Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1301 to 1310 of 1534.

• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I stand to support it because it is 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
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: timely and it will go along way in streamlining the pension schemes management for public servants in the devolved units. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: All of us are aware that there are major challenges in public pensions. We have many cases of retirees who go for many months without getting their pension dues. As my colleagues have said, the amount given to them does not seem to be adjusted in line with inflation and change of lifestyle in this country. It is disheartening to have so many retirees, and this seems to affect majorly the teachers who spend many years chasing after their pension from the national Government or National Treasury and some even die without having received their pension. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I have gone through this Bill and I must commend Hon. Njajagua for it. However, there are a few observations that I require to make so that we can strengthen or make it more effective in the management of pension schemes. The Bill provides for the list of Members who will form the board of trustees, however there is an omission and there seems to be no direct representative of the contributors. It only lists a number of members, but it seems to have excluded the ordinary members in electing their representative. The only place that seems to suggest that ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Unions are separate entities from the membership. My view is that at the point of the Committee of the whole House, we might consider allowing members to appoint or elect their own to sit in the board of trustees as a common practice in all pension schemes that are either in the private sector or for government bodies like parastatals. The second issue that I find very commendable is the introduction of sharia that takes care of the Muslim faith that seems to have been ignored in most pension schemes or the Retirement Benefits Act. The Bill provides various service ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: related bodies that manage public funds. On the issue of remuneration of trustees, we should not leave it to the board to decide. We have the Salaries and Remuneration Commission that should be given the mandate to basically manage or set the salaries. I do believe that if properly managed, this Fund can be a game changer in terms of investments, especially in low cost housing that can assist the Government to achieve the Big Four Agenda. With those few remarks, I stand to support. Thank you. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Yes, and he is my friend. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I stand to oppose the amendments. It presupposes that it now becomes mandatory for a Kenyan to have a place. The Constitution does not contemplate that you must have a place. It contemplates that you must exist. The details of your existence are clearly shown in the national identification card or your birth certificate. There are other issues like global positioning system coordinates. That means you have one fixed place of abode. What about if you keep on moving? For example, I own a house in Nairobi and a home ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we need to relook at these two sections because if you look at Section 9A, the intention is to essentially replace the current registration system. Section 9A(2)(b) reads, “assign a unique national identification number to every person registered in Kenya.” The import is that the current system is therefore being replaced by the new system. So, if we retain both of them it will see us working on a double system that is going to be a source of confusion to the people of Kenya. Therefore we must relook at what we are talking about. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, as I agree to the amendment, I find Section 3 (2A) a bit curious unless we have not yet considered it. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I need guidance, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am on page 1470 with respect to the Housing Act. I am speaking to the amendment stated: view