John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: The other day I was thinking about the issue of malaria. I know malaria belongs to the domain of public health, but it has a basis in environment. We are told that stagnant water bodies enable mosquitoes to thrive. The Government can invest effectively in a clean environment and, therefore, add years and years to the life expectancy of the poor people, whose life expectancy is shorter. Making the environment cleaner may add five or 10 years. If we do not that, are we, in essence, committing a public crime? Are we being completely disingenuous in what we intend to ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I am proud to say that my constituency, Nambale, has been voted not once but twice as the national leader in terms of the number of toilet facilities per household. We have led twice and I hope we are going to lead this coming year. We have gone in that direction where every household has a toilet. Hopefully, we can now follow through with aspects relating to the kind of waste that pollutes our environment. I would like to keep it that way. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Some of the things that people admire when they travel to countries that have gone ahead of us in respect of this kind of initiative are just how clean the environment looks, including being swept and maintained. If you walk in down town Nairobi on a day when the street lights are off, as it happens in many parts of Nairobi, you have to keep your eyes on the ground because you may find a pothole which you may sink in. Why is that pothole there? A manhole cover was taken out some years back and nobody has bothered to ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: When you go to our slum areas, you will be amazed at the level of dirt. You will wonder. Supposed the county government committed itself not to go to Lavington or Karen to clean their streets but go into these slums just twice a year and not twice a week, it will make a huge difference. Some of these mountains of waste could be recycled but they are not carried away. Flies that follow them are many. Are we not, in some way, culpable by ignoring this? We sit on public resources. We put them in a biblical sense that ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: With these few remarks, I support fully. view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to contribute to this important proposal that has been put forward by the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party. I thank him for putting emphasis on a matter that is important. Every economy has many sectors, but some sectors are more important than others. The banking and finance sector is one such critical sector in any economy and that is why when there is a crisis in governments around the world, they move in with public resources to secure and stabilize it so that there is no alarm. The consequences of a failed financial ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill 2015 because it institutes a number of improvements in bringing together statutes that were in different places. It also begins to make some headway for what was 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
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: expected of the amendments when the Constitution was passed. However, there are three observations I would like to make. One is the issue of the minimum and maximum land holdings that has brought about heated feelings and it probably will. Let me say a few things about this. Somebody talked about a scientific study. Science cannot solve this issue. This is one issue whose solution does not lie in the domain of science with respect to determining the minimum and maximum land holding. It may lie in the domain of science with respect to finding alternative sources of livelihood so ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: That has taken five minutes. I hope that I will get the five minutes back. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate that. The sentiments around land and privatisation are that people feel limitations to privatisation are going to hamper many industrial and other forms of development that this country is seeking to achieve. We must come to the realisation that if you have an interest in an asset, you surrender it the moment you receive compensation. That is the point I was making. That is what privatisation is all about. If an investor or the Government acquires land and compensates the owners, they surrender their interest in it. It cannot be that you ... view