Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Honestly speaking, I can assure you that there are quite a number of Members here who, in the event they lose, they will suffer tremendously. This is because they are not employable and probably most of them are not businessmen by their nature. So, they will have trouble managing to survive. That is why I support this Bill that has been brought by my party leader. At least, we need to have a threshold. In this country, having been an MP, society exalts you. They believe you led a certain lifestyle and honestly speaking, there is a certain minimum amount ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: It is also important that the electorate who are our voters and employers appreciate the amount of work we do and the challenges that we face so that, when we seek some kind of pension after our term, they should not continue to label us in such a manner to indicate that we are greedy and are less concerned about the plight of this country. As I conclude, as we talk about pension, there is obviously a growing problem even with our own Members. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: desperation that some of our Members exhibited during the Kibra by-elections was truly a sign that there is a big problem in this country. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when I glance around the Chamber and standing under Standing Order 35, I am not so sure we have got the requisite quorum to conduct the next business in the Order Paper. So, I seek for your guidance by virtue of Standing Order 35. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to make some comments on this Bill. I suppose this is a Bill that people have clamoured for in this country for many years. It has come in many shapes and different styles. Nevertheless, it has never crossed the hurdle. Even though the present Bill has got shortcomings The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: and issues that require sober and serious discussion, probably this is the right direction towards fulfilling some of the requirements under Article 100 of the Constitution of Kenya, and probably aspects of Article 27 of the Constitution. This Bill intends to amend roughly seven statutes that exist in law at the moment. Most of the statutes being amended generally relate to election and related matters because it is intended to effect Article 100 that talks about a process where we ensure that the mentioned categories have access to Parliament and be elected. However, it raises two fundamental issues that require ... view