Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1101 to 1110 of 1537.

• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not stand to oppose or otherwise. I am just curious to know how the Review Board determines what claim is frivolous and vexatious. What are the standards? Do they have the mandate in law to determine what is frivolous and vexatious? I am just curious to know. Probably, the Chair will assist. There is a possibility of abuse of that particular sub-clause by the members of the Review Board simply dismissing an applicant offhand on account that this is frivolous and vexatious. view
• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I rise to support the amendment by Hon. Millie Odhiambo because ordinarily, it is impossible to evaluate thousands of tender documents within seven days unless the initiator of the amendments had other intentions altogether in contract fixing. I am even apprehensive that 14 days is not possible, but we can go with it so that we push the procurement entity to hastily evaluate and inform the participants. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker… view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to make a comment and support the Motion on the President’s Address as delivered in compliance with the relevant provisions of the law and the Constitution. First of all, as a nation, we have no choice but to embrace the BBI and the handshake. We must agree that it has brought some tranquility, peace and normalcy in this country. I know it was not an easy decision for either of the two parties, His Excellency the President and the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga to forget the past and put the interests ... view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: As far as we are concerned, the BBI has given Parliament an opportunity to truly exercise its oversight role. As the Constitution has stated, the role of oversight rests with Parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate. If we fail to exercise our constitutional role, we should not blame anybody or the handshake because it was never going to be the responsibility of Hon. Raila Odinga to spend all his time doing other people’s work, yet you are mandated by the Constitution to oversee the national Government and the county government. Therefore, I want to urge my colleagues from whichever ... view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: I also want to commend the President and the investigative agencies on the fight against corruption. We cannot develop this country unless we rein in on corruption and on blatant theft and looting of public funds. What has happened in the past five years is probably not corruption, it is beyond corruption. This is theft and looting. That is why I want to support the President and urge Kenyans and all my colleagues in this House to allow and strengthen the DCI, EACC and the DPP and give them the necessary support to allow them to lead the war on ... view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: With regard to the Big Four Agenda, for us to take off, we must invest in manufacturing, more so, the textile industry through the cotton growing. I, therefore, urge the President and the relevant bodies to approve BT cotton so that we can increase production and meet the demand required by RIVATEX. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Just as we debated yesterday, the same issues seem to arise again. The Senate seems to be overrating itself in things that do not touch them. As we said yesterday, and we want to repeat it, probably, it is important for the Senate to be taken through the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution that demarcates the roles of both the national Government and county governments. That said and done, some amendments are acceptable because they bring clarity and they clean up the specific sub-sections of the Bill that we passed here. However, others introduce unnecessary bureaucracy ... view