David Ouma Ochieng'

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• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Today, the weakest link in the fight against corruption is Parliament. That is because from the time we start budgeting, if you are to go through the Budget, you will find some hidden provisions almost everywhere – in the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture or the Ministry for Roads. There are people putting monies there hopping that it will come back to them. So, the solution, in my opinion, does not lie in punishment in terms of paying a million shilling. It lies in ensuring that all of us live by the law, and saying what we mean ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: be seen to be fighting corruption. Corruption will be fought based on very solid grounds. I propose the following: view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: First, we must ensure that the bodies that we have charged with the responsibility of fighting corruption are not doing so for show-off purposes or for television cameras and accolades. We must ensure that they do so because that is their role. If the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) or the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) arrests somebody, we should not hail it. It is their job to do so. They should do it better and not expect to be clapped for. If the EACC arrests anybody for corruption, we should not be clapping for it. That is their ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: We should have the bodies we have charged with those responsibilities and given budgets to fight corruption do their work. You hear people say: “By now, somebody has called so-and- so.” The day we will understand our roles, as Kenyans, we will be well off. Teachers teach because it is their role to do so. A police officer plays his role. We should not be expecting to be ululated for because we did our job. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, we should ensure that we have zero tolerance to corruption. When we get to the budget of the PSC, you hear Hon. Members saying: “Oh! They only stole Kshs2 million. Others have stolen Kshs7 billion.” Corruption is corruption, irrespective of whether a million shillings or a billion shillings has been lost. We are normalising corruption by saying that somebody has stolen too little while others have stolen more. We are making it very easy for everyone else to steal because we base it on quantum. We must push for zero tolerance to corruption so that anything small you do ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: We need to put our feet down and say anything bad is wrong, however much the concept. We must run an open Government. The way the Government operates is so opaque. We borrow money from the Eurobond and spend four to five years to explain how it was used. Even on our budgets, no MP can tell you how the money we appropriate in Parliament is used. This is because of a lot of red tape, opaqueness and secrecy that is not warranted. As we budget in Parliament, we know about Kshs1.8 trillion was approved to be used. So, we ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: We have too many ways of fighting corruption but, every time we take one step forward, we take seven backwards. I am not casting aspersions, but how do you explain a situation where we go out there and say the election has been rigged or stolen. Then, two or three days later, we hear those who were saying elections had been stolen are shaking hands with those they are claiming to have stolen. Anything goes. So, what are we teaching our children? You claim someone has stolen and the following day, you are shaking hands like nothing wrong has happened ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: saying what we mean and meaning what we say and being disciplined and living according to the law. I oppose and will bring amendments to ensure that this Bill proposed by Hon. Ndindi Nyoro reflects what this country needs. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Petition I wish to present this afternoon regards the approval, application and use of New Build’s Low-cost Construction Technology. I, the UNDERSIGNED, on behalf of Arch. John Dumas Gachara of ID No.2315712, of P.O. Box 16454-20100, Nakuru; DRAW the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 43 of the Constitution guarantees every person the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to accessible and adequate housing; THAT, provision of adequate, affordable and decent housing for low income households is in short supply in the country; The electronic version ... view