Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support the Report tabled by my able Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). As you are aware, PAC is one of the most critical and important oversight committees in any Parliament, under the Commonwealth, as well as the American system. As required under Standing Order 205, PAC is expected to table a Report to review the accounts of the various national Government departments over a particular financial year. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are discussing the FY 2017/2018. As we contemplated under Article 95 of the Constitution of Kenya, one of the ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, reading the entire Report, the summary Report, the Auditor-General’s Report and other reports, we can simply, on average, confirm that public funds for the year under review, 2017/2018, were not used in a prudent and responsible way. Looking at the various conclusions by the Auditor-General in respect of various departments, you would find that close to 80 per cent of the agencies have a Qualified Report, meaning that there were material issues that were not properly addressed. One of the most ‘irritating’ things - I hope that word is parliamentary accepted- is that most of the ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: There are a number of issues that come out very clear in this Report that we need, as a Committee, as Parliament and as people of Kenya, to review. One of the issues that has come out and was mentioned when we were discussing the Supplementary Estimates with the Committee was that on average there is under utilisation of approved Budget by approximately 8.5 per cent over the five years. 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: As my colleagues have said, deliberate delay in release of the Exchequer means that Kenyans are not getting value for money for the projects that were intended and planned to be delivered. This speaks volumes about our ability to plan, our ability to project and our ability to execute projects that bring benefits to the people of Kenya. This country has a litany of incomplete projects, abandoned projects, projects started and completed 10 per cent and we are very happy, willing and ready to start new projects and leave the others incomplete at whatever level. If we look around or ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Another issue that obviously comes out very clear is the frequent failure or breakdown of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). As we sit in the Public Accounts Committee, one of the obvious things that we normally see is that there is always a difference between the ledger and what is contained in the IFMIS. The figures do not match yet the story we were told is that IFMIS was fool proof and that all activities of Government expenditure and collection would be channeled through it so that at any given time, a reconciled account both from the bank, ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Judicial Service Commission the following Question: (i) Could the Commission explain why the Judiciary has been operating without a substantive Director of Finance for the last seven (7) years? (ii) Could the Commission explain why the process of recruitment for the said position, which began seven (7) years ago is yet to be completed? (iii) Could the Commission also provide an update on the implementation status of all the Commission undertakings regarding the said recruitment, in view of the various concerns of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, the Budget ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Committee of the National Assembly regarding immediate filling of the said position? view