Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1537.

• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: this SDL was given to private firms. When we get a report in this House that the levy from the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) needs to be given back to these people to operate, it does not make sense. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: I want to join my colleague Hon. Nassir who stated that this levy cannot, without substantive data provided to this House on how their operations have been hampered over this period… Let us not just use this COVID-19 as an excuse for the Government to use money haywire. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I once again want to reiterate that, first of all, let me thank my senior colleague, Hon. Kioni, for spearheading the issues that relate to Article 100 of the Constitution of Kenya by bringing us a Bill in respect of the same matter. Secondly, we also need to go on record that many of us were extremely disappointed. Some of us received very many calls from our constituents complaining that we have very many Hon. Ladies in the House, but they were only countable - not more than four - to spearhead and push the confirmation ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the third issue is that we hope the state of minorities and special interest is not a permanent state and we need to have mechanisms in the Constitution to continuously review the listings and Article 100 of the Constitution of Kenya. As I mentioned here - and I want to repeat again - at times, the state of minority is really self-inflicted or is by design because the process of changing the status of minority is well documented in the Bible and it is also a biological process. With those few remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairperson. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I support the amendment, but I need to go on record to caution that the word “Government” seems to be too wide. We need to have a very clear definition on what constitutes Government. Who is the custodian of the so-called “recognised by Government”? A lot of stamp duty is paid as a result of transactions in the land and real estate sector where there have been so many unscrupulous practices. I pray that necessary measures will be put in place to make sure that the so-called “Government” is clearly ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I support the amendment. That particular section was negated by the amendment that is going to be proposed without purporting to know what is going to be debated under the new Clause 14. Once we pass Clause 14, then there are sections under that part that are already negated. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the proposed amendment, however plausible it may be in the short-term, is self-defeating. We are talking about encouraging manufacturing in the Big Four Agenda. We have a lot of rerun glasses in this country. We have several factories in Nairobi and some in Mombasa that mill glasses. This essentially is self-defeating and we are not achieving the Big Four Agenda. I do not understand the need because we can encourage manufacturing. The policy should be import substitution instead encouraging imports as it is going to kill local manufacturing. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, probably, the Chair of the Committee needs to tell the House clearly that, indeed, there exists a building code of 1968 and adoptive building code that covers all the local authorities, which are county governments. He needs to clarify whether by virtue of this section, we are abolishing or building the existing building codes or what is the procedure for enacting this particular one and the amendments we made on Clause 17? view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Committee Report on the State of the Judiciary. I will mostly concentrate my comments on the Report for 2017/2018. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I must admit from the outset that the Judiciary has made major milestones in the protection of human rights in this country. Prior to the 2010 Constitution and prior to the many changes that were made to our legal system over the years, human rights were trampled on without fear and without apology under the whims of those in leadership. However, we must admit, over time, ... view