Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

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Entries 1411 to 1420 of 1537.

• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I am at a loss. I need guidance on what we are amending in the principal Act yet there is reference to full compensation. I do not know what amendments we are making. Secondly, I just want to bring in a fundamental issue of compulsory land acquisition, which falls in the realm of eminent domain, where somebody is deprived of his property, but the Constitution has safeguards, full and just compensation. My colleagues who want to oppose the amendment re-emphasising full compensation do not value the lives of the people who are being The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I am at a loss. I need guidance on what we are amending in the principal Act yet there is reference to full compensation. I do not know what amendments we are making. Secondly, I just want to bring in a fundamental issue of compulsory land acquisition, which falls in the realm of eminent domain, where somebody is deprived of his property, but the Constitution has safeguards, full and just compensation. My colleagues who want to oppose the amendment re-emphasising full compensation do not value the lives of the people who are being deprived because here is an involuntary loss ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: deprived because here is an involuntary loss of your land. You have not made any alternative arrangements to get an alternative place of aboard. Just like what the Government is doing in the procurement process, it cannot procure for a good service unless it has made commitment for the funds. The funds are already secured waiting for the completion of the process before payment is done. We do not want the wanton and the miserable suffering land owners have been subjected to in this country. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I, therefore, need the Chair to tell us what amendments he is carrying out when he has already amended the principal Act. If he convinces me that it has not been amended, then I support the amendments fully. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I, therefore, need the Chair to tell us what amendments he is carrying out when he has already amended the principal Act. If he convinces me that it has not been amended, then I support the amendments fully. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: With due respect to the Leader of the Majority Party, he is deliberately confusing or mixing up the two concepts. There is the issue of compensation and the issue of taking possession. What he is referring to is compensation. You can be compensated in very many ways, but the principle still remains that possession can only be granted after full compensation. You can spread your payment for however long you want within one year and take possession after full compensation. What Clause 7 of the Bill talks about are the modes of compensation. You can give alternative land. You can ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: With due respect to the Leader of the Majority Party, he is deliberately confusing or mixing up the two concepts. There is the issue of compensation and the issue of taking possession. What he is referring to is compensation. You can be compensated in very many ways, but the principle still remains that possession can only be granted after full compensation. You can spread your payment for however long you want within one year and take possession after full compensation. What Clause 7 of the Bill talks about are the modes of compensation. You can give alternative land. You can ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I join my colleagues who have raised concern on the style and manner in which the miscellaneous Bill has been presented in this House. The basic and straightforward reading of the term “miscellaneous” or “minor amendments” should surely be done to rectify clerical and typographical issues or to align an Act of Parliament to any political or constitutional dispensation or any changes in some Acts that touch on that particular Act. What we have here touches close to 60 Acts, making it practically impossible for any reasonable Member to ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I join my colleagues who have raised concern on the style and manner in which the miscellaneous Bill has been presented in this House. The basic and straightforward reading of the term “miscellaneous” or “minor amendments” should surely be done to rectify clerical and typographical issues or to align an Act of Parliament to any political or constitutional dispensation or any changes in some Acts that touch on that particular Act. What we have here touches close to 60 Acts, making it practically impossible for any reasonable Member to ... view
• 7 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: allowed is not adequate. It, therefore, means, as my colleagues have said, you choose to concentrate on a few. We read malice in the way the presentation or the issues have been brought to the House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker… view