Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: village of Budenge in Sio Port. I stood at the local shopping centre with a bowl. Luckily enough, I collected some tiny sum of money, by then, to bring me to Nairobi with the support of the then area Member of Parliament, Hon. Moody Awori. That is the spirit of Harambee . Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am reluctant to join the fray that generally regulates and controls the process to an extent that we miss the spirit of Harambee . But nevertheless, over time, and granted all of us accept, the Harambee spirit has been misused, manipulated and watered down ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate or thank our colleague who has come up with these amendments to the Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill. The spirit of the amendment is two folds: One, to have adequate succession planning and secondly, to create room for upward mobility of the young graduates and middle level workers or middle aged workers to rise in the Civil Service. On that score, they are commendable amendments that all of us need to support without conditions or reservations. However, two ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Secondly, is the issue of retirement age which the amendment simply moves the prescription of the retirement age from Regulations to the main Act. It is a welcome move, but obviously we must be cognisant of the fact that there will be circumstances within the Civil Service that generally will require retention of some cadre of employees who probably have exceeded the retirement age. I would not imagine, probably, tying a whole Head of State that he must employ or appoint somebody for certain age in certain positions. So, it will be important at that particular time of the Committee ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was getting worried because I thought my card was lost. Let me take this opportunity to join my colleagues in thanking the Committee on Implementation on their Report in respect of the various petitions, reports, legislations recommendations and action points that the 12th Parliament has passed since we started. It is unfortunate that we are mandated to legislate. We are mandated to oversee. We are mandated to prepare budgets for the purpose of running this country. It is unfortunate that we do all this but the saddest part is that many times, the ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: On the other side of the story, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker we, Members, must apprise ourselves on Government policies, existing legislation and prevailing economic situation, so that we do not propose Motions that we know very well that they will have no capacity of being implemented or they counter the existing Government policies which you debate and approve here. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: It is also important that we strengthen our secretariat, which is the Clerk’s Office, and all those who serve us in one way or the other. Whenever they tell us something, they should review Government policies, existing conditions and advise us on whether the Motion that we propose to move is workable and implementable or not. On that score, I suggest that we should have a committee or a certain department within the Clerk’s Office or wherever it can reside to provide some form of monitoring and evaluation so that there is a proper link between the Members of Parliament ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: As I conclude, earlier in the day, there was a debate about Infotrak Research and Consulting Limited. We spoke about it. We hope that we will move to the point of putting in place relevant 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
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: legislation to avoid a situation where we embarrass everybody who has undertaken research before. A survey should be taken truly as a survey. In a composite regime like the one we work for, asking one simple statement that offer your opinion on a scale of 1 to 10, disregarding the various roles of Members of Parliament is unethical in so far as research is concerned. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the first chance to contribute to this Bill. For record purposes, you and I sit in a committee called the Committee on Delegated Legislation. One of the toughest challenges we continuously face is to determine the adequacy of public participation. Indeed, the Constitution of Kenya is explicitly clear that any matter, be it policy, legislation or regulations, that affects the people of Kenya in any way or the other, cannot be enacted or implemented without the public having had a say on exactly what they want to be done. However, the ... view