David Ouma Ochieng'

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• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 72 is very fundamental. It is really sad, it says that the Auditor-General cannot question any Government policy; that this person can only question expenditure but cannot question any Government policy. If you allow me to read, I will read for you so that you understand the breadth of what I am talking about. It says:- “In performance of his or her functions and duties under this Act, the Auditor-General may not question the merits of a policy objective of government or any other state organ or public entity.” The Constitution requires that this person must look at the ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are taking one of my minutes. I hope I will be added one more minute. Thank you so much. I also want to thank hon. Okoth for this very important Motion. This is the worst time for Members of this National Assembly. Around 70 per cent to 80 per cent of the calls we receive now are calls that relate to school fees. They are of people crying, literally moaning about the fact that their child has got either 430 or 450 marks but they do not know where to go. It is time we ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: We have said Kaimenyi must go. We have said so many things but it does not help even if he went tomorrow. We are the ones who approve and apportion money. We must sit down and say how we want to fund education in this country. Article 53 of the Constitution is very clear that we must have free primary education. For this to happen, this is one of the areas where we need to realize that progressively, we should be going forward in reducing school fees and not increasing it. The biggest scandal after the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals ... view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. I want to wish you a good New Year as I also condole with the people of Kabete. I wish to bring condolences from the people of Ugenya and the entire Siaya County. Hon. Speaker, I knew the late hon. Muchai as a man who transcended ethnic boundaries; I want the Leader of Majority Party, hon. A.B. Duale, to hear this because the late hon. Muchai, although from central Kenya, never exhibited any tribal tendencies, like being a Kikuyu. He was a Kenyan. He loved everybody. He dressed and acted like a Luo and ... view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Those who knew the late hon. Muchai know that he would tell you that when you go to Ugenya, or when we going to this and that constituency--- Even in some of the squabbles we had here, including on 18th December, you would not know the side the late hon. Muchai was on, because he was a gentleman, a peace maker and loved peace. Since he worked for workers, he knew that poverty transcends gender and ethnic boundaries, and that was why he toiled for the downtrodden regardless of where they came from. As a Government we want to ensure ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this very important Motion and the Report as presented by my Chair. This is once again a milestone in the development of the East African Community ( EAC) as an institution. The world is moving towards converging economies to ensure that markets are able to function without small aberrations like foreign exchange and things that could be handled easily by the partner States if they come together and agree. As I support this Report, I want to request Members that wherever they come from in this country, what we need to ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: understand this. We must agree that we are limping like everybody else. There is this fallacy that in the EAC framework, Kenya will benefit more than the others. If you look at the figures, we now know that Uganda has benefited more than Kenya. Tanzania now trades more with us than any other country. So, the benefits that this country could get from the EAC framework are being foregone because we have not involved the public. We have not undertaken the necessary reforms to ensure that our people benefit. Hon. Speaker, a couple of things have happened in this country ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: regional union. This will only happen if the whole continuum of the common market and the customs union is implemented early enough. Hon. Speaker, I conclude by thanking the President and the Cabinet Secretaries concerned for putting energy and prioritising on issues of regional integration. But I warn that let this stage of monetary union be the last one we are rushing. Issues of political federation should wait until 2100. Thank you, hon. Speaker. I support. view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you so much. Though I have heard people talking about Kenya Airways I want to support this Motion. There was a Bill that was spearheaded by hon. Midiwo in this House that established the Competition Authority. The horse to flog is not Kenya Airways. The Horse to flog is this Authority that is supposed to ensure that there is fair competition in business in this country. So, we want to ask the Competition Authority to wake up to do its job. Secondly, within the East African Community (EAC) framework because air fee should go down regionally, I know there ... view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. It is just that you moved very fast. I had an issue with what you passed, but I will support this one just on one basis. What we have just passed now takes us back to where we are trying to go away from. We have been trying to get away from as much power of Cabinet Secretaries (CS) as possible and ensure that even when Mineral Rights Board has made a decision, the CS should not be allowed a free hand to decide which people are to be involved and where we will have this ... view