Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to speak on the village elders. All of us here must acknowledge that village elders actually do the donkey work in the sub-locations, locations and various devolved units. It is extremely unfortunate that they commit their lives and time, yet there is not even a token of appreciation. 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
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the most interesting part is that village councils attached to the village administrators get some allowances. The question village elders attached to the assistant chiefs are asking is: If they are serving the same Government and people, how come members of the village council are being paid some honoraria, yet they who serve the national Government, which has the biggest share of the national revenue, cannot even be appreciated? As Hon. Baya said, the Budget and Appropriations Committee has a duty to this House to bring a report. It is Parliament that makes and approves budgets. It is ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will be very brief. I am a Member of the Committee and I associate myself with the comments made by the Mover and the proposer, suffice to know that I just want to make one clarification so that it is clear. As my colleagues have continually said, over time, we have developed a system of selling or buying items online with existing tax regime systems for local sellers in the digital markets yet we have lacked a mechanism to tax international companies and those that do not have a physical address in this ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Law of Succession (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly No.75 of 2019). I must commend Hon. Kaluma for bringing this Bill, which is probably informed by his experience and history. That is why we need Members who have experience and interest. When the Bill was published and read the First Time in this House, I subjected it to public participation to the people of Funyula Constituency. I regret to inform the House that majority of them, whom I represent in this august House, have difficulties in accepting ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: No, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to finish. I do not want to be informed. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to conclude my presentation. Those are the challenges that we must address. Second or third, is Clause 3(b). It is too wide and impractically impossible. I want to echo the sentiments of my party chair. Many of us as either politicians or ordinary human beings support too many children. We support too many families out of philanthropy and generosity. We have no intentions at all of them becoming family members or fall into the description of truly a dependant. Personally, since I got a job, I have paid school fees for too many children. ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Constitution of Kenya states that there is no State religion for the Republic of Kenya. So, do not 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
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: pontificate about religion. I am a practising Catholic, but I represent the people of Samia and Kenya generally. Therefore, I have a right to speak for them irrespective of my own status. I have a family, my children are known and there is no doubt about it. There will be no drama. That is why probably I may never enter the list of great people of Samia. With those few remarks, I oppose the proposed amendment until we make the necessary changes to reflect the reality on the ground. I thank you. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the way the amendment is drafted brings obvious challenges. Under the Statutory Instruments Act, it is only the Cabinet Secretary who is authorized to make regulations. In this, they are delegating that duty to the board, which might be in contravention of the Statutory Instruments Act. Probably, the Chair of the Committee needs to consult and make sure that it ties in properly. What we are doing has got a force of law and comes with penalties. Probably he needs to relook at it. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the Petition by Hon. Duale. I come from a constituency that borders Uganda and our case is more or less the same and unique. It is unique in the sense that we intermarry so much with Ugandans. You find that a Ugandan lady has stayed in Kenya for 50 years, but she is not allowed to be issued with an ID card for the obvious fact that she did not follow the normal process of immigration. We need to extend that Petition to cover those kinds of issues. For that matter, ... view