Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I stand to support the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service Bill, 2020. I must say that this has come timely, and probably, as we often say, it is long overdue. I am sure many of us can recall that we have a certain department in the Ministry that has been handling blood transfusion matters. As all of us know, their services have not been equal to the task. That is why you find too many debts and medical problems as a result of inadequate blood or cases where there is no blood at all. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The cases requiring blood are very many. Allow me to basically talk about sickle cell anaemia cases. I come from Funyula Constituency where there seems to be inordinately high distribution of sickle cell cases. Many times, we spend a lot of money looking for blood for purposes of treating those cases. Therefore, it is important that we, as a community and society, look for blood which is a basic requirement. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have had a chance to scheme through the Bill. I must admit that I have not read the Report of the Committee, but I just want to point out a few issues here. Quite a number of my colleagues have said that many of us who grew and drank President Moi’s milk, namely, maziwa ya Nyayo, were always enticed by bread and soda ya Fanta. When we were growing up in the village, sodas were a delicacy that we could only see once a year during Christmas and Boxing Day. So, when we had opportunity ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: When the relevant department became a department in the Ministry of Health… view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is just a matter of semantics. It depends with what comes first. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It also depends on where you come from. view
• 23 Jun 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
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, looking at the Bill, there are still great challenges. Unless the Bill as well as the Committee go into details or unless we find a way of mobilising, educating and enticing people to donate blood, the full-fledged department or corporation will be a continuous addition to the very many State corporations that do not seem to add any value to the lives of Kenyans. Therefore, I urge the Committee to relook at the Report and the Bill to find some ways - I am sure there are best practice cases all over the world on how ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: blood will not go home to a chama or a bar and say: “Today I tested the blood of so and so and he is HIV positive. It is just a matter of days.” This causes panic all over. On the issue of data confidentiality, as my colleagues have stated, in the past few weeks, we have been humiliated in the national newspapers and social media. People tapped into private data and registered people to some moribund political parties that are non-entities to save their numbers. What confidence do we have? Where is the assurance that the information gathered as ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I stand here to support and comment on the Report before us made pursuant to Article 223 of the Constitution of Kenya. The Article provides that the Government can spend money and come to Parliament to seek approval. It also provides that no single time should the Government spend more than 10 per cent of what had been appropriated in the main Appropriations Bill. I do believe the framers of the Constitution and the old Constitution contemplated at one time or another we would have changes in the economy ... view