Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this Report. I wholly support the Report and thank the Chair of the Committee together with the Members and the secretariat for the splendid job. It is never easy to have such a detailed report in view of the challenges that we have. I hope the Almighty God will grant him his wishes in future endeavours. I just want to point out a few issues. Let me start with the issue of land ownership and documentation. It is inconceivable that in this time and era, a State corporation can allegedly ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this Report. I wholly support the Report and thank the Chair of the Committee together with the Members and the secretariat for the splendid job. It is never easy to have such a detailed report in view of the challenges that we have. I hope the Almighty God will grant him his wishes in future endeavours. I just want to point out a few issues. Let me start with the issue of land ownership and documentation. It is inconceivable that in this time and era, a State corporation can allegedly ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I want to train my attention on a very fundamental issue. Many of us have questioned this matter continuously and incessantly. A State corporation - or a parastatal as we know it today - was designed to be a self-sustaining organisation. It was designed to contribute to the economy of this country and to the Exchequer. I see a footnote in the Report and I want to read it verbatim; “Further, it was observed that State corporations over-relied on Government grants for continued operations rather than enhancing internally-generated funds, raising doubts on their capability as going concern in the absence ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I want to train my attention on a very fundamental issue. Many of us have questioned this matter continuously and incessantly. A State corporation - or a parastatal as we know it today - was designed to be a self-sustaining organisation. It was designed to contribute to the economy of this country and to the Exchequer. I see a footnote in the Report and I want to read it verbatim; “Further, it was observed that State corporations over-relied on Government grants for continued operations rather than enhancing internally-generated funds, raising doubts on their capability as going concern in the absence ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Therefore, like in the private sector, if you do not make profit as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), you know the best way is the exit door. So, I want to urge the Government and those Cabinet Secretaries who oversee these State Departments to apply pressure on these parastatals, to 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
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Therefore, like in the private sector, if you do not make profit as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), you know the best way is the exit door. So, I want to urge the Government and those Cabinet Secretaries who oversee these State Departments to apply pressure on these parastatals, to 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
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: ensure that they become profitable and stop or cease depending on the National Treasury for survival. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: ensure that they become profitable and stop or cease depending on the National Treasury for survival. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I sit in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. We made it very clear to the various agencies that we oversee, especially the parastatals, that we will not entertain further injection of public funds into their daily operation, unless it is a specific development project that has a higher multiplier effect on the economy of this country. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I sit in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. We made it very clear to the various agencies that we oversee, especially the parastatals, that we will not entertain further injection of public funds into their daily operation, unless it is a specific development project that has a higher multiplier effect on the economy of this country. view