Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: petroleum price stabilisation fund which stabilises the prices. Prices will keep on fluctuating beyond our control. Secondly, at any given time, we must allow free market economies to come into play. We cannot control the margins. Let the markets set the margins. Let the players in the market set competitive prices based on the estimated throughput sales. We cannot continue setting margins for private players. On the issue of LPG gas, we have no choice but to remove the VAT. The alternative is to continue decimating and destroying our forests which have very serious consequences on climate change. I do ... view
• 14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: I come from the border of Busia. It is cheaper to buy fuel in Busia, Uganda, than it is in Kenya. We keep asking ourselves why. Doing the cosmetic changes the Committee has proposed will be populist and will bring down the fuel cost but, at the end of the day, we will not have addressed the issue. We need an in-depth analysis of the cause of these issues before we proceed. But it is politically expedient for us and we will ride on tide and make small changes that, at the end of the day, one year from today, ... view
• 14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: I support the Report but, obviously, at the point of making the Bills, we will have to amend to solve this problem once and for all. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in principle, I support the proposed amendment. However, we seem to have left out a very critical aspect of, if a member is declared unable to hold office by virtue of Chapter 6 of the Constitution and relevant legislation. Perhaps, that is an area we ought to have picked, so that we make it tidier and cleaner. As it is, it is okay, save for the issue of New Clause 5B(d) which states: 5B. A person shall cease to be a member of the Board, if the person— (d) Is convicted of a criminal offence and ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The amendment is right. It is the normal practise nowadays, but there could be some misuse of the New Clause 7A (2) which states: “(2) The Board may co-opt to sit in the committees established under subsection (1), such other persons whose knowledge and skills are necessary for the performance of the functions of the Board.” Some of these skills are basically about management. I am not sure what the impact or importance of this is other than getting one's friends and colleagues to come and sit for purposes of earning allowances. Probably, we ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also want to join my colleagues in expressing reservations on 15A (1) (a). I think (b), has already been indicated. Ordinarily, one of the mandates or the functions of the Board is to monitor the sugar industry. Before anybody is allowed to import, there must be a report indicating the sugar shortage in this country. That way, we can then have a different approach of inviting bidders, that is, sugar importers, to import based on the recorded or published shortage. That is why I want to request the Chair, if you could allow, that, probably, ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: We should also try to make it clear that a miller should never be given a license to import sugar. That is because that process kills the sugar-cane farmer. Since it is cheaper to import, they will leave the sugar-cane to rot in the farms as they import sugar. view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair. view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to join in the debate concerning Sessional Paper No.1 of 2021 on the National Water Policy. We grew up knowing and being told that water is life. At Independence one of the social goals of the Government of Kenya was to have piped water all over the country in all homes and villages. I think we were supposed to have piped water by the year 2010 which came and passed without us achieving this object. Also, it is indicated in the provisions of Article 43 of the Constitution of ... view