Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Providing publicity is so blanket. It can mean giving undue publicity to other categories of contestants contrary to the provisions of the law. It is a matter that we must debate so that we are not seen to be discriminating against other people. Hon. Speaker, on the issue of minority numbers as provided for in the Constitution, I want to join my colleagues who said that some provisions in this Constitution are contradictory and not in keeping with our culture. When we went for the 2010 Referendum, we were told that 20 per cent of the Constitution is bad and ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this timely Motion. Each year the country registers a large number of students to sit for Form Four exams. As many of us are aware, probably, less than 15 per cent in a normal society succeed to join university to do some serious courses. Of course, there are some who go to do courses that might not be serious as such, but nevertheless they still go to the university. Many of them go to universities that probably would not qualify to be universities in a serious ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: expand these technical training institutes. It is incumbent upon the county governments to invest heavily in modernising the village polytechnics or vocational training centres to enable students have a positive mindset and enrol for training programmes in those training institute. As we are aware, it is government policy that each constituency must have a technical training institute. Again, the challenge is that many of our young people, who do not qualify to join university, naturally end up being demoralised. Motivating them to join these institutions has been a herculean task. We keep on preaching this message wherever we go. The ... view