David Ouma Ochieng'

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• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: would help this system, but have no degrees. You are now locking them out because you are saying that the board members must have university degrees. Therefore, I will move an amendment to remove the university degree requirement for board members so that we get board members from elsewhere, and not necessarily those who have degrees. A healthy nation is a nation that reads. It is a nation that writes. It is a nation that does research. I do not know whether you have checked but, for the last years I have been in this House, I have observed that ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on, at least, two of the petitions. The first one is on the Pemba issue by Hon. Baya. Article 5 of the Constitution defines what the Kenyan territory is. I would like to urge the committee concerned that, as they do this, they are able to look at what consists of Kenya as a territory. Who is inside How do you ensure that anybody inside this territory of Kenya feels part of the country? Like someone has said, today it is Pemba, tomorrow it will be a small tribe in Nyanza or ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: having lost an election. I had to come back and I know how it feels. Some of the commissions that we pass here in this country have members who get their gratuities every year. At the end of the year, they calculate how much they worked for and they pay themselves. At the end of the sixth year, they all get their gratuities. Members of Parliament have to wait until the end of the five years. That is still contested because you are not sure you will get it in the first term or the second term. So, some of ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support the President’s Speech. This Speech was delivered as a duty under the Constitution. As Members of Parliament, we have a duty to support the President of the Republic for the country to succeed. Part of our duty is to ensure that when the President speaks to the Assembly and talks about things that have been done and are required according to the Constitution, we can see tangible, visible and actionable results as per what the Constitution requires. The President talked about what he has done in ensuring that ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: technology. It is painful. He may have achieved a lot in terms of what is on the ground, but most of the money does not remain with us. The President who talked to us here last week was so bullish in talking about youth empowerment and how he is going to transform the lives of the youth. Every youth you meet in Kenya today wants to give up. They do not know whether tomorrow will be a better day than yesterday. We have not had sustainable projects that can make the youth feel they can do and get somewhere. We ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the Bill from the Senate. It is unfortunate that we are doing this in October when we should have done this sometime back in July. I believe devolution will be with us for a long time. We must accept the fact that we wanted to have resources devolved. Devolution is the best way of ensuring that there is equitability in the country. We must accept that now we have been through this for the last eight years. It baffles me that eight years down the line, we are still struggling with ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: I want to support and advise this House that we should not try to undermine devolution because of teething problems. Our job as the National Assembly is to support the Senate where they are doing a good job, and where they are not doing a good job, we refuse to support them, so that devolution can be anchored truthfully and with big long roots. In future, we should not have these kinds of teething problems. Ten years down the line, we are still talking about agreeing on formulas and others. It is a shame. I support. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to join my colleagues who have lauded the nobility and importance of … view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I listened to the Chairman of the Special Funds Committee. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the record, I was here at 2.30.P.M. today. view