Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 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