David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: sector there to prepare the hinges, the doors and the windows. You cannot go launching them in Mombasa yet we have not prepared the jua kali there. I support this Bill but I believe that sequencing is going to be key to make sure that the gains that we are going to make in the housing boom goes to the common mwananchi . Number two, the biggest issue today in the country is whether we have a framework for equitable distribution and allocation of the houses that are going to be built. I want to plead with the Leader of ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, that is what a responsible opposition does. It does not just oppose for the sake of opposing. Opposition that is responsible provides solutions. We do not just say this is wrong. You tell us how to do it right. In this Bill, I believe that instead of saying that there is no place for mama mboga and boda boda riders, tell us how to improve it. I am going to ask the Leader of the Majority Party to provide a quota for each category of people in this country. That can be done under Part IV of ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: serious project for the President. It must succeed and it will not succeed if there is indiscipline and the law is not followed to the letter. I have looked at who are represented in the board that is being proposed. I am, again, going to plead with the Leader of the Majority Party that in that board, we must have a person from the jua kali sector. In that board, get a person from the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) — guys who sell the materials for construction. Let us not just have the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE)and Central ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: I have heard people talk about people contributing money yet they will not get houses. These are like those people who pay their taxes, which we use to pay school fees for our children, but they have no kids. There are those who pay their taxes which we use to run the health system. They have not become sick and gone to hospital. So, arguing that because you are not going to get a house if you are taxed is wrong. There are people who have paid money for school fees and bursaries but they have no kids. This is ... view
• 5 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party. I do not think that this matter should get here every year. This House sits and approves a budget and even a supplementary budget, where Parliament gets its allocations cut. But now we are proceeding for recess, yet no one knows when the NG-CDF money will be disbursed. This is the third year running where we have to beg for NG-CDF so as to get bursaries for our children. This House is losing its teeth and shin. ... view
• 5 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party. I do not think that this matter should get here every year. This House sits and approves a budget and even a supplementary budget, where Parliament gets its allocations cut. But now we are proceeding for recess, yet no one knows when the NG-CDF money will be disbursed. This is the third year running where we have to beg for NG-CDF so as to get bursaries for our children. This House is losing its teeth and shin. ... view
• 5 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: It must be said this afternoon that if anything happens to our children because of lack of school fees, it is not the Executive to blame but we Members. We have failed to hold the Executive to account when we need to. It is because we are hobnobbing with Cabinet Secretaries when they appear before the House or Committees. We kiss and treat them like children. view
• 5 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: It must be said this afternoon that if anything happens to our children because of lack of school fees, it is not the Executive to blame but we Members. We have failed to hold the Executive to account when we need to. It is because we are hobnobbing with Cabinet Secretaries when they appear before the House or Committees. We kiss and treat them like children. view
• 5 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: I do not mourn for anybody but for this House. What Hon. Wandayi and Hon. Ichung’wah are doing this afternoon, like bulls, should have been done a long time ago, not today or yesterday. It should have been done without bringing the matter to the Floor. Our leadership must take their roles seriously as concerns the welfare of Members and their constituents. It is a fact that if we do not do some of these things, they will keep recurring. We are proceeding with the EALA games this week, but we do not have enough budget for Members yet. We ... view
• 5 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: I do not mourn for anybody but for this House. What Hon. Wandayi and Hon. Ichung’wah are doing this afternoon, like bulls, should have been done a long time ago, not today or yesterday. It should have been done without bringing the matter to the Floor. Our leadership must take their roles seriously as concerns the welfare of Members and their constituents. It is a fact that if we do not do some of these things, they will keep recurring. We are proceeding with the EALA games this week, but we do not have enough budget for Members yet. We ... view