Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 641 to 650 of 1534.

• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: No.204. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also echo the sentiments of my colleague that having no substantive office holders under the Constitution is truly unconstitutional. As we commit these funds, we hope that they will be utilised for the purpose that they are intended because papers or reports which are prepared without being signed and taking effect are useless. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I support Vote 2111. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I just wanted to comment on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). In my understanding, the formation of this Commission was to place checks and balances on police operations. In the recent past, all of us have seen the excesses of police brutality in this country. During the first instance of the curfew, the police literally brutalised people all over the country. We hope the funds we have allocated to this Commission will be enough to allow them to record and document cases of police brutality so that they are acted upon. If we ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for this opportunity. As well, I do not want to go into the issues surrounding that, but only to mention that the JSC is an important commission. It regulates the operations of the Judiciary. Our concern like other concerns is the growing numbers of case backlogs that are affecting business and operations of many livelihoods. I request the JSC to seriously review the operations of the courts and the Judiciary to ensure that they expeditiously conclude cases so that people can live their lives. Five to six years down the line does not bond ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Chair, I support the allocation. I want to ask the PSC to move with speed to complete the new building because some of us are eyeing to have offices there before we go home or hopefully when we come back. Our offices at Continental House are stuffy and it becomes difficult to work. I just want to appeal to the PSC to ensure that the building is completed in time. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will keep my comments very short. 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
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: First of all, I would like to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee and all Members of Parliament for the wonderful job we have done. The ball now lies with us, the Executive and all ad hoc commissions that we have given money to exercise prudent use of the funds, allow Parliament to offer oversight and give Parliament all the latitude it has to oversee. However, we must remember that many a times we have let Parliament down. Probably, we remember the often-stated cliché “the tyranny of numbers”. It is what has killed the independence of Parliament. Unless we go ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I hope my minutes have not been lost while walking from where I was to here. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Okay. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are making a Budget within an unprecedented environment that has been thrust to us by factors beyond our control. Indeed, we did not generate corona. Corona visited us and now once the visitor is in the house, however a menace he or she is, you have to learn how to live with him or her until you find ways and means of kicking that nuisance visitor from our homesteads. Unlike the last financial year, there are so many uncertainties. Of course, many of us are worried that the proposals being presented here are unlikely ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: There has been a continued concern – and this concern is manifested in the budget that we have passed – of skewed allocation of resources and development in some areas at the expense of other areas. All over the country, you see quite a number of road projects but, in many parts of our world especially Busia, nobody bothers and yet, there are so many resources. The Constitution dictates that we must have equitable share of resources in this country. We call upon the National Treasury and all the Ministries, whenever they make budget proposals, they must ensure there is ... view