David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I will go specifically to the Bill. I have looked at it. We are giving the KNBS, for the first time, independence of professionalism. Where the KNBS says this is it, then we should not question. We are saying that the KNBS shall have professional independence and shall observe the fundamental principles of statistics, as set out in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. What we will request from the KNBS is professional independence. They should not be waylaid. They should not allow people to speak to their…. It is always said that if you want to move and you ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: So, we want to request the KNBS to focus on the work at hand and the freedom to ensure that they do the right thing. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: My attention has been drawn to the issue of having a corporation secretary. I will bring an amendment in this regard. The Corporation Secretary for the KNBS must report to the Director-General. As soon as you leave a lacuna and say that this secretary shall be appointed by the board, but you do not say that he reports to the Director-General, you can have a lawyer in the corporation who bypasses the Director-General and reports to the board directly. That is a recipe for chaos. I will propose amendments in this Bill to ensure that the Corporation Secretary who will ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I want to come to the overall issue of ensuring that our laws are respected in this country. As we amend this Act to give KNBS more powers and allow it to go to the counties, we want them to know that this is a national Government function. Let them help them up to the ward level to plan with numbers. It will shock you now that even as we are trying to make sure that health services are being delivered well, a governor says that he will buy seeds for people in Murang’a County. There are 100,000 people in ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: As I end, I want to laud the Leader of the Majority Party for this Bill and request all Members to support it, so that we can have a process that will give us numbers that will help us plan. With those remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the onset, I thank Hon. Chris Wamalwa for rescuing my Bill. As you know, this Bill went through all the stages in the last Parliament and went to the President for assent, but this was not forthcoming until we left Parliament in 2017. The able Hon. Wamalwa did what a good brother would do. He checked all the laws I had brought to Parliament when I failed in the hands of the other guys. He picked not just this Bill, but also the Bill on the election date which he brought to this House. ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: of goods and services, accountability in the use of power and the protection of human rights and freedoms. Corporate governance seeks to promote the following ideals: 1. Efficient, effective and sustainable organisations that contribute to the welfare of society. 2. Responsible and accountable organisations. 3. Legitimate organisations that are managed with integrity, probity and transparency. 4. Recognition and protection of stakeholders rights; and above all, 5. Development of good corporate citizens exercising sound corporate social responsibility. In this country, you would imagine that most of our services are done through parastatals. Parastatals are the places where you do business. In ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: institute to train the directors continually. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you are a lawyer and you know what we go through every year. Every year, as lawyers, we must go through what we call continuous legal education. We are asking for the same for directors that once you are appointed in the three years you are serving, every year, you go through corporate governance education, so that you can understand how institutions are run. You are able to know the emerging trends and ways of running public institutions. This is what we are looking for in this Bill. This Bill is ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I thank Hon. Wamalwa. I second the Bill. I request the Members that if you want to ensure that our corporations and public entities are run well, we should support the Bill and put to right tracks ways of capacity building to ensure that we are doing the right thing for posterity. I second and thank the Members for supporting the Bill. Thank you very much. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Waluke for bringing a very important and timely Motion. On 13th February this year, it was reported in the media that the President of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Museveni said that for the first time in 55 years Uganda had exported more to Kenya than Kenya to Uganda. Therefore, Hon. Waluke’s Motion addresses a very current issue which needs to be sorted out with the emergency and immediacy it deserves. I have heard Members talking about what needs to be done. This country has adopted so many policy papers ... view