Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1271 to 1280 of 1537.

• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The truth should be told that whatever little a Member of Parliament gets is shared with the rest of the constituents and sometimes people outside the constituencies. I want to pose and ask whether a Principal Secretary or Cabinet Secretary shares his or her income with the members of public. When you go to the gates of many of them, you find Mbwa Kali . You can never access their homes. However, Members of Parliament deal with people on daily basis. We know the cost of coffins and transporting bodies. We know all these things because as Members of Parliament, ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The issue of support staff in Parliament is becoming a big problem. We have inadequate members of staff to do research. Committees are now sharing legal staff. For example, we were unable to complete a Report in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives today because the only legal staff who is allocated to us is allocated to three other committees. We were unable to move. We must give the PSC the powers and facilities to ensure that our members of staff do not get overworked and have adequate work to research, so that we enrich and improve the ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I must take this opportunity to congratulate my Chair for the good work we are doing as a Committee to strictly scrutinise statutory instruments to ensure they comply with the Constitution and the law. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The Constitution of Kenya is explicitly clear on the role of the Judiciary, the Judicial Service Commission and the Judiciary Fund. Specifically, Article 173 contemplates that the Judicial Fund shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund. Consequently, the funds that accrue to the Judiciary must come from the Consolidated Fund. If you look at the regulations, under Regulation 6, it purported indirectly to expect to use funds collected at source - fines, fees, levies and all those kinds of things. However, looking at the PFM Act, there are some things that do not constitute Appropriation-In-Aid, and therefore, must be ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, we have had a challenge. In many of the regulations that we have annulled, we have had a challenge on the question of public participation. The Constitution is explicitly clear that Members of Parliament or any State organ that purports to make laws do so on behalf of the people of Kenya. Consequently, the people of Kenya must be involved in law-making through their representatives and through their contribution in their own right as members of this country. When we looked at Judiciary Fund Regulations that were submitted to the Committee for review, there was no explanatory memorandum. So, ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Consequently, as a Committee, we were unable to approve regulations where there was no manifest demonstration that members of public participated in the law-making process. We did not want to be part of the group that breaches the Constitution and preaches impunity. We must adhere to the law as stated. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I second the Report of the Committee that calls for the annulment of the regulations in entirety. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also rise to join my colleagues in raising reservations in respect of the amendments proposed by the Chair, Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. Ordinarily, for a council or board to be effective, it requires a reasonable number. What we have here is literally a crowd. You cannot make substantive decisions in a crowd. view