Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

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• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development more so, being a member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives. Hon. Speaker, as you are aware, under Vision 2030, Third Medium Term Plan (MTP III) and Big Four Agenda, a lot of emphasis has been laid on manufacturing and related activities, to the extent that it is expected to contribute 15 per cent to the GDP of the country. That has however not happened. In the past few years, the first CS in the 12th Parliament as well as the second CS did not achieve ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. My senior made a lot of reference to me, but in view of the fact that I am here to move the Motion, I will look for an appropriate opportunity to make a rebuttal. In any case, suffering or struggling is relative, but we have lived a very clean and square life that is why we can sit here without any fear of being arrested or arraigned anywhere. Rest assured that most of us who studied Land Economics know how to manage our affairs. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: On behalf of the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co- operatives, I wish to confirm that the Committee complied with the constitutional and statutory requirements regarding the vetting exercise and placed an advert in the print media on Wednesday, 12th February 2020, inviting the public to submit memorandum by way of written statement on oath on the suitability of the nominee in conformity to Section 6(9) of the Public Appointments, Parliamentary Approval Act, 2011. The advert indicated that the submissions were to be received by Tuesday, 18th February 2020, at 5.00 p.m. Further, in fulfilment of ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: It is instructive to note that during the oral presentation, the EACC had submitted to us a letter dated 19th February 2020 in which they had indicated they had not received the self- declaration form from the nominee and yet the same EACC, at its Huduma Centre, had stamped the self-declaration form on 14th February confirming they had received it. Indeed, at that particular time, and I am sure it has been in the media, issues were raised whether it was in order to proceed with the vetting and yet, the EACC had not provided a clear and unequivocal statement ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Trade and Enterprise Development. I ask a member of the Committee, Hon. Gichimu Githinji of Gichugu, to second the Motion. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude and move to reply, let me just state one or two issues. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Dr. Makali Mulu has raised the issue. Yes, we have had challenges with the past CS. We hope now with the new CS, PS and a new PS in charge of Industrialisation, we should take this sector to the next level. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks I beg to reply. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Report by the Special Funds Accounts Committee. Some of these things we forget about them until they rear their ugly head or appear on the national front. The Agricultural Settlement Fund was established in 1963/64. Essentially, the purpose of this Fund was to raise funds to purchase land to settle Kenyans who had been robbed off their land by the colonialists. For historical perspective, when the colonialists came to Kenya, through various land ordinances, they took land belonging to natives as they called them, and put them in camps ... view
• 25 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: So, the Agricultural Settlement Fund was created - and I am reliably informed by history - by funds that were given by the British Government to have a smooth transition from the colonial government to independent Kenya. It did wonders for all those years. So many settlement schemes all over the country were acquired through the Agricultural Settlement Fund. Of course, it had trustees and over the years, it has metamorphosed through various forms. Imagine, it had collapsed in the early 1990s only to learn that the collapse could have been man made when the computer that contained documents crashed. ... view