David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: THAT, due to lack of quality shelter, a majority of people live in areas with no access to clean water and sanitation, unreliable and unhealthy energy sources, leading to increased exposure to diseases; THAT, the cost of production is the biggest challenge affecting the supply of housing and that the current housing deficit stands at 2 million houses with nearly 61% of urban households living in slums; THAT, this deficit continues to rise due to fundamental constraints on both the demand and supply side and is exacerbated by an urbanisation rate of 4.2%, which is equivalent to 0.5 million new ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I just wanted to note that we would not have gotten where we are, if we followed the advice of the lawyers in this House and Parliament. Sometimes we tend to be overzealous. I did not see a reason why we had to include SRC because it makes us look bad – that Parliament wants to muzzle SRC. Following what Hon. Wanga said, I agree that we need to make all the commissions understand that the commissions as set up in Chapter 15 were supposed to work independently but not in a vacuum, in my opinion. ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I support this amendment. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs deals with so many institutions. We need to give guidance in the future. If we will have panels that have so many people, like 11 in this situation, we open up these panels to a lot of interests and gerrymandering. The practice in future should be looking at five or seven at most so that these are small panels that do an efficient job without having these kinds of brokers coming in. I support and also agree to the fact that the position of the ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, most of the time when people have nothing to say, they make noise. I rise to support this Bill. This is a very important Bill in any country and Parliament. Parliaments, elections and governments are driven by that age-old adage, namely, no taxation without representation. This Bill will tell Kenyans what will be taxed and by how much. That is why I would like us to be serious about it. When the Chair was moving this Bill yesterday, he said that he is proposing measures that will help the Government raise Kshs30 million more. I could ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I cannot even hear myself. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As we enforce tax laws, the primary factor is whether we can collect tax and not how many people we can jail. When the KRA Commissioner-General comes on television and says that he will come after many and jail them, whom will he come after? Kenyans are the ones making this Government work. The best approach is to ensure that people pay tax. He cannot jail all of us. The Commissioner-General should know that he cannot jail all Kenyans because they did not pay tax. He must be innovative. He must talk to Kenyans ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, two, there is the issue of the National Housing Development Fund which has gone to the courts. It is still being adjudicated. I appreciate the President’s Big Four Agenda and especially housing being at the centre of the same. Think about it this way: In July, 2019, one of our oldest and most prolific cement factories in Kenya announced that it was going to downsize at the level of 600 employees. We have been having a housing boom for 15 years but the cement factory is going down. So, which cement do we use? Mabati Rolling ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Egyptian cement, you are exporting the money you are collecting to build the country abroad. We need to protect our cement industry and construction industry from these kinds of imports. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I never imagined that in my life I would see Kenya importing sand. The Chinese bring already built walls to this country. They just put them one over the other. The Chinese are building walls in China using Chinese cement and sand and then bring them here. I never imagined that Kenyans would import sand. These are the areas you should look at when you are talking about our revenue systems. The housing boom and housing agenda that the President talks about will never result into any job in this country, unless we look at it very keenly and ensure ... view