Gideon Ochanda Ogolla

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We have taken a number of hours looking for water. I do not know whether we can take equal number of hours to do away with water. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I really appreciate that effort. Reclamation is basically under her Ministry. If there was a mix-up, it might not have been looked at appropriately. I need time so that I follow it up. The reclamation efforts that I am talking...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands on its consideration of the National Rating Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 55...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support given that it is a constitutional mandate for this House to support this Bill. Our sister House, the Senate, has done some good work on it. I want to bring in two new aspects that the...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When the Cabinet Secretary was giving us details of classrooms that were done, all of them were in secondary schools. Grade Seven are still in primary schools. It means there is infrastructure that is basically not in use. In terms of...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to be brief considering your call. If from a layman’s point of view, I was to make the Budget for this country, there are three things that I will place emphasis on. First is food, second is debt,...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What I am trying to illustrate is … I have tried to check on that across the board in the last three days and it is amazing that we have students in Form One who cannot read or write. I...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will keep this brief so that you can go to Hon. Chonga as soon as possible. Some of the things that occur in our country will shock you if you compare them to what occurs in other countries. Mogadishu...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am really in the last wagon of debt vilification. If you look at what we call Consolidated Fund Services, the only service that is traceable to serious investment is debt. All the others are like consumable kind of services...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I want to comment on the issue of Article 223. As Members, we need to do the right things and approve the national Budget. Article 223 gives space within which the Executive is able to use monies that have not yet been approved...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Okay. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I rise to second this Motion, let me make a few things straight. We are having these names in batches because they were submitted to the Board at different times. The first that have been cleared by the...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you may want to give guidance because I am going to second at the end of it. I will say ‘I Second.’ The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Martha Wangari) He is making his comments but he will still second at the end. Hon....

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you very much. Kiongozi, give me a 15th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 91 Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM)moment to make this point clear for Members to understand, so that we reduce the interruptions. At the moment, we are in the process of gazetting...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you very much. What I am saying is very useful, particularly to the new Members. I want to respond to what Hon. Tindi has raised. There is no single day that the members of the Board will be here to talk for themselves. That...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Okay. That is fine. Some of the leaders are trying to mislead the House so, be a little bit cautious because that is not the direction. Hon. Member Second and sit down! Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) I am supposed to make many statements within...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The point at hand is the whole issue of giving resources to artisans. Hon. John Kiarie, I believe you might need to do a little bit more work when you are talking of artisans. Who are these artisans? There is...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Yes, it is okay. Any good person must allow for information.

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Kiswahili was for the morning session. I think those who are speaking it now could be out of order. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there are a number of things I want to touch on. The first one is that we cannot...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Some of the concerns I wanted to raise would have been very interesting if you were not in the Chair because you are teachers’ leader. I am convinced that we are addressing and glorifying 26th October 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...