Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

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• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: time of preparing the Budget, the Budget and Appropriations Committee can dare or be courteous enough to consult the Public Accounts Committee. We would offer them a lot of information and details that will allow us to enhance the budget allocated the Office of the Auditor-General. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: There is much loss of public funds in this country. There is evidence everywhere whether documented or not of wanton theft of public funds. As we always say, currently, corruption left Nairobi and was devolved to the counties and villages. Unless we continue to strengthen the Office of the Auditor-General so that they are able to track and make everybody who holds and uses public funds to account for them, this country will never achieve its development goals. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I do not want to belabour the point, but I conclude that any State organ and anybody that is given public funds must account for them. The only two bodies authorised to oversee are the Office of the Auditor-General and Parliament, through its audit Committees: the Public Accounts Committee and the Public Investments Committee. The Judiciary was ill advised to decline to account for public funds because that is unconstitutional and was mere rhetoric that will not take them anywhere. We sincerely thank the Office of the Hon. Speaker for putting its foot down and telling them, as it is, ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Chances are very high that I will close the Floor for the day. I support the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.10 of 2021) that is amending the Central Bank Act to provide for digital-lending and regulations for digital-lending. Since time immemorial, people have had to borrow. In my life before I came here, we used to say that debt is cheaper than equity and that nobody has ever made money using their own money. So, borrowing has been with us over time. It has metamorphosed over time in different ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: constituencies because you wanted to send them money, I can bet that about six to seven of them would say: “Do not send to this number because it has Fuliza . Do not send to this number because I have delayed paying M-Shwari and they will take everything.” Young people, as defined by the Constitution, are those below 35 years. Quite a number of us, most politicians, myself included, find Fuliza fairly convenient, and if I am called because there is an emergency in the constituency, I do not have to stop talking to rush to the bank to withdraw ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Chances are very high that I will close the Floor for the day. I support the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.10 of 2021) that is amending the Central Bank Act to provide for digital-lending and regulations for digital-lending. Since time immemorial, people have had to borrow. In my life before I came here, we used to say that debt is cheaper than equity and that nobody has ever made money using their own money. So, borrowing has been with us over time. It has metamorphosed over time in different ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: of the role they play and the people they serve. The moment you increase them, you make it onerous and cumbersome to register. The more expensive you make it to comply, the more they will pass over that cost to the end consumer and reduce the lending. As much as it might be good, it will affect capital flow. I call it capital flow because many times, many people who borrow do so to service an order or purchase a consumer good that they require. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know time is almost up. However, as I conclude, one ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is also important that such a matter has been brought to the attention of the nation because land issues are very emotive. The Constitution and the National Land Commission Act have very specific timelines and mechanisms of addressing the matter at hand. I believe that the Departmental Committee on Lands is well-equipped to deal with the matter. Secondly, because gazetted land is public land, its conversion to private land or any other form of land ownership is dictated by the provisions of the Land Act No. 6 of 2012. I believe it should provide guidance. ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me congratulate my colleague from Isiolo for bringing this special Motion to discuss the issue of drought in this country. It has been a predictable cycle that after a certain number of years, we have drought; some severe, some mild and some manageable. However, in all cases, it is untenable. It is inconceivable that in the 21st Century, with advanced technology in prediction and trending methods, we are unable to predict when drought will hit and which parts of the country it will hit so that we prepare and have mitigation measures in ... view