Gideon Ochanda

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As the nation and the world mourn the great Raila Odinga, let it be understood that he is my constituent by local appraisal. He is my mentor. He was my first employer so the kind of experience I have had...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What I was trying to say is that a lot of things that we might have seen Raila do, many times, he was neither the planner nor the initiator. But the manner in which he was convinced in taking up...

Hon. Gedion Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am aware of ongoing efforts to safeguard the Fund. I would like to urge the House to treat this Fund as a special case this year. We should not subject it to quarterly disbursements if we are serious about...

Hon. Gedion Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Not really a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I only wish to add some emphasis as the Chairman was responding regarding the time within which they will respond. I wanted to mention a few things. First, if you look at how school fees are...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion in principle. It is true that the benefits and value we derive from our international sportspersons are important. Their potential, images, incomes and stature are important. It is also good that they are recognised from time...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you. Let me start by supporting the Motion. While I support, I want to make a few comments here and there. One is that we, as a nation and as a government, are late in this. Two, we have learned very little. Third, we...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. One thing we and the Hon. Chairperson need to recognise much more than anybody else is that we are late with these Regulations. They are very good and necessary, but we are late with them. As we debate them, people...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Hon. Speaker, the matter before the House is critical. I entirely agree with what Hon. Wangari and Hon. Sunkuli have said. Many of the issues that some of the Departmental Committees, for example, the Departmental Committee on Lands, used to deal with before, were more...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As we handle these isolated cases, we need to recognise that this issue is not only happening in KNH. There are many similar occurrences elsewhere. However, we need to differentiate 6th August 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 12 Hon. Gideon Ochanda...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I have run a very quick calculation in terms of the monies that we have been talking about. Ksh76 per child in a school of about 500 pupils is Ksh38,000. The Ksh38,000 is supposed to run the schools from the inter-school level at...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will be very fast. The first issue I want to raise is the parameters we are using to allocate these revenues. The Senate has not done one critical thing in terms of costing of these functions. We have not...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I rise to contribute to this Motion, let me recognise the Chairman, who was once my student somewhere. In areas where he has missed some points, I would like to tell him that learning does not end. That is...

Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to get into the troubles of eyeing the gubernatorial seat too early. (Laughter) 24th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 23 Hon. Gideon Ochanda (Bondo, ODM)parameters that must be looked at keenly? Why are we adding more money to...