Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: reinvigorate the economy. You cannot run an economy if SMEs have collapsed. We keep saying all the time that SMEs are the critical cog in attainment of the Vision 2030 goals yet we literally kill them by refusing to pay them in good time. Another question that seems to arise is the budget absorption rate. Surely, it is inconceivable. It is an act of bad faith - let me use that word - for the Treasury to release funds for development two months to the end of the financial year knowing very well that it is not possible to procure ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appeared before that Committee with the Members of the Executive and we had a discussion. They made some undertakings. I hope and pray that they will live to their word. I hope that they were not empty promises. I got an assurance from the Chair of the Committee that he will assist in following up in resolving the matter at hand. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: On the issue of the gazettement of the border point, we were ably directed where to seek clarification. I will do it shortly in the course of some weeks to come. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand here to support the Division of Revenue Bill. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand here to support the approval and the recommendations of the Committee because I am a Member of the Committee. view
• 9 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Before arriving at that decision, we asked ourselves very pertinent questions. The first question was: What is the historical relationship between Kenya and the UK in trade matters? The second was: Is this EPA a new animal or we are simply rolling over from the 2016 paper that was signed between EAC and the EU? The question at hand here, and many Members have continuously asked is: What is in it for Kenya? Historically, Kenya has always had a positive trade balance with the UK. It is contemplated based on the projections submitted by the various economists both in the ... view