Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of the Charter on Democracy. Democracy is the hallmark of a modern society. Democracy means that every man has a say; the majority have their say, but the minority must also be listened to. The issue of democracy in Africa has been a case of study for many years. Indeed, the just concluded elections in Tanzania give a glimpse of the mutating face of democracy in Africa. view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: The ongoing campaign chaos in Uganda gives a glimpse on how people or Africans regard democracy. So, as we stand here today, Kenya is a member of the democratic society and, therefore, it behooves it to subscribe to the Charter. As we do so, we must not lose the fact that Kenya has gone through a turbulent period in an attempt to adhere to democracy. Prior to the removal of Section 2 of the Constitution, Kenya was more or less a one-party State, that the KANU regime never allowed any form of opposition. But with the repeal of Section 2A, ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: of Kenya. Thereafter, our attempts on democracy and the will of the people has ended up falling short of expectations. That is why you find that in the 2017 election, the Supreme Court observed and clearly ruled that the elections were not held in compliance to the law and democratic tenets. view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: We do believe that signing this Charter and the reforms that we are undertaking through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) will help solve the problems we have had about the management of elections and cases where the will of the people is subverted by some amorphous system, that seems to have had to make up its mind on who becomes the presidential winner and who does not become. view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, of course, during the last elections, we heard of view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: where the scores were consistent, namely, 54.3 per cent in very many results. We do believe that we are not just signing the Charter for purposes that it has been brought to us to approve and have the Government sign. We trust and hope that those charged with shepherding democracy… The hallmark of democracy is where in an election the winner is acknowledged as the winner and the loser accepts that they have lost and seek other legal means to challenge the victory or otherwise. We hope that once we conclude the BBI, we will have set a stage for ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for the wonderful job they have done by dissecting the agreement to avoid double taxation. I sit in the Departmental Committee of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. Last week on Friday, the Ministry took us through the various bilateral trade agreements they are discussing with various countries and trading blocs. One of the issues that came out very clear is the issue of taxation regime. There is a perception all over the world that taxation regime in Kenya is too high. So, ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I support. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, I have two roles to play today. One, I will comment as an MP, but secondly, and the most important one, I am representing the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee of Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, who has asked me to weigh in on this matter on his behalf. As a Committee, we were asked to look at the proposed amendments under the Scrap Metal Act. The drafters of the amendments in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill simply The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view