Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Oundo (Funyula, ODM): Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Petition is timely and raises very weighty issues that require serious consideration. The notion or the fallacy that all constituencies and all areas are homogeneous in terms of topography and facilities is a very wrong assumption. We have raised this in respect to the Equalisation Fund. You will find that some areas have high poverty indexes as a result of historical issues. It is high time the Public Service Commission and all interested stakeholders developed a very clear criterion and measurement tool to determine which areas are hardship areas and which ones ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Indeed, it is a sad situation. This crisis ought to never have happened. It is an unnecessary mess. For this to have happened, it is symptomatic of an epitome of failed planning. Obviously, it became apparent that Russia was going to invade Ukraine as early as late December last year. Any serious planner should have planned on this. Hon. Speaker, the cost of increasing fuel prices dates to sometime back when we introduced several taxes in this House. Those of us who oversaw and prosecuted the Bill and the Motion in this House are here today. ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Sankok is exceptionally quiet today; something must be seriously wrong with his system. I actually noticed this in the morning when I saw him; he did not look like the vibrant Sankok we know. Indeed, it is a good thing that the mediation process between the National Assembly and the Senate has ended amicably. I attended one and I felt sorry because of the rigidity and animosity that was exhibited by the Senators towards the Members of the National Assembly. It was uncomfortable and uncalled for. I am happy to know that this time round, ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: accounts. It is like a mortician, so to speak, because it deals with the audited accounts at the tail end. However, nothing much comes out of it. I have never seen the Senate reprimand any particular governor or recommend to bar any governor from contesting any seat because of poor service delivery. We hope that something will come out of it. Devolution is the way to go and we must protect it. I support the Report. Thank you. view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Any amendment to the elections laws at this particular time needs to be looked at very carefully to ensure that it does not disenfranchise or harm any particular participant; more so those contesting any elective post. It is important that we take a keen eye. A person like my friend, hon. Sankok can afford to look elsewhere because he is not affected in any way. view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: The Elections Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.3 of 2022) basically looks to tidy up some definitions and changes in terminology that run throughout. For example, instead of the nomination that we take our nomination papers to the IEBC before elections, we are now looking at registration of a candidate. The vogue term now doing rounds in most countries at the party level is normally party primaries. Probably at the opportune time in the Committee of the whole House, instead of definition of nomination given in Clause 2 of the Bill, we could look at party primaries and expand ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Most of these amendments are basically issues of terminologies. However, I want to spend a little time to look at Clause 20, which seeks to amend Section 39 of the Elections Act. It gives a systematic chronology of the process of transmitting results from the polling centre or polling station all the way to the national tallying centre, and specifically deals with the presidential election. Due to the clout and clamour of the Office of the President, and being the symbol of unity of the Republic of Kenya, and coming from the fact that quite a number of key functions ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Looking at the past elections under the new Constitution 2010, they have all ended up in a petition in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court made a ruling in the 2013 election, even though they faulted the process. In 2017, a ruling was made and the presidential elections were nullified purely on the basis of transmission of the election results. We believe that the IEBC and the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs have had a sober and in-depth review of these provisions of Clause 20 to ensure that the process is credible and it is as timely as ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: If we look at the way the country is prepared, we look at the constituency level. It might be important that the collated results at the constituency level ought to be the results to be transmitted at the national tallying centre so that we are so sure and avoid too much in the system. I find it extremely difficult to require that, that person must be physically present to deliver the results. All of us know that unless you are flying, travelling all the way from Mandera, El Wak or from the far end takes several days. That is why ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Therefore, it is important that we re-look at this particular point very clearly to avoid a situation whereby the declaration of the presidential result will be unnecessarily delayed simply because of transport challenges and this kind of thing. 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