Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: The Bill is fairly progressive. It contains very progressive provisions, but I have concerns about one or two things. The first one is the issue of appointment of the chair of the council. It seems to give the appointing authority; the President of the Republic of Kenya, unfettered powers to appoint a chair without consideration of qualifications and any process of vetting. Probably, I assume that is the military way of doing things. I would have imagined that we would make proposals or amendments during the Committee of the whole House to put qualifications for the Director-General under Clause 9(8) ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Reading through the Bill, one gets an impression that you are intending to establish a paramilitary group that can be used for various services such as to support the KDF, the Kenya Police Service and all other formations. We are apprehensive that with this kind of military training, if they are not strongly anchored in law, the recruits will be misused for purposes of undertaking crimes against humanity. We saw this during demonstrations last year when the presidential elections were disputed. We would want to have comfort that there will be a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: structured way of deploying the servicemen in any form to quell civil disobedience and probably seek a requirement that such deployments must have the blessings of Parliament to avoid misuse. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I like the provision that the NYS can engage in commercial activities. However, we all know that governments are not designed to provide commercial activities, neither are they designed to be investors. Government is never designed to compete with the private sector in business. I am apprehensive that we are creating another situation where there is going to be a financial scandal or it is going to distort the market and the business environments. As parliamentarians, we need to look at that particular provision with a bit of care to avoid giving the service or the council a blanket cheque ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I am also apprehensive where the Bill ousts some provisions in the Bill of Rights. These are some of the freedoms that are accorded to an ordinary individual. Reading through, the provisions stated limit the freedom associated with servicemen and we are literally creating a military group. It would have been much easier to state categorically that we are creating a military group, a third or fourth arm of the armed forces instead of trying to conceal behind creating a service yet we are actually creating a law that creates a military group. Most of the things hosted here are ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Lastly, I am happy there is an age limit to the requirement of the youth or a minimum experience. If you just pluck a youth of 18 years to sit with distinguished members in the council, he will turn out to be a spanner boy, an errand boy or merely to fill up quorum and become a flower girl. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the enactment of the Bill. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have looked at this proposed amendment, I have a discussion with Hon. Tonui and I have listened to the Leader of the Majority Party. While what the Leader of the Majority Party might make sense, the reality on the ground paints a completely different picture. It is difficult for the Leader of the Majority Party to fall back to what is stated in the law, yet the reality on the ground is completely different. There is obviously a disconnect between the law, the two Acts he has mentioned, and the implementation of the ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment. This is in line with a statement made by His Excellency the President sometime back that there is nothing to hide. Once you are dealing with public resources or engaging in public work, you must be ready for the members of the public to know who you are and what the particulars of the contract are. I support the amendment by the Chair of the Committee. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: 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