David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. What I was saying is that, we are throwing good money after bad ventures. The money we are throwing to help pay off those debts could be used by the people of Ugenya to access seed and fertilizer. In 2007, a Report was presented to this House by the then Minister for Finance, hon. Peter Kenneth, about how much was remaining with regard to the Kenren fertilizer agreement. We are talking about Kshs.4.3 billion that we continue to pay for things that were never received. We are still mobilizing money to help us build a ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to thank you for being keen on the clarification. In my legal mind, I do not think that the clarification that is being sought by the Member can be delivered without necessarily having to go into the conduct and to the performance of the functions of the Chief Justice. Secondly, you know the history of our current Chief Justice. When was being interviewed for the job, the issue of gay rights was a major issue. I do not think we can discuss or the Leader of Majority Party can clarify that without necessarily going into the ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to congratulate the Mover of this Motion, hon. Dr. Laboso, for a very important Motion. Most things happen without this Parliament knowing and this is one of the things that I think is happening without Parliament knowing. However, at least under the new Constitution, this House now has a very major role to play at any time this country is going to sign any international treaty under the Constitution. However, back to the Constitution, I have lived in Kenya now for the last 32 years and a couple of things ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, give me two minutes I finish. This is an issue that is very key. The main issue for us is that as a Parliament, we must help this Government to put money in production and reduce the cost of production. We cannot be paying view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, just on the same point of order, I wanted to agree with hon. Shebesh, because I am also a Member of that Committee. I think debate on this matter will help us more so that we pass the Motion, before we refer the matter. Thank you. view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to commend Hon. Gatobu as I support the Motion that has been moved by the able Member. Data bank is key in the sense that we are throwing good money by doing what the previous speaker has just said. You will find that a student is given bursary this year or this term and then, there is no bursary for him or her the following term. view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Bursary is allocated on the basis that the student is poor. I have a fundamental problem with this Motion the way it is framed now. That is because we have to agree, as a country, that education is not only for bright students. That is why our focus should be on poor students and not bright students. If you only take it to bright students, then we will be missing the point. Let us focus on the needy and poor students whether they score 250 marks out of 500 marks. view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: In some parts of this country, if a child scores 200 marks out of 500 marks, he or she is a bright student. That is according to me. That is because of what hon. Wario has just said. Some students go to school under very difficult circumstances. If they can pull themselves and score 200 marks out of 500 marks, they should be considered as bright pupils. I think the focus should be on poor students. There should be no much ado about bright students. view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should be planning 100 per cent for students from primary schools who join secondary school due to the free primary school education. That is why, as we prepare the data bank, the Government should be informed that we need to up our allocation for bursaries for the graduation of children from primary school to secondary school, to ensure that every one who gets a chance to join secondary school is able to carry on with education from Form I to Form IV without any break. view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: The problem we have in every sector in this country is that of exclusion, where some people get while others do not get. It starts very early; as early as primary school where some children get fees while others do not get. The same case applies to secondary schools. At the university, some students get help while others do not. I think we must have a system that includes everybody, wherever the apportioning of public resources arises. view