David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Export tax is seldom used by countries nowadays. With the liberalisation of economies and World Trade Organisation (WTO) coming, you hardly get countries using export tax. This was left for countries because it gives them policy space when they want to develop infant industry, industrialise or identify a sector that needs more domestic input than exports coming in. Whenever a country wants to impose export tax, it looks strategically at what is there for it. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: If you remember, for the last three years, this Assembly has voted money to the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Trade to develop, re-develop and rejuvenate the leather industry. As we speak, this is one of the industries where we put in so much money. We are trying to develop a processing zone for it so that, as a country, we can have a long lasting leather industry. It will create jobs and withstand competition from outside and ensure that our leather products are of good quality. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: You can imagine that as we speak, our military boots are imported. Bata nowadays does not produce in Kenya. They produce out there in South Africa and other parts like West Africa. You can imagine that we import all leather things from across the border in Ethiopia because they have a better and more developed leather industry and yet, these products from Italy like the good shoes we buy every day, the hides and skins they use to manufacture them come from Kenya. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: This is one of the things, in my opinion, the Government has talked about well. The fact is that, they have to realise that if they continue allowing the export of hides and skins they are basically starving and killing the domestic industry. So, I want to support this fact but with a rider. Countries have used export taxes for a long time to develop. We are now building a railway line; the one we are replacing was actually built by the British. Why was it built? So, that they could transport raw materials from the hinterland to the port ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Listening to Hon. Birdi, one major thing that must be done is that we must ensure that products with export taxes are bought competitively. We must buy hides and skins from our people at good prices. Let us not impose export tax on products and then buy them locally at throw away prices. This is because we have given money to this Government and it must provide good prices for products they impose export tax on. Two, we must, as soon as possible, develop required capacity to process products we want exported. We are giving money. We want to see ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: oppose this. The Bill has good intentions, like seeking to create jobs and building infant industries to grow the economy but Clauses 7 and 8 do not do that. These two clauses cancel the gains we would have made in imposing the export tax. With those few remarks, I would like to congratulate the Leader of the Majority Party for bringing this Bill relating to scrape metals, skins and hides, but I hope to bring amendments to remove Clauses 7 and 8. With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker. Much as I am willing to contribute to this Motion, I thought that it is important for me to state a few things. Hon. Speaker, you cannot allow a Member to say that this House is going to approve a Motion that is going to rotate corruption in Parliament. We cannot allow Members to say that. As a House, we should encourage people to be persuaded in their committees. That cannot be allowed to remain in the HANSARD. It is wrong language. I have never been persuaded by anybody. Nobody has tried to influence ... view
• 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Member who has just spoken has said that the Budget and Appropriations Committee should rotate corruption. view
• 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Rotate corruption! view
• 28 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That really worried me. In terms of the matters before us today, I am happy that the leadership of the House has finally agreed to bring us the names of the members of the Committee. As we debate this, we cannot forget the reason we did not have the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a long time. Members in those Committees represent themselves, their constituents, parties, coalitions and the people of Kenya at large. Being in a Committee is a privilege to do the right thing in this House. As Committees, we do a lot of ... view