John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me add my voice to those who have wished you well in your new appointment. I think it will be a challenging appointment. You will use soft power. You are not going to use the power of the law or the power of our Standing Orders. You are going to go deep into traditional powers. However, I am sure you are going to use the part of your brain that is not what you have been using either on the bench or in this House. That part is going to be very useful in the ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker Sir. As the Speaker of the House, you never speak in vain. In fact, you do not have opinions in vain. You always seem to be fully considerate all the time. The fact that you allowed the matter to be raised before the House indicates that, in your opinion, this is a matter that is worthy of mention. This House has a major responsibility of safeguarding the privileges and rights of Parliament under the law, the Constitution and under the precedents that have been set before. I hope the matter will get due consideration next week ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker Sir. As the Speaker of the House, you never speak in vain. In fact, you do not have opinions in vain. You always seem to be fully considerate all the time. The fact that you allowed the matter to be raised before the House indicates that, in your opinion, this is a matter that is worthy of mention. This House has a major responsibility of safeguarding the privileges and rights of Parliament under the law, the Constitution and under the precedents that have been set before. I hope the matter will get due consideration next week ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to have an input in this Petition. First, I support it. I share the sentiments of my colleagues who have talked about the after-effect and the need to restore the physical environment as much as possible. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: I also want to emphasis the second-order effects that occur on health long after the act may be over either in water or air. I want to put particular emphasis on the oversight of these activities. The law and NEMA are in place. The remarks of the Chairman of the Committee have touched the soft underbelly of NEMA. By virtue of the actors and in cases where they go before them, they are unsure which way to act and they wait to see where the leaning goes before they arise. I have experienced instances of indecisiveness and vague letters with ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: This is a real issue. As we look at specific cases such as those implied in this very timely Petition, we should now also think more deeply about NEMA. It was not a joke when Hon. Kigano suggested that maybe they should hire experts from outside. They are not using the scientists and policy makers they have effectively. That is a real issue there. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I hope that a lot of these will come out in the discussion around the Petition. I support the Petition. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have something else in mind. I will just skip this and save time. view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is a bit difficult to get across with the mask but I hope that my word will come out clearly. 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
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is really depressing. I know that committees have a tough time calling a spade a spade sometimes because they have to have some balance. I guess that people expected harsher recommendations. My first prayer would be, as far as they have gone, the agencies that are being tasked will not wait for 18 years, months or two years to begin to move, like they did with the National Youth Service (NYS) saga. Probably, they will do. Lifting the veil is a technical term as you say. We know what it means - to get down ... view