David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 2320.

• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this Bill. I support and start by saying that the money we are allocating or the money we are in a way sharing is Kenyans’ taxes. This is money raised through the sweat of Kenyans. It is given to the Government to ensure that its programmes are run well. So, I wanted to remind the President and the governors that the work being done by the Presidency, the Executive and the governors should be in the interest and rights of Kenyans. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: So, when the President says that governors and MCAs should not steal from their projects, he disadvantages Kenyans. Kenyans want their problems solved. They do not care who does what. As we debate this and as we apportion monies to the national Government and the county governments, service delivery in a manner that meets the interests and requirements of Kenyans should be at the top of the agenda and not who does what. view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In this financial year as you have seen, monies are being taken to the counties; that is Kshs280 billion to be shared according to the agreed formula but the bulk of the money remains at the national level. So, I also wanted to make a point, even as I support this Bill, that nothing in law stops the national Government from implementing a county function. I have heard this talk a lot about people saying that health is ours or water is ours. Nothing in any of our laws stops anyone--- That is why we keep giving what you call ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In America, as much as money goes to the state, where the Federal Government thinks that this is an area of importance, you will see it shedding more money to the national government trying to get the states that are doing better in those areas and encouraging the ones that are doing badly to do better. So, I would like to see that in Kenya. Where a county, for example, is doing well in housing, you will find that housing is devolved but I am certain that few counties have put money in housing. This is the case and yet ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the current Financial Year has been very bad for this country. Most Government departments, counties and ministries have not got their monies on time. The National Treasury talks about “absorption capacity.” The issue is that the National Treasury is not releasing money on time. Since Independence, Kenya has never had a balance in the Budget. It is important for us, as a people and country, to start working towards a balanced Budget. When will we say that our Budget does not include huge deficits or that our Budget does not include huge amounts of money that ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Because of tyranny of numbers, we are hardly able to change anything even in areas where we should. All of us from the constituencies know that the biggest problem in this country is access to school fees. We have set it in policy that we want Free Primary Education (FEP) and Free Secondary Education (FSE). However, our children still pay school fees. One day, it will be important for Parliament to put aside Kshs20 billion to ensure that all children in secondary schools do not pay a cent. This Government keeps on telling us that they have done well in ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: think the country is doing well. If you see from the veranda that I sit in Ugenya, you will see people going through hunger. You will also see that people are not able to access medical service. Let us work for things that matter to our people. This should be done, not only by the national Government and the county governments but by all of us. All of us must work towards achieving this. It is better when you carry the whole country and grow with it. As we are, you will find most of the allocated monies ending up ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am happy to rise to support this Bill and thank my Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for taking time to work through a very important Bill. The role of political parties in any establishment cannot be gainsaid. Through political parties, ideas and policies are debated and people get expression into the political affairs of a country. The way these political parties work should concern everybody else in the country. Thanks to my colleague, Hon. Ababu, these are now statutory offices because they are there constitutionally and we are funding them using ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Last week on Tuesday, I was happy to watch on television citizens of America in Michigan going to vote for their parties in the same venue, same day and time. The Republicans were on one side voting for their candidate while the Democrats were on the other side voting for their candidate. It was amazing. What this law says about membership to political parties is very important. Parties must go to the ground and register members. Let us have parties mobilising members so that you do not say that since the Luo, Luhya and Turkana belong to the ODM, then ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: and look for people who want to belong to their parties so that we know where people belong. It is going to sanitise the way we do our politics and avoid doublespeak that is part of our politics. The Leader of the Majority Party is today trying to say that his “father”, KANU, is naked and that it is now a bad party and yet he admits that it was his “father”. We must have people belonging where they want. If you want to belong to ODM, belong there and if you want to join Jubilee, then belong there. We ... view