David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I have heard Members talking nostalgically about how they used to go to the fields to herd animals and use herbs. That is good but that old economy is gone and it is not coming back. The primordial economy is not coming back. We are dealing with a new commercial economy and we need to know how to commercialise our plants and make them industrially usable. That is why that institution is being set up. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: As we go ahead, it is important that, that institution helps us create the partnerships that are required between the public and the private. In the production and development of seed, the major players are private companies. We must create a link between research and the investments that are done by private companies to industrially use the results of the research that we carry out. It is important that the institution sets up those partnerships that would encourage public and private investments in those areas. It all goes down to what you see happening now. That is the cause of ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I always talk about chang’aa because Ugenya is known to be the producer of the best view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: in the country. Hon. Ababu knows that nobody in Budalangi knows how to produce any chang’aa there. Even Hon. Onyura from Butula knows that if they want to produce view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: they have to cross the border and come to Ugenya. The reason we do it well is because it has been done so since time immemorial. But, the major point I want to make is this: Whereas you see police officers harassing the c hang’aa makers, most Members here take the Glenfiddich and Captain Morgan, which are produced behind people’s gardens and backyards. But here in Kenya, we want to criminalise them. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: That kind of institution should help us to harness traditional knowledge and apply it industrially so that we develop. We cannot develop by importing everything. If our busaa is the best thing we have in the country to help the lowest earners, let us see how we can produce it industrially. If our millet and sorghum are the best and do well in our gardens, let us get a way of producing them industrially, so that they can be used. Nowadays, if you go to restaurants, you will be shocked at how many Kenyans are looking for kienyeji vegetables. People ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: As I end, I request that when this Bill goes through, Parliament is able to give that institution money. For that body to work, it must have the capacity to do breeding, screening and testing. It must have the capacity to help and work with licencing authorities and bodies to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: license any new things that they come up with. They must also work with the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) to help protect what they produce. Therefore, these laws are not being made in vain. They are being made to ensure that this country moves forward and whatever we produce that is new can be applied in that style. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you and I support this Bill. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker. I support what Hon. Duale has said. This is not the first time we will be applying Standing Order No. 62. In the last Session, when I had a Bill to change the election date from August to December, we did it twice. At that time, you graciously used your discretion under the same Standing Order. This is a very important matter. We have agreed we will be trying to pass all the Bills that will lead to the implementation of the Constitution in this Session. Yesterday, we got into the Second Reading of ... view