Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

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• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: parent or a guardian, so that any person who is reading or applying the Act has no confusion on what constitutes what. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Parent means the mother or father or any person who is liable by law to maintain a child or is entitled to his custody. This particular definition brings a lot of confusion. The definition of parent, foster parent, guardian parent, and a person who has taken parental responsibility must all be very clear. Therefore, we need to be very clear on what we want do and how we go ahead. There is radicalisation... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: No, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was called and since I was not ready, I deferred my comments. It is clear on the Hansard . I am very clear in my mind. I have been here for four-and-a-half years and I am a fairly fast learner. I remember on that particular day, I clearly raised the concern and the substantive Deputy Speaker, clearly said that since we did not have the numbers, we just move the Bill and there will be another time slated for contributions on the Bill. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: You can rest assured, I do not lie. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I was indicating, the Bill is fairly comprehensive and it contains issues that I had been told to come and articulate on this Floor. I have mentioned a few. As I continue, when we go to Clause 6 of the Bill, it says that every child shall have a right to a name, a nationality and as far as possible, the right to know and be reared by their parents. The boy-child has sent me. The men who are still in the business of having children like some of my colleagues here and ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: There is also an emerging trend that the Bill does not seem to have captured. I am talking about cases where probably vulnerable families or families that are unable to maintain a child to a certain standard undertake what we call voluntary surrender of parenthood without necessarily amounting to adoption or amounting to relegation of duty. How do we handle such a matter where a parent or parents have had voluntary surrender of parenthood? Those are some of the debates that need to be understood. If you go to Clause 12, it mirrors some provisions in the Basic Education Act. ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Again, there is a fairly contentious clause here. This contentious clause spells doom to many parents. Clause 21(a) indicates that no person shall, in the case of a male child, subject a child to forced circumcision. Circumcision is a tradition in many societies. It is actually recommended on hygienic grounds. If a child, upon attaining adulthood, decides to take parents to court for forced circumcision, how will the parent ever defend himself yet he did it purely out of the need to comply with traditions and medical conditions? There is a false claim on circumcision by some people. It is ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: I support. I have said that it is a voluminous Bill. We will go through the Bill with a toothcomb and bring amendments to align it with modern realities, our cultural, traditional and religious values. On that score, I support. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me indicate that I am a founder member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives. I am told it was hived off from the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning in the 12th Parliament. If I am wrong, I am sure I will be corrected. As a result, for some years, I have interacted with traders, businesspeople and everybody involved in both domestic and international trade. Indeed, the cry has always been about bottlenecks associated with transacting a business deal in this country. I also ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: a broker or a trader, who connects with somebody else in another country to move the goods. It is the same way to import goods from China. There must be an importer, a consolidator and an end receiver, either a hawker or small-scale trader, who then moves the goods to the final buyer. So, we need to find a way of integrating both local and international trade and, more so, with regard to goods that involve exportation and importation. The system, like any other system, must have safeguards to avoid infringement or data mining. That is why clause 7 will ... view