Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

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• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: misunderstood quad and spectrum in respect to the Scrap Metal Act. So, at the Committee of the whole House, as a Committee, we have proposed that the amendments that purpose to talk about a police officer as an inspector above the rank of an inspector is misplaced because he is emerging as an officer appointed at the National Police Service, yet this inspector is appointed under Section 29 (1) of the Scrap Metal Act. We will make those amendments at the most appropriate time. Hon. Speaker, now as a representative of the people of Funyula, as we have always said ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Wanjala from Budalangi and I share the same unit based at Port Victoria. Whenever we are under attack and we call them, they say that they have no fuel, no tugboat or even gas and ammunition to confront the thugs from Uganda. As I speak here today, I have a constituent who was shot twice on the thighs within the waters of the lake in Funyula Constituency. We have followed up the matter. The Coast Guards and security systems keep telling us that there is nothing they can do because they have no facilities. They have no ammunition and they ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. The Departmental Committee has not been very clear. He said that they are changing the title from that of “Executive Director” to “Director-General”, claiming that that is what happens in other areas. I do not know whether this was subject to public participation, and that members of the public accepted the change from “Executive Director” to “Director-General”. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I am not so sure this is a neat way of doing the amendments, on two accounts: One, it is discriminatory. Secondly, it will be cumbersome for the examination board to keep on undertaking a head count of who is employed and who is not. I think we need to look for a neater way, probably by way of a regulation that the Minister or whoever is in charge can do a regulation on how to govern the rest. This is discriminatory and it is going to be cumbersome to determine who is employed and who is not. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, why would you ask those who are employed to pay and ask those who are not employed not to pay? What if somebody makes a choice to refuse to be employed so that he/she mischievously refuses to pay? We must apply the Constitution uniformly - the Bill of Rights. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Yes. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendment to the Scrap Metal Act, 2015 by deleting the proposed amendment to Section 30. The justification is that there seems to be a misunderstanding because the inspector that is referred to is appointed under Section 29 (1) of the Scrap Metal Act and refers to a person appointed by the Cabinet Secretary and who has adequate training in metallurgy or a related field of study. The proposed amendment is thus misplaced and should be deleted. I thank you. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. Most of my colleagues are potential inmates. When we used to run around and “eat” teargas, they used to laugh at us. The other day, when a small teargas canister was thrown in Murang’a, I saw everybody running away. I wish they could have brought that canister to Busia. We would have shown them how to handle teargas. It is important that we move away from the mentality that prisoners are bad people. People go to prison for various reasons. Staying idle the whole day from Monday to Friday can be torture to a human being. That ... view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to make the first contribution to this Report by the Departmental Committee on Health. view
• 26 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Having read through it, listened to the Chair and the Vice-Chair and schemed through the amended version, it breaks hearts in this country. The COVID-19 visited us just like it visited other parts of the world. We had some bit of time to prepare to attack or defend ourselves from this invisible enemy. The frontline workers were the health workers. As I stand here today, having listened to various media outlets, I can authoritatively say without any doubt of contradiction that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view