David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you so much Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support this very important Bill. The people who came up with the idea of governance, government and democracy must be congratulated because they did a very good think. In doing so, they also decided that there must be measures to ensure that there is oversight in terms of means and ways of knowing what is happening here and there and ways of controlling how public funds are spent. That is the right way. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Our new Constitution distinguishes the two roles that were merged into one before the promulgation of the Constitution, namely, the role of the Office of the Auditor-General and that of the Controller of Budget. The Controller of Budget is at the gate where people enter. The Office of the Auditor-General is at the exit. At the entry, the Controller of Budget is in-charge of ensuring that taxpayers’ money is withdrawn and spent for the purposes for which it is meant. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I am very happy that for the first time in three years, the Leader of Majority Party has brought a Bill that captures the very essence and function of an independent office. For the last three years, this Parliament has had to fight wars of the current Government trying to weaken and arm-twist independent offices. This Bill speaks to and upholds the independence required by the Office of Controller of Budget. Therefore, I support the same. Clause 6 of the Bill talks about reports of the Controller of Budget and gives timelines within which they must be given. How I ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: How I wish we could also put timelines on this House and require that if a body like this office brings a report to the House within 30 days as indicated in Clause 6, we must also debate those reports between 30 or 60 days. This will ensure that reports are not brought to the House in vain. We should not put pressure on public officers to give us reports which we never debate or 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
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: consider. Last week, we had a report from my friend, Hon. Gumbo, on the Judicial Service Commission. We complain that they do not bring reports to the House, but reports are given, they are never debated and we do not even know where they are a year after. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: It is time we started giving ourselves, as Parliament, timelines. If the Office of the Controller of Budget gives us a report within 30 days of the first quarter, we must debate the same report before they give a report in the next quarter, so that we do not have reports piling up without being debated. I hope the Committee on Budget and Appropriations and the Office of the Controller of Budget will ensure that Parliament apportions them enough money. So that these reports are publicised in a manner that reaches all Kenyans and in languages that Kenyans understand. There ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: If this office is given enough resources, they can publicise their reports. Kenyans need to know how their money is being used. If this is done in English or Kiswahili, most Kenyans might not understand. I hope this office can be given resources to publicise their reports in languages that Kenyans understand. Nowadays, the media broadcasts in many languages. So, they should be given enough resources to enable them to do that. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I was looking at Clause 9 and I am very happy with it. The last time we had a Bill about an independent office in this Assembly, we had to fight about that office’s capacity to hire and fire staff. In Clause 9 of this Bill, the Office of the Controller of Budget is given mandate as required by the Constitution to hire its own staff. They should appoint such staff only on such terms as the Public Service Commission (PSC) may approve and on salaries as may be recommended by the Salaries and Remuneration Committee (SRC). This is the ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I have an issue with Clause 8 on how the Controller of Budget may delegate his or her functions. I do not think delegation can be done to any employee. The clause says that the Controller of Budget may delegate, in writing, any of his or her powers to any employee. You cannot ask the Controller of Budget to delegate his or her functions to any employee in the office. You are saying that he or she can delegate to anybody. He or she can meet someone on the stairs and tell them what to do. This delegation must be ... view