proposals through the Joint Select Committee was able to lower political temperatures in the country and we ended up with some legislation to look at. view