Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I had made substantive contribution in respect of the Bill and I would request that opportunity is given to another Member who is willing to contribute. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I sympathise with the students and parents and empathise with the university, probably the lecturers who taught these students for all those years knowing that the course was not accredited. However, as the Committee looks at the Petition, there are a few questions they need to put in mind. Number one, what is the general practice of guidance for students at the point of selecting courses? How does KUCCPS deal with courses that seem to be commercialised and not of any academic value? Secondly, it is also important that the professional bodies find a mechanism through ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on 28th February 2021, I asked a Question directed to the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on Nangina Airstrip. I have not received any answer or given any indication when the answer will be forthcoming. Secondly, I also made a request for a Statement dated 1st July 2021 on Kenya Transport and Logistics Network (KTLN). It was indicated that the response would be given in two weeks. From 1st July up to now is obviously more than two weeks. Finally, I want to associate myself with the question raised by the Leader of the Minority ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am probably one of the most diligent Members in this House when it comes to the Committee of the whole House. In my guided view, the Second Reading offers alternative or additional information which the respective Committee should consider and review what has been debated and presented by the Members by looking at the Hansard. This will ensure that whatever final amendments the Committee proposes have taken into account the comments and views of the Members. Presupposing that the proceedings of the Second Reading are of no value is basically to demean this House. It is practically ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: of the proceedings of the Second Reading and made a determination. It will essentially not tell the correct position of the Members and the public. Honestly speaking, this is such a fundamental Bill that touches the lives of the common view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: . Time is necessary for us to gauge the views of Members of this House and prepare adequate amendments that will safeguard the health and interests of Kenyans. I sincerely ask the Leader of the Majority Party that, since we have always stood with him in times when he needed us, it is also time that he stands with us when we need his indulgence on this particular matter. Hon. Speaker, I request that you rule in favour of postponing the Committee of the whole House until reasonable time is given to Members to review what has been said and ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As we always say, water is life; in the sense of domestic use, agricultural use as well as in the sense of livestock rearing. view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Kenya is a country with less than 20 per cent of land that is arable, and that which can truly rely on rain-fed agriculture. The rainfall pattern is so restrictive that we are unable to have crops 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
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: throughout the year. In order for us to be food secure and produce enough agricultural products to meet the demand, following our signing of the very many trade agreements with Britain and other countries outside this continent, we must have a source of water to enable us grow crops throughout the year. view