David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was just surprised that you were entertaining that kind of point of order from hon. Bowen. This House is not a guillotine. We are in the Assembly. view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Yes I am, hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: No! view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise under Articles 94(4), 229, 249 and 250 of the Constitution. I know that debate on this Bill has been going on, but there are some pertinent issues you ruled on. If you allow me, I could ventilate on them before we proceed. My main reason for rising is that this Assembly is obligated to observe the Constitution. While going through the particular Bill before the House, I identified not less than eight instances it fundamentally goes away from the principles of the Constitution. I wanted to persuade you, if you allow me--- view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it goes away from the principles of the Constitution as set out in the various Articles that I have mentioned. I want you to allow me to persuade you on them before we continue with the debate on this Bill. Having looked through the Bill, I realize that several clauses would, in my opinion, not fit the current requirement of the Constitution; and if we debate it the way it is, we will be going against our role as indicated in Article 94(4). view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Clauses 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 25, 60, 68, and 72 of this Bill, in my opinion, fundamentally depart from the requirements of the Constitution. It is your duty to ensure that whatever we debate in this House is within the four corners of our Constitution. The Office of the Auditor-General is set out under Article 229 as an independent office. In this debate, without going into the merits or demerits, we are purporting to introduce foreign bodies like the one proposed under Clause 8 of the Bill. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: The Constitution says that the Office of the Auditor-General shall recruit its own staff but under Clause 8 of the Bill we are saying that the Office of the Auditor-General will only recruit after consulting the Public Service Commission, which is constitutionally an office that is at the same level with the Office of the Auditor-General. Going ahead, Clause 15 says that we are going to appoint a Senior Deputy Auditor- General. That office may not have a problem but we are saying that, in the appointment of this officer, the Auditor-General must, again, consult the Public Service Commission, thus ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 25 says that there shall be something called ‘Audit Advisory Board’. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I do not have an issue with that board but I have an issue with a board that is set up but is not chaired by the Auditor-General himself but then advises the Auditor- 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
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: General. How can we have a body advising the Auditor-General whom we have established as an independent office? Going ahead, we are now saying that at Article 229(5) the Auditor-General will audit any office that is funded from public funds but at clause 40 we are now saying that we limit the capacity of the Auditor-General to audit security agencies. These agencies currently if you look at our Budget take more than 10 per cent of our Budget. And you are now saying that 10 per cent of our Budget will have limitation on how this will be audited. If ... view