Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Business Laws (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.50 of 2020). At any given time as a country, we must always address the challenges faced by very many people who partake businesses of whichever nature. I believe this amendment Bill has been brought before this House for purposes of addressing the bottlenecks many people have faced as a result of COVID-I9 and is a continuous process of improving the business environment. I sit in the Departmental Committee of Trade, Industry and Cooperative, one of the main issues that we ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: NSSF Acts. As it stands, remitting at the first day of the month was obviously cumbersome. That is why you find that both the NSSF and the NHIF had set a date that was different from 1st. This was done by administrative fiat and that is why it is important that we put it in law. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Again, many employers and businesses would want one harmonised date to make remittances for statutory deductions such as PAYE, VAT, NITA fee or levies like the NSSF and the NHIF. As we stand here, these amendments only address these three and leaves the others to be paid on different dates. It is our desire that as we go to the Committee of the whole House, we need to find a way on how to harmonise so that on one single day, you are paying for VAT, PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, NITA and the tourism development levies. It will be much neater, ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: getting a small favour or service from the Government needs to be addressed. Our corruption index is still worrying and unless we address it, we are going to discourage investors from coming to invest in this country. With those few remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Supplementary Appropriation Bill of 2021. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The Supplementary Estimates are made, pursuant to Article 223 of the Constitution of Kenya, which allows the National Treasury to request additional funding as long as they do not exceed 10 per cent of the appropriated funds. It is important that a few issues are made clear as we approve this Supplementary Budget. First, the contemplation under Article 223 of the Constitution was basically to address emerging issues that were not contemplated at the time when the main Appropriations Bill was being passed. However, for the few years I have been here, I have noticed a very worrying trend that ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, as Members of Parliament, we have complained bitterly and continuously. Probably, we need to look at the provisions of Article 95(4) of the Constitution that bestows the power of making budgets to this House, so that from whatever the Treasury brings, we are capable of changing and shifting money from one point to another even if it means reviewing the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The Treasury has made a habit of lumping several Government departments into sectors and giving them what they call budget ceilings without regard to what ought to happen outside there. If it is possible, in the fullness of time, we need to look at that arrangement to allow us, as Members of Parliament, to move funds to those sectors that are engine drivers of this economy. We seem to have a lot of funds being directed to non-growth sectors and ignoring the growth sectors. We are not going to grow this economy if we continuously undertake that approach. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The issue of Supplementary Budget cuts in the Development Vote, it even cuts under the Recurrent Vote, especially staff emoluments. I wish to address myself to the issue of cuts in the development budget. At the start of the financial year, State Departments have clear procurement plans. At the start of the financial year when they have been appropriated funds, State Departments plan how to spend that money. Some of them immediately initiate the tendering process or the procurement process. Some go to an extent of awarding tenders. That is why you will find pending bills are mounting every single ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: We believe the Treasury is populated with highly technical and experienced persons and professionals who should have developed models of forecasting revenue and economic performance. They should not subject Kenyans and State Departments to frequent cuts that have no bearing to reality on the ground. The pending bills, as my colleagues have stated, are chocking this economy. It is a basic principle of economy that funds must circulate for people to work and pay taxes. If we do not pay the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who are the small-scale suppliers at both the national and county governments, we are ... view