Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 1534.

• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: so sure and I do not know if there is any ministry in this country that has capacity to absorb a whooping Kshs22 billion in less than nine months knowing that there is slow disbursement of funds from the Treasury, complications to do with procurement, issues of counter-checking and audit in respect of pending bills and the rest. I am apprehensive and I hope I will be proven wrong in due course. We hope no other scandal will emerge from this Ministry as has been in the past. Thank you. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, thank you for this opportunity again. Those of us who have been around for some time have nostalgic memories of KBC, VoK and Sauti ya Kenya. It pains me a lot when I can hardly ever stand watching the boring presentation by KBC. I sincerely urge the Committee in charge of this particular aspect to have a thorough surgical review in respect of KBC. As we say, it should always be a moderator, but of course, we do not expect it to get to the era of KANU na baba that literally stifled everything and made ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: In view of the comments my colleagues have made in respect of the presence of chairpersons of various committees in the House, I just want to get an assurance from the Majority Whip that the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy is present or if he is not present, he has delegated him to take brief on his behalf. This is considering the great importance this sector has as an enabler of the Big Four Agenda. This is the agenda for the welfare of the people of Kenya. Colossal amounts of money have been allocated to this State Department. ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you for the timely guidance, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I was raising a point of concern that my colleagues had raised. We are ventilating on very critical national issues that will shape the implementation of the budget and probably inform the future budget-making process, yet the respective chairpersons who oversee various State Departments are not in the House. The best they can do to know what we are saying is to go and get second hand information from the HANSARD. That is why I was seeking guidance, through you, from the Majority Whip. I wanted to know whether he ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I seek your guidance, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for this opportunity again. I represent Kenyans who are fishermen along Lake The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Victoria and River Sio. The point of concern is that there is inadequate allocation of funds to allow the Kenya Marine and related security organs to supervise or oversee the territorial waters leading to harassment, torture, arrest and detention of our fishermen. As we have always said, fish is born in Kenya, migrates to Uganda to eat, but it does not have to require a visa. I do not know whether the relevant department can take up the matter with the Ministry to ensure that we have enough surveillance and support services to allow protection of breeding areas, minimise pollution ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I support, but I am disappointed at the meagre resource allocation to this department. Due to the changes in the weather pattern, most parts of Kenya are becoming arid and less potential agriculturally. I urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee in the coming days to allocate this department more funds than it has done. As I speak, there is a project in my constituency, Lower Sio Sector V, which stalled in 2016 simply because the National Irrigation Board (NIB) does not have money to complete it. It is a sad affair. I hope the department will hear our ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education: (i) whether he is aware that Members of Parliament received letters of invitations requesting students to apply for full scholarship with the Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund vide a letter Ref No.FIA/R/MP/03/18, titled Full Sponsorship Training for Diploma, dated 22nd March 2018, signed by one Ms. Lilian Nyanki, on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation Institute of Africa; (ii) is he further aware that each student who applied for an offer of a scholarship was expected to pay Kshs16,500; and, (iii) could he confirm whether ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to contribute or make comments on the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the proposed Budget Estimates for the 2019/2020 Financial Year. I must take this opportunity to sincerely congratulate them and thank them for a fairly balanced allocation with the limited resources available in this country. However, we must start from the beginning. Some of the assumptions being made in the report might not hold. We have a country that heavily relies on agriculture and agricultural production contributing to about 34.2 per cent of the GDP. In a ... view