Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1481 to 1490 of 1537.

• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you for this opportunity, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to oppose the Motion as currently drafted and presented in this House. I probably want to sympathise with the drafter of the Motion because he might not know the history of this country. Those of us who have been in this country for some time – those of us 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
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: who were around during the clamour for multiparty politics – know the need of not curtailing the freedom of expression and the freedom of association. view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The framers of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 were people of good faith, good meaning Kenyans who knew exactly where we were coming from and where they intended to take this country. When they inserted Article 37 that allowed for freedom of expression, the right to picket and demonstrate, they were not doing it out of malice or ignorance; they knew where we have come from. For record purposes, if by any chance we did not have demonstrations whether violent or not, we would not be talking about the freedom we enjoy today. Those of us who were around in ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I can tell you for sure that the NASA demonstrations were peaceful and purposeful. They only became violent when the so called Nairobi Business Community, the police and all armed forces joined the fray to basically molest, beat up people for whatever reason. Many of us were in Nairobi on 30th January when the People’s President took his oath. There was no disruption or looting. Nothing was destroyed in this country. Essentially, the problem is not the demonstrators; the problem is the Government and the security forces. How come in many occasions we have had very peaceful demonstrations and there ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Indeed, it is not the first time that the issue of constitutionality of a Motion or Bill has been raised in this House. Not so long ago, we raised the issue of constitutionality regarding the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Bill. Of course, common sense view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I have had an opportunity to peruse through the Report and I commend the Committee for a job thoroughly well done. When I look at the recommendations, indeed, they emanate from the Report and tie up with the findings. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: However, the solutions suggested in the Report, I am afraid, may not necessarily cure the malady at the hospital. As my colleagues have mentioned before, KNH is a referral hospital. As a referral hospital, in my limited understanding of medical terms, procedures and practices, it should surely deal with referral cases that cannot be handled at lower levels. But, KNH is now more or less like a primary healthcare facility that deals with all manner of ailments and conditions. Consequently, however good a system is or however robust the management is, it is bound to fail simply because it has ... view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I request the Committee to basically re-look at the Report and the House to pass a resolution or put in place measures that will ensure that KNH remains a referral hospital truly. Therefore, this obviously, calls upon the Departmental Committee on Health to look at the issue in a more critical manner or holistic way. They should probably go beyond focusing on KNH to focus on the two main referral hospitals and at the entire medical management system in this country starting from Level 1 to all the way to Level 5 hospitals. Indeed by now, Nairobi as a county ... view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: point of desperation always hopes he will have some remedy or salvation at KNH or Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. It is up to us as a country and leaders to invest heavily in healthcare. As much as I commend the Jubilee Government for considering universal healthcare as one of the Big Four agenda items they want to deal with, mere rhetoric without adequate investment will remain stories to be written in history books that will not have an impact on the health services in the country. It is important that the national Government enters into concerted partnerships ... view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: On the issue of suspension of the CEO of KNH, ideally, I sympathise with her with the hospital being what it is, but the buck always rests at the top position. When you accept to take a position at that level, ultimately, you will be hounded out in one way or the other because, I am told, KNH is a cartel. It is not very surprising that one of my old friends, Dr. Ong’ech, declined to take up the position of acting CEO knowing he was being taken to a slaughter house. Obviously, he was going to end up in ... view