Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 761 to 770 of 1534.

• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I had not contributed, but I would take the opportunity to say a word or two. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the Insurance (Amendment) Bill view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, looking at the House and the mood of the day, I rise under Standing Order No.35 to seek your guidance on whether we are properly constituted to debate and conclude such an important Bill, as it is in the Floor of the House today view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: We may not have the necessary quorum to transact business as required under Standing Order No.35. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, without even going through electronic or complicated counting system, we can see that the numbers here are very few. We do not have enough numbers to transact business as contemplated under Standing Order No.35. We seek your guidance on how to proceed in view of the importance at hand. In any case, all the matters before the House are important, but this could be extremely important being such an emotive issue that requires proper debate and discussion. Thank you. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am not so sure about the necessity of that amendment because we are creating a crisis that might be difficult to solve. Let us develop a very typical scenario. The county attorney-general is reappointed midway or in the last year of the outgoing governor. It means that the new governor is stuck with the existing attorney-general for a period that he does not intend. Let us give latitude to the governor to hire whenever it is necessary. A governor can be mischievous and renew the term of the county attorney-general towards his last year in ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I have a second comment on the same. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose (c) because in the understanding of the drafters, the county attorney is more or less like the Attorney-General at the national level. Article 156 of the Constitution states that the Attorney-General is not a member of the Executive so to speak. Purporting to indicate that the county attorney shall have the status and rank of a Member of the County Executive Committee is literally to contravene the supreme law of the Constitution. The Committee needs to enlighten us on their thinking behind that particular provision because it would be seen from the word go ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: to be in contravention of the Constitution. The county attorney needs to be independent and not beholden to his colleagues in the County Executive Committee. view