David Ouma Ochieng'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As Hon. Ruku was contributing, I imagined him receiving a message today at 6.00 p.m. about the death or the sickness of one of his staff in the constituency. I wondered whether he was going to call that constituency manager back. Or Hon. Ruku receiving information from one of his staff members that one of his campaigners is unwell or has an emergency. I wondered whether he would call them back or wait until working hours assuming we were to set them up. Therefore, it is good to think of the ramifications of ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: What about circumstances where work requires that they keep in touch throughout? Unlike what Hon. Oundo said, we are in a world where nowadays people work without seeing each other or where someone working in Europe is working for someone in Africa or Canada. Why would you want to limit their kinds of interactions in cases where they actually may make the work easier or better? I believe that this Bill is ill-guided and will not improve anything in the work environment. On the contrary, it will make the people who are already working lose their jobs. I imagine a ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Petitions to Parliament (Procedure) (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.51 of 2022) be now read a Second Time. Public petitions are one of the very new and novel ways in which our Constitution made it mandatory to ensure that Kenyans participate in parliamentary proceedings. They are able to ensure that their concerns come to the Floor of Parliament. Just like anybody can petition the High Court of Kenya today, any Kenyan can also petition Parliament in whatever manner and form. This process of petitioning Parliament has been ongoing since the Constitution ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: this new Bill is that a petitioner just needs to tell us whether the matter is pending in any court of law. Do not bring to us the proceedings in a court if a petition is pending in any court of law. Just tell us the case number. That will be sufficient. For now, we ask people to bring the pleadings and the judgment therein. What Parliament requires under this new amendment is telling us the case number of the matter and the court in which matters of the petition are pending. Is it in the commercial or criminal division, ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: existing timelines. We cannot have petitioners coming in and petitions staying here for too long. We cannot also limit the time Parliament has to deal with petitions so much. This amendment deals with that. The Clerk is duty-bound to communicate to a Petitioner the time the petition is accepted, processed and the decision of the House on a petition. With this, we believe that it will be easier for Kenyans to engage with this House as far as Petitions are concerned. Let me conclude by thanking and extending a hand of gratitude to the Office of the Clerk and the ... view
• 29 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank the Members who have spoken on this Bill. I request this House to hasten the process of moving it to the next stage, so that Kenyans can access and petition Parliament in a manner that makes it easier not only for the petitioners but also for us, as Parliament, to deal with their petitions. I believe that these amendments are meant to make the work of Parliament easier and resolve Kenyans’ issues in a timely manner. view
• 29 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: I beg to reply. 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
• 21 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairperson. I agree with Hon. Oundo on one thing. This affordable housing scheme will either succeed or fall depending on the discipline with which we implement it. Once we pass this, as a House, we must ensure that our oversight is laser-focused and no single cent is lost. This scheme was successful in Singapore and Malaysia because if one deviated even a single cent, they would be jailed for life. I want to remind the agencies listed in this Third Schedule and the implementors of this law that we will come for them. In addition, I ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. Governments the world over get defined by the things they do during the time citizens give them to govern. Governments come to power with their plans. This Government has decided it will rise or fall with this thing—that they will make sure they dignify and humanise how Kenyans live; that, they will make sure that Kenyans get habitable houses regardless of how much they earn. I support this Bill because affordable housing is a real issue in this country. If you go around the country, it is not just in slums. It ... view
• 15 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Two, this housing programme is important because it helps stimulate the construction industry in this country. We need to ensure that the housing industry supports jobs. My friend, Hon. Mbui, we are not looking at mijengo jobs. The housing industry starts with steel, cement and goes all the way to timber. It is not mjengo jobs of two or three days; it is a whole industry. That is why one thing that we, as Members of Parliament, must do is to ensure that the affordable housing fund is able to give rise to industries that will come because of the ... view