Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1511 to 1520 of 1537.

• 20 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: exceptional note and become passionate about the issue of the environment, and as a Member has said, become compassionate. In a span of less than 30 years, my constituency, Funyula, has become food deficient. In 1970s and early 1980s, we had harvests that would run from one season to the other. This is because we used to have two predictable rainy seasons. It would rain between March and July. We would comfortably harvest and have enough to last us to the next season. It would, again, rain between September and late November. We would then harvest, again, in December and ... view
• 13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I come from a region that tried to embrace sugar farming, and a county that has been promised a sugar factory many years back but which has not been established. In my previous work as a consultant, I was involved in the report concerning privatisation of the five publicly owned sugar factories. This is a country that operates on discrimination and isolation. For many years, we have been told that the Jubilee Government would revive the sugar industry. Those sentiments are highly echoed towards election and nothing happens thereafter. People are left to suffer ... view
• 13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I lost my chance to Hon. Bunyasi. Thanks for being kind enough to remember me that I am still in the Chamber. I stand here to contribute to this Motion, having lost one of my constituents in the pile up that happened yesterday. His name is Mwalimu Rajuayi. I condole with the family. Early this year, I lost another constituent in the same area. It is we, people of western Kenya, who probably suffer most in the Sachangwan accidents. Probably, if you look at the trend of accidents, there seems to be an emerging ... view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to reiterate what my colleagues have stated so far. Last week we were promised that the names would be gazetted on Friday. I happily told my constituents that from Friday last week we were going to move with full speed. They have branded me a liar, somebody who jumps and talks on issues before knowing what is happening. I had a discussion with the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and he again mentioned that they are having issues at the Attorney-General’s Office ... view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: The people of Funyula, being severely impoverished, generally depend on external support to educate their children and they feel they are in a state of panic. Schools are opening on 2nd January and they do not know how their children will go to school. This is a matter of national importance. If indeed nothing happens by this Friday, I suppose by next week we need to probably have a Motion or beg leave of the House to debate this matter because we cannot afford to go on and proceed without the bursary fund. In addition, quite a lot of roads ... view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I condole with my colleagues. Since I come from Busia, we are neighbours with Bungoma. Whatever happens in Bungoma affects us in Busia directly or indirectly. I must hasten to mention that the criminal activities, killings, maiming, rape and the rest of heinous crimes in Bungoma are becoming predictable. Often we hear from the news and get reports on the ground of murders, invasion of private properties and generally this issue needs to be addressed once and for all. view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: In the years 2005 and 2006, as Hon. Kioni has mentioned the Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF) caused untold suffering to the people of that constituency and Bungoma as a whole. We hope the killings which have occurred now will not spread and cover the entire Bungoma and spill over to Busia. We need to avoid lose of lives, intimidation, creation of a state of fear and destabilization of the livelihood of those constituents and the larger area of the former western Kenya. This presents a very bad image of our police force, if they can be overwhelmed by militia, ... view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: innocent protestors. It does not help to mount the Police Service, General Service Unit and Administration Police to shot innocent children playing on the balconies, yet there are very many people in many places who get killed for no apparent reason. In my own constituency in the run-up to the fake elections of 26th October, the Jubilee brigade unleashed untold suffering and violence to innocent people who heeded the call not to participate in an election they did not want. We reported these cases all the way to the county security system and up to now your guess is as ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this Bill. I support it. But before I do so, I need to correct the Members who have spoken before me on the exact role of a building surveyor. Being a member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) and having just left the lecture halls to join the National Assembly, I know exactly what they do. These members belong to the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya and are the only members who have not had a substantive Act to regulate their activities since the ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: the Surveyors Registration Board they will make all efforts they can within their means to weed out quacks who masquerade as experts. When things go wrong, it is the real experts who are blamed yet people who are involved in those malpractices get away with it. So, those are some of the issues we will move to amend as stated in the Bill, so that when it is being implemented, it is done in a manner that can give it effect and it becomes effective. Thank you. I support. view