Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1161 to 1170 of 1534.

• 5 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the Hon. Member to come and declare his interest in the governorship on the Floor of the National Assembly? view
• 5 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the Report relating to the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) account audit for Kisumu County. As the Committee has observed, the issues bedevilling the NG-CDF cut across the entire country and are more or less similar. view
• 26 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: It is high time we made specific regulations and rules to ensure that we continuously get the best out of NG-CDF all over the country. As all of us know, NG-CDF has had tremendous impact on the rural constituencies, probably even much more than what the county governments have so for achieved. I believe if the allocation had been good enough, much more would have been achieved compared to what has been achieved now. The overarching issue here is management challenge. The late disbursement of funds is completely disorganising the operations and plans of the constituencies. As we speak, whatever ... view
• 26 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: still handling the projects of 2017/2018. They have not even started the projects of 2018/2019 because the funds have delayed. On the issue of monitoring, evaluation and oversight, the Act provides for an oversight committee. But there seems to have been no mechanisms. First of all, the oversight committee has never been gazetted and so, it has no teeth to bite. It has no powers or authority to do anything. Secondly, there has been no financial allocation to the oversight committee. Consequently, they simply have to depend on the generosity of the fund account managers or the committees to get ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill that is before this House today. I must reiterate that sports are an important aspect of our social, economic and health life. From the outset, we must also appreciate that sports has brought pride to this country but, at the same, time, sports has brought shame to this country due to misbehaviour, doping and other illegal activities. We must also appreciate that over the years, as my colleagues have stated beforehand, we have had cases of under-funding of sports in this country to an ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this important County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.7 of 2017). I must commend the Senate because, at least, something positive has come out of there. Many times, they spend all their time complaining, whining and trying to compete with the National Assembly. From the outset, one of the best things that has ever happened and ought to be working in this country is the devolved governments. I must commend my party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), for spearheading the devolution debate. Our party leader, the Right Hon. ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this important County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.7 of 2017). I must commend the Senate because, at least, something positive has come out of there. Many times, they spend all their time complaining, whining and trying to compete with the National Assembly. From the outset, one of the best things that has ever happened and ought to be working in this country is the devolved governments. I must commend my party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), for spearheading the devolution debate. Our party leader, the Right Hon. ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: President. The report has to be approved by both the President and the Senate before a suspension can be effected. Sub article 4 provides that the suspension can be terminated by the Senate at any time. The gap in law is that there has been lack of timelines under which that can happen. We must commend the Senate for having seen the gaps, probably by learning from what happened in the Makueni County Government. The Senate has generally provided for the grounds or timelines under which the process of suspension can happen. However, there are several issues that need to ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: President. The report has to be approved by both the President and the Senate before a suspension can be effected. Sub article 4 provides that the suspension can be terminated by the Senate at any time. The gap in law is that there has been lack of timelines under which that can happen. We must commend the Senate for having seen the gaps, probably by learning from what happened in the Makueni County Government. The Senate has generally provided for the grounds or timelines under which the process of suspension can happen. However, there are several issues that need to ... view