Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: resumes. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to make a few comments in respect of the proposals contained in the Bill. First, was the issue of taxation on LPG. I thought returning this particular aspect into this House was either unconstitutional or a breach of our Standing Orders. The law requires that any matter that has been dispensed with cannot be returned to the House within a period of six months. When we were making amendments to the tax laws in response to Covid-19, that particular aspect was brought and it was defeated. It caught some of us by surprise ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: on gas is going to damage our environment. We are moving towards clean energy. Returning to us to destroy our forests and by using charcoal and firewood was surely going to be a bad experience. Secondly, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of taxation of pensioners has also featured very prominently in the debate all over, knowing that while a mass of our pension is calculated based on your last salary; knowing that quite a number of people receiving pensions probably exited the Public Service or employment when salaries were very low; knowing that inflation has been rising and there ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: to allow people to get jobs in order for them to meet their expenses. As it is, the Finance Bill is business as usual with no innovation that can inspire economic growth. I am afraid that we will go back to the same endless story of Supplementary Budgets and the rest. We hope at one time, we will organize ourselves without using Covid-19 as an excuse so that we get back to the economic prosperity level that is expected of this country. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 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