Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The second point of concern is the issue of Excise Duty on money transfer. They want the 0.05 or the Robin Hood Tax as it has been called by the tax experts. There is a point of concern here. Indeed, we are criminalising the electronic fund transfer. They want to take us back to the old days when we would deal in cash to avoid detection by the banking system. I would recommend the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to make reasonable exceptions. For example, if I transferred funds from my salary account to my loan account, I ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: part of the tax is paid by the money dealers like Safaricom and the rest is taken up by the view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: . On the question of the National Housing Fund, again, we seem not to basically understand the definition of housing. It seems to be this unreasonable obsession by the mandarins at the Treasury and other policy makers that you only own a house when it is owner occupied. It is believed that if you live in a rental house, you do not own a house. So, there seems to be a push to ensure that every person owns a house. It is not necessarily correct. Staying in a rented house is by choice and staying in an owner-occupied house is ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: We need to tighten it much further because the Central Bank base rate is dependent on very many factors. There is even fear that since this is an unpopular decision by the Central Bank; they could collude with commercial banks to increase the Central Bank base rate to the detriment of Kenyans. 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
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I oppose any proposal to change the status quo. We should retain the rate. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I seek the indulgence of the Mover if he finds love in his heart and if he loves the people of Kenya and is considerate of them, giving the CS a whopping 30 days to answer a question however urgent or not is unnecessarily too long. I request him, with the indulgence and the love for the people of Kenya that yes the urgent question can be answered in three days. Can we reduce the ordinary question to 14 days or not more than 21 days? I seek for his indulgence. I ask him ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I must admit that I do not know many of these individuals but substantively I stand here to support the Motion. Probably, based on the guidance you will issue, we could be making some amendments. First of all, I want to deal with the functions of IPOA. Those of us who can remember by going down memory lane we have had a police force that has generally been a law into itself. We have had a police force that has literally trampled on human rights and rights of accused persons. We ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: have been raised yet nothing has been done. There are cases of police officers absconding duty. Instead of providing adequate security, police officers seek to arrest people having their normal drink after work, and leave thieves to roam all over. They let Ugandan soldiers invade our waters and arrest our people. They do completely nothing. So, we urge that IPOA comes to the rescue of the ordinary mwananchi in Kenya to enable them get adequate protection and service from the National Police Service. As I conclude, many of us have reservations about one member No. 7, Mrs. Praxedes Chepkoech Tororey. ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Honestly speaking, if you cannot preside over a credible election where even your fellow commissioners and colleagues feel you are incompetent, how can you be allowed to assume a position of protecting the general interests of the people of Kenya? It means she is there to serve the interest of the establishment and she will not serve the interest of Kenyans. She is not the people’s keeper but is basically going there to preside over the continued misuse of police power in this country. So, subject to the direction we will be given on Tuesday, is it possible to amend ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view