David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 831 to 840 of 2320.

• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if elections start in August and end in December and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) starts in October and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE) in November, there is very high likelihood that the examinations of that year would be severely undermined and the way students do the exams will be compromised. I have indicated this. Should there be a runoff, it will probably be done in early days of October when the KCSE starts. Should there be a court induced rerun, it will be done at the end of November and early ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The fact that elections in that year would definitely interfere with examinations, cannot be gainsaid. I have heard some people saying that if we do elections in August, we will be done by September and, therefore, we will not reach the exam period. However, the timelines are very clear as I have indicated. Definitely, any elections conducted in August have the capacity of spilling over into November and December and definitely interfere with exams. view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: This country is known for one unique thing; we are known as a tourism country. We also know that tourism is one of our largest foreign exchange earners. The wildebeest migration has been called one of the wonders of the world. It happens between June and October, and this can be confirmed by the Tourism Board or the Wildlife Agency. There is July, August and September between June and October. So, if you are going to conduct elections in August during the middle of the wildebeest migration, you will be interfering with our tourism. In the last two or three ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know this and I have heard people say that we should have security to ensure people vote where they are but for the last five elections alone, you live in this country and you know, we have had people migrating; people moving back to the rural areas where they think they are safe because of security reasons. The aftermath of the 2007 elections has shown that people do not still trust the security system of this country. Therefore, they would like to vote in their rural areas or homes where they think they are safe. ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The right to cast your vote is a very important political right in this country. Anything, in my opinion, that would disenfranchise a Kenyan or makes a Kenyan not to vote wherever he or she is, is something we must avoid. view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: During the debate about the new Constitution what was considered and what must be considered going forward even as we discuss the election date is that fact that if we can make technology a centre of our elections so that people can vote wherever they are, we will do a good thing, but that is not where we are now. We are still at a level where people think that they must cast their physical vote and if they are going to vote in Ugenya they would rather be there and if they are going to vote in Kuresoi they ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: elsewhere and yet they are voting for a Member of Parliament and a Governor of a county where they are not. So, security concerns are important and the fact that people will move from where they are to cast their votes elsewhere cannot be gainsaid and be wished away. That is why an election in August still remains, in my opinion, a very rude date. view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: When the hearings were done by the Committee of Hon. Abdikadir and that of Hon. Chepkong’a, one of the things that came out especially all over the country is that most pastoralists are looking for pasture in August because it is a dry season and they will not be able to cast their votes. I was in Kitale last Saturday for the public hearings on this Bill. The people there told us that this is the time most of them are doing circumcision and, therefore, elections will disrupt their cultural activities. So, August, as much as it is a month ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: This is the time when people are doing their top dressing and working very hard in the farms. Elections are not about the day of elections but it is a period. You want to give Kenyans a chance to listen to their leaders and listen to those who are campaigning but, if they are busy in the farms or busy doing other things that will interfere with their capacity to concentrate on the campaigns and that will undermine their choice. That also interferes with the way they are going to make those choices. That is why elections in December, when ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: For a long time in the United States of America (USA), elections were being held in the 34 states initially, before they became what they are today. The elections were being held in different dates over the 34 states but they finally decided to have elections done in a single day based on two basic things. It was based on the fact that in November the harvest would just have been over and the fact that in December the weather would be good; the storms would not have began. They would begin sometime in January. So, they decided to conduct ... view