David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we are in this to enrich the Bill. The marginal note on this clause says “Committee of the Board.” That is what it says on the side. If that is the case, and based on what Hon. Millie and Hon. Savula have said, this Board has under Clause 6 that we have just considered, paragraphs (a)-(u) in terms of functions that it is going to carry out. What is difficult in agreeing with what Hon. Millie is proposing? If I may plead with the Chairperson, please agree with it and adopt it. It works best. The ... view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: no power to appoint other members; you cannot co-opt. Chairperson, just accept that you will allow the Board to hire so that they can do their work well. It will not cost you anything. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: As I get it, and probably the Chair will clarify this, the total effect of the amendments is that the current Clause 10 has been done away with totally. It is not there. It is non-existent anymore. Therefore, reference to it does not help. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: That is the point. We have not passed it already. We have agreed on Clause 9, which clearly indicates that the body is established and the functions are therein entrenched. With the new amendment that we are discussing, we are doing away with Clause 10 totally. It is going to be non-existent from the time we pass Clause 10. That is how I get this. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: ( Inaudible) view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a new Member of the Departmental Committee on Health because I joined four weeks ago. I want to support the Committee’s Report which is about a very unique circumstance on referral hospitals in this country. These are supposed to be specialised hospitals that take care of grave issues of health. That is why six hospitals were picked out of the many hospitals in the country. When dealing with this issue, we need to understand that referral hospitals are not the primary points of provision of health services. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: If you read this Report, your heart sinks. Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital was established in 1904 but to date the land where it stands does not belong to them. It is a shame that from 1904 to date, Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital cannot own the land where it stands. How do you expect to have even better services and yet it has been neglected? Like most Members have mentioned, from the time of independence all through, people have come to agree that mental health is not madness. It should not lead to some people being taken ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: If you look at the Report, and I am happy with how Hon. Mbarire has talked about it, we are letting our people die of very treatable illness. We are sending people with very sound minds to Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital just because it deals with mental health. The hospital is still a mini department of the Ministry of Health in the 21st Century which is wrong. I would have wished to see more robust recommendations on how to fund the hospital to ensure that it is able to do what it is supposed to do, and to ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: We are the budget-making house. We help the Executive kick the can down the road. As long as something is happening, it is okay. There are no ground breaking things and reforms The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: which are happening. They come to Parliament, get a Budget and then go back to do the same old things and hope that things will change. view