Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute. I support the Motion by my colleague, Hon. (Dr.) John Mutunga. It is obvious that the mainstay of the Kenyan economy is agriculture. Even though it has been shrinking, it still accounts for over 75 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product of this country. However, the contribution of the agriculture sector could have been much bigger if we had organised our farmers in a system that allows them to maximise production, or a system that allows them to get the highest returns from investment in the agriculture sector. One ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Agenda also calls for manufacturing. Kenya, being an agricultural economy, one of the greatest raw products could be agricultural. So, it is my goal to support the Motion. However, we need to address a few issues. One, the KENAFF needs to come out and popularise itself. From where I stand, my people in Funyula Constituency do not know it or have no strong association with it. They need to come out and undertake adequate capacity building to enable members understand the importance of joining the association. They need to understand the benefits of organising themselves in a manner that will ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to comment on this important Bill that has been sponsored by my party Chair and Leader of the Minority Party in the National Assembly of Kenya. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the greatest benefit for any worker is to retire knowing that he will be in a position to, at least, buy a newspaper, a packet of milk and his favourite drink while he enjoys his sunset days. Working for so many years and retiring to suffer until one finally dies is very bad. It is, indeed, an indictment of our system in this country. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I joined Parliament, I had very lofty ideas of Parliament. I had a rosy view about Parliament. But sitting here, interacting with people and having to deal with the expectation of the people, I believe that we need to treat our former MPs with utmost experience in a manner that befits the position they hold. During the much talked about Kibra by-election, I met one former MP from the coast region, who was an agent of a party that had no chance of winning that particular election. What I saw did not inspire confidence on ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: what the society does to some MPs. I prayed silently that when the people of Funyula have had enough of me and send me away, I will not get to that desperate position. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Honestly speaking, it would be a great failure on the part of the National Assembly to treat former MPs in such a manner. Hon. Members who served between 1984 and 2001 are some of the most distinguished politicians in this country. Some of us are serving our first term and we hope we will not fall in that situation. They are not in a good state. It is as if being an MP in this country, and subsequently losing an election, is a curse and punishment until you die. He was very candid enough that he gets less than Kshs20,000 ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Luckily enough, in Funyula Constituency, due to providence or an act of God, most former MPs are people who had a stable professional job. Therefore, when they left Parliament, they continued with their lives fairly well like Prof. Julia Ojiambo, His Excellency former Vice- President Moody Awori and my former immediate predecessor, Hon. Dr. Paul Otuoma. Those are people you can say are not exhibiting a bad image of the Parliament of Kenya. Therefore, as my party chair has said, probably, I would have a fall-back position. But many of us do not have that fall-back position. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Therefore, it is important to have a system put in place to cushion former MPs. Indeed, they have done a commendable job for this country. They have passed laws, policies and budgets that have in, one way or another, shaped the destiny of this country. It is unfair to treat them in such a manner to an extent that a former Hon. Member cannot afford to fuel a car and he has to sell it to pay for medical bills. Every Member who has served in this House should be entitled to pension. The only difference is that it should ... view