Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1061 to 1070 of 1534.

• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Nevertheless, allow me to make a few observations in respect of this Report. Let me start with the issue of health. One of the greatest mistakes we made when designing the new Constitution was to devolve health. We must collectively agree as a nation that we made a very big mistake. Health facilities that are run by devolved governments are in deplorable state. Many times, there are no drugs. There is literally nothing in those hospitals. The other day I went to see a patient in the so-called Busia Referral Hospital who had been injured by a police officer to ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. From the outset, I have a feeling that this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill should be referred to as “Mischievous Amendments Bill”. Essentially, it seems that the intention of the Executive is to amend laws substantially through such Bill, knowing that it is voluminous. However, many of us believe that a miscellaneous amendments Bill should only relate to minor issues that require to be corrected to align an Act of Parliament with a new policy or the Constitution or to address some pertinent and emerging issues. To generally bring about 10 ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Merchant Shipping Act No.4 of 2009. It is, indeed, dangerous to this country. It should not be allowed to go through. Giving discretion to one particular person to vitiate a law in respect of a particular entity, be it government or anything else, is dangerous to this country. We will be creating a rogue system that will misuse the law to confer benefits to individuals and cronies, essentially bringing this country to an economic ruin. A Cabinet Secretary cannot be the keeper or feeler of public interests. Government policy cannot dictate to the extent of punishing the entire population of ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: On the issue of Kenya School of Law Act, I am not an advocate but I sincerely believe we need to maintain standards. We have had problems about the quality of students that we churn from the university, we have challenges in this country about the quality of technical and professional advice being rendered by the so called professionals in this country. I support a stringent approach to generally ensure that people who are given licences to operate as professionals have met the minimum threshold and deserve to work and perform that particular function. I am not worried of mass ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: On the issue of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, the list of the people and of the offices that sit there and the process of appointment is not very clear. Is it the substantive office holder that is purported to sit there or the substantive office holder nominates somebody to sit in those particular offices? Probably, we need clarify on that matter. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: As I conclude, let me make a comment on the amendments of the Companies Act. By the very nature of SMEs and small organisations and depending on the nature of the work they 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
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: are doing, many of them tend to have very many employees because if you are doing labour- based contracts and if the nature of your work is labour intensive, reducing the number of employees as a basis to be declared a small company to 25 is basically being unfair to the so called small companies who are probably under agriculture sector where productivity is low and so you have to employ very many people, or in the construction industry, by the very nature you have a contract that requires staggered engagement of employees. At the particular point, we would insist ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: On the issue of Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, we seem to have a problem. I am afraid it might not have been captured here clearly. On the issue of compensation for people who have been injured by wildlife, I have in mind the issue of snakebites in my constituency. So many people have been bitten by snakes and they have filled compensation forms, but it has taken over 10 years with no response and no word at all. We are about to prepare a petition as a community and bring it here for Parliament to consider what to do. ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Bill but with reservations and I hope the Committee of the whole House we will deal with those issues that we have raised. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also concur with my colleague, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, in standing to oppose the amendments because I come from a fishing community and we land with our fish at any point. Changing the definition to a “port” from a “landing station” is simply complicating matters. I do not have the Transport Act or the Kenya Ports Authority Act, but changing it into a port is completely changing the definition. It will mean all our small landing sites, for example, in my constituency, including Budalangi, will become illegal and our fishermen will have nowhere to ... view