Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1251 to 1260 of 1537.

• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Sorry for that, Hon. Speaker. We were doing consultations. I did not intend to contribute to this Bill but the next one. Sorry for the mix up. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Bill and I must declare that I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. My Chairman has ably stated the issues at hand and I just want to add a few comments here and there to put the matters right. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As a Committee, we felt that the piecemeal amendments being done to the Cooperative Societies Act are becoming too many and inconsistent to an extent they are going to mutilate the founding laws that govern the cooperative movement in this country. Of course, we hope the Ministry in the fullness of time, without much delay in consultation with the Council of Governors (CoG), will initiate a process of completely overhauling the two Acts that support and govern the cooperative movement in this country. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: We must appreciate that the cooperative movement plays a critical role in this county in view of the lackluster star performance of the banking industry. We now rely mostly on the cooperative movement to raise capital for purposes of conducting businesses and for their expansion. As a Committee we listened to quite a number of stakeholders including the Ministry, the relevant authorities, Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperative and other umbrella bodies related to the cooperative and SACCO business. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Most of them were in complete support of the minor amendments being done on this Bill. During this particular time they were informed that it is essentially to align the Bill to the Constitution, the changed dispensation and in view of the Budget Statement. We have looked at the Bill and we have noted a few things which require to be amended. First of all, I must commend the Ministry for considering introducing ICT in the reporting by SACCO Societies. This is in line with the amendments we made on the Deposit-Taking SACCOs and the need to share intelligence information ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The import of that proposal is that it is not mandatory that all SACCO Societies must file their returns through electronic system. Thus the use of the word ‘may’. We believe the drafters of this Bill did so in view that we have so many smaller SACCOs in locations where network is poor. We saw in the last election that we could not transmit election results electronically for the simple reason that there was only 1G or 0G network in that particular area. We hope with the modernisation of the ICT sector, with the fiber cables being laid out in ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the second issue that we are required to look at is that it is becoming a legislative practice that the discretion to set fines and any penalties is not left to a particular person but we do so through the regulations. So, the clause relating to this aspect will have to be amended in order to align it with the general practice. There is a provision in the Bill relating to the revocation of the licence and the process that is involved in seeking appeal for the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: same. The original Cooperative Societies Act and Sacco Societies Act provide that any appeal arising out of a decision to revoke the licence of a SACCO must lie with the Cabinet Secretary. It seems there was a typo during the drafting of the SACCO societies Act. Therefore, this particular Bill seeks to correct that typo to remove the word “tribunal” and insert the word “Cabinet Secretary.” As I conclude my submission, it is my plea to all managers and directors of SACCOs to take extra care to protect the funds of Kenyans, who work hard and invest in SACCOs without ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also make a contribution to this Bill, which is long overdue. Those of us who have been in private and professional practice for many years have suffered under an archaic legal system that made it practically impossible for us to get value for our money or for our professional service. Again, the story told of contractors for national Government and county governments, as well as other parastatals and the rest, is such a heartrending story that we need to have mechanisms by which we protect the interests of ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: who willingly offers to provide a service to the people of Kenya through their Government to allow them get paid for what they have worked for. I appreciate the drafters. At least, there has been an attempt to set clarity on the issues that require to be addressed. As my colleagues have stated, there are few observations that I want to go on record. Hopefully, at the time of the Committee of the whole House, we will have an opportunity to make the amendments. One is the issue of an indemnity to the contractor because we believe a typical contractor ... view