David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: split hairs and create a Sugar Board and various other bodies but if we do not make the farmer the centre of sugar production, it will never work. Hon. Temporary Speaker, farmers’ cooperative societies, and not individuals, should import sugar. Certain individuals are issued with licences and allowed to import sugar duty- free. The sugar industry is cartel-ridden. If we do not allow farmers to import sugar, we will lose money. How much money do we make every year when we allow duty-free and quarter- free importation of sugar? Why do we do so? There are no returns. As Hon. ... view
• 24 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have subsidised miraa, which just grows naturally in the trees but we cannot give sugarcane farmers their due share of subsidy. I sit in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Going forward, we will demand that enough money is allocated to sugarcane farming to ensure that the sugar is produced efficiently. The sugar industry must not give us profit. However, it must sustain farmers at the grassroots level. It sustains labourers and technicians at the factory level. At the human resource level, it sustains very many livelihoods. That is why all of us must have a stake ... view
• 24 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: You cannot have a population of more than 20 million people with no sugar industry. It does not work. As we consider this Bill, I request Hon. Wangwe not to stop at this. There are too many laws on sugar. What will help us, as the people from Western Kenya, is to ensure that enough money is allocated in the Budget to deal with this matter once and for all. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we must put in the law some punitive measures against delaying payment for farmers. There are farmers who committed suicide because they were not paid. Weighing and ... view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: I have sat here listening pensively to my friend, the Cabinet Secretary for Sports. I can tell you from where I sit, he is not in charge because he kept passing the blame on federations. On the Special Olympics, it is the Olympics Committee that was in charge and on football it is the Football Federation. Things cannot work that way. view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to ask a question. view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: One, what is the Cabinet Secretary doing to ensure he takes charge of the Ministry and sports affairs in the country? Two, we have heard this Government works through an approach called ‘one government’. As a follow-up question: Is it the policy of the Government to keep launching things in sports? The President is told to launch things that are not ready and then you tell us there were procurement challenges. Why not finish before launching? view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2023) and approved the same with amendments. view
• 23 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.35 of 2023) up to the provisions relating to the Proceeds of Crime and Anti- Money Laundering Act of 2009 and approved the same with amendments and seeks leave to sit again. view
• 16 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Mark Twain defines patriotism as supporting your country always and your government when it deserves it. As a people, it behoves us to ensure that this country is always viable and running well as a growing concern. I thank Hon. Raila Odinga and His Excellency President William Ruto for being adults in the house and accepting that we must talk to keep this country moving forward. Secondly, I thank Hon. Wandayi and Hon. Ichung'wah. If these talks were to be held outside the framework of this House, we would have lost this institution. The ... view