Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security in respect of how police handle Covid-19 cases as they do their work in their police stations and how they handle the whole process. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: At the outset, it has become apparent that the police, by virtue of the role that they were given to enforce the curfew and health protocol, have become the first responders and the front- liners. Unfortunately, the nation or the country has made no efforts at all to train, equip and change the mindset of the police. They forgot questions of social distancing, they forgot the question of face masks, they forgot the questions of hygiene and the police believed that guns and military fatigues were a cure or the preventer of the spread of coronavirus. There is overwhelming evidence ... view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: minutes to the curfew time, collect all the so-called curfew breakers, lump them in one vehicle, congest them to the brim and take them to one cell irrespective of the health conditions of those that have been arrested. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Obviously, with this behavior and with this approach, we are not going to win the war against the unintended spread of Covid-19. Many of us shudder now that there are fresh instructions that were given yesterday by the President, where he directed the National Police Service, National Coordination Committee and the notorious city council enforcers, city council askaris to arrest and molest people who purport not to have complied with the protocols. It is going to be a tough job and if we are not careful, we are going to escalate infections in this country. I just want to ask ... view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: All that we are asking Hon. Koinange is this: Sit with the IG and explore the practicality of enforcement of the protocols. We sympathize with the police because they are the most vulnerable. But you must also sympathize with the local mwananchi who is going to become collateral damage. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. I stand to support the Agreement. Thank you for giving us time to peruse it in details, so that we can debunk some of the misinformation that had been peddled here or elsewhere out there. This is something that has been with us for many years, since 1962. Therefore, it is something that I would believe is an upgrade or a continuity. I do believe that for all those years, it must have served the two parties well and that is why they have considered to renew the same. Coming from the names, ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thirdly, there is a provision to bring development to Ngomeni area. The term “development” is vague and unexplained. What constitutes development? I just pray and hope that the various arrangements given, for example: Tele-medicine, education and training; access to earth observation and space; science data; support of Kenyan Space Agency; and establishing of Regional Centre for Earth Observation, will somehow trickle down to the people of Kenya. Specifically, the question that we need to ask, and I do believe Hon. Owen Baya raised the same and many of us will raise the same… The extent, the quantum and ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. At the outset, let me state I support the amendments from the Senate, because they are very difficult people to deal with, so to speak. I have had an occasion to attend a mediation process and I even regretted why I accepted the invitation to go there. They are so inconsiderate in discussions. However, it also shows that they are probably beating this House into submission with the insurgence and the difficult approach but we have to accept. At times, you have to accept to fight another day. The issue of ... view