David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those many remarks, I support. I will be preparing some amendments for the Third Reading. Thank you very much. view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also beg to support the NCA Regulations 2014 Report. But as I do so, I think it is important to put some few things into perspective. The reason we came up with the NCA was that we wanted to regulate the way we run the construction industry in this country. I have been asking myself why a body like NCA would not want to obey the law. Why would they want to increase the penalty from Kshs.20,000 to Kshs50,000? I have not got any explanation whythat body thinks that they can raise money ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you know the reason as to why that body was set up, it is very wrong. I request the Committee to set standards and send a warning, apparently, to that body. As we speak – and you may not know this - there are people masquerading as officials of National Construction Authority (NCA) who are harassing contractors all over the place. They are collecting bribes and claiming: “You are here constructing and yet you do not have a license.” So, they are using those avenues as conduits for enriching themselves. No wonder we end up ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I always like putting things into perspective. The East African Community (EAC), Kenya among them, has just adopted an industrial policy that is anchored on the construction industry. Countries like Tanzania and Kenya are seeking to build the capacity of the local industry. The regulations, as made, are very sound to the extent that they seek to build the capacity of the local firms. You cannot be seeking to build the capacity of the local firms and, at the same time, you want to overcharge, overtax them or make it difficult for them to operate, especially in the villages. view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we speak, the Government of Kenya is trying to come up with technical colleges in every constituency or sub-county to ensure that we have masons, plumbers and handcraft men who are able to turn their experience into papers. I do not think those are the people we are targeting to pay Kshs50,000 in terms of fines. That is why I agree with the Committee. I want to repeat that in everything else that the Committee does, there is so much details in the regulations that are made pursuant to the many Acts of this Parliament ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I am not on a point of order. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I am not. 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
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party. When hon. Duale is sober, he does a good job. But most of the times, he is not sober. This time round, he is very sober and I am happy with what he has done. I also want to invite him to join us in the pitch next time. Your colleagues, hon. Kajuju and hon. Chege were there. You were the only one missing and, probably, that is why we lost. I have these clarifications to be made by hon. Duale. He said very ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am also on a point of order. Thank you very much. I rise on a very different issue. On 4th of June this year the hon. Speaker made a very interesting ruling regarding a report by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) to the effect that the words “hustler jet” should be removed from that Report. Today, I rise on an almost similar matter, based on Standing Order No.199(5) and (6). This is with regard to the report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and I would like to seek your guidance on that ... view