David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to second this Motion. The Motion before us should not be misconstrued to mean that we are discussing the President. The Mover urges the Government to put in place measures to ensure that no further irregular payments are effected, in regard to such schemes, to avoid further lose of public funds. I wish to second. I just need to inform the Members that this is a digital Government, one that claims to work through the internet. The case being referred to by the Mover of this Motion, the case of World Duty Free ... view
• 9 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: ( Laughter ) view
• 9 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: That is the case that the Member is referring to and legal judgments that are done by courts are public documents. Let hon. Members Google, get those documents, read and understand them. We are living in times when this country has gone through a lot. During this Session of Parliament, we moved a Motion urging the Government to establish a fertilizer factory in this country. I am sure you have been living around for quite a while and you know the case of Kenren. Kenya paid so much money to construct a fertilizer company that was never to be. We ... view
• 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