David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am happy to support the Nuclear Regulatory Bill (National Assembly Bill No.27 of 2018). view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Law, like anything else, needs to be updated, researched and improved. It is just like when science advances. The Nuclear Regulatory Bill provides for upgrading of the Radiation Regulation Board into a modern regulatory Commission that can regulate the use of nuclear energy, nuclear items and nuclear activities in a manner that responds to the contemporary ways of using nuclear power. Nuclear energy has been used positively in medicine, industry, agriculture and in the improvement and elongating lifespans. So, the importance of nuclear energy cannot be gainsaid. It is very important. Whether we produce nuclear energy or not we know ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Bill is timely and has been introduced at a time when Kenya is not only doing laws to ensure that we respond to the requirements of the new Constitution, but also respond to emerging threats and problems that may arise from the use of nuclear energy. The scope and scale of use of nuclear energy will always grow because as research is done and as the world expands the contours of the use of nuclear energy, Kenya must be at the forefront of ensuring that this very highly toxic material is regulated. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: As I support this Bill, I propose that the institution we are establishing in the Bill must be up to the task. I am wondering how a commission of 19 people will chaperone and guide the onerous tasks that are bestowed up on it. They are 18 of them with a director-general, but are not experts. They are bureaucrats. No commission in the country has these kind of bureaucrats where you have the memberships from the National Treasury, the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Energy. You could get health and energy professionals. We do not have to have ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: exposure? I believe that will change this, so that we can have a strong component of research for this institution. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: You would imagine that this very specialised area in the country has very few experts. The provisions under Clauses 99, 100 and 101 are important. The ones in 99(d) are surprising because they are talking about retaining commissioners yet currently there are no commissioners. Currently, we have board members. If the Committee wants to retain board members there, they will probably have to find the right wording. I am encouraged with what I see under Clause 101 because if we do not retain staff of the current Radiation Regulatory Board in total, force them to reapply for their jobs and ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: One of the reasons the country has failed in regulation and enforcement of the law is that we, as a people, have never believed in ourselves and have never lived the values enshrined in our Constitution. That is why every day we hear the police or the KRA officers have done this or that or have allowed goods to pass through the border. Nuclear power is such a serious issue that we hope that people who will end up dealing with the Commission will be people of high integrity, high moral character and who understand the height, breadth and depth ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I have my doubts - a lot of doubts - that any day, this country will produce nuclear power. It is infantile imagination that this country, Kenya, is going to produce nuclear power in the 21st Century. It is not in our lifetime. If we cannot combat hunger and Kenyans are dying of hunger, we cannot make sure that our children stay in school, our widows die when giving birth, this is a dream. Let us do what we can. Let us stick to what we are able to do. Let us measure our capacities. I agree that there are ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: teeth to bite, so that our people are protected from any harmful effect that comes from the use of nuclear energy. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. I support. view