Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: From the outset, I want to support these amendments. They are timely and specifically they tidy up the very long narration in the principal Act. As I support, there are a few fundamental issues that I want to raise in this House, so that the nation and the people involved should listen. Drought ought not to be an emergency with such sophisticated forecasting system of the weather patterns and conditions. Drought anywhere in the world should never be a disaster The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: From the outset, I want to support these amendments. They are timely and specifically they tidy up the very long narration in the principal Act. As I support, there are a few fundamental issues that I want to raise in this House, so that the nation and the people involved should listen. Drought ought not to be an emergency with such sophisticated forecasting system of the weather patterns and conditions. Drought anywhere in the world should never be a disaster The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: or emergency. It is something that all of us should predict with adequate certainty and prepare for it. view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: or emergency. It is something that all of us should predict with adequate certainty and prepare for it. view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: It is such a shame that after over 50 years since Independence, we are still seeking external support to provide food for our people. We still have to be presented with pictures of families and households starving and emaciated facing death yet we have a full ministry that should prepare adequately in advance to avoid such embarrassing exposition of our foolishness and unpreparedness. It is, indeed, sad that in the past few months, Kenyans have died of hunger and a senior official in the Government had the audacity or temerity to stand on the podium and deny that people had ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: It is such a shame that after over 50 years since Independence, we are still seeking external support to provide food for our people. We still have to be presented with pictures of families and households starving and emaciated facing death yet we have a full ministry that should prepare adequately in advance to avoid such embarrassing exposition of our foolishness and unpreparedness. It is, indeed, sad that in the past few months, Kenyans have died of hunger and a senior official in the Government had the audacity or temerity to stand on the podium and deny that people had ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: look at each area, constituency and sub-location, so that we can provide funds to meet to take care of all the people of Kenya. We feel very disadvantaged that when we talk about ASAL and vulnerable areas, we only talk about North Eastern and Turkana provinces, yet billions have been pumped into Turkana County and we still have gory pictures of people dying of hunger. That is a question we need to ask ourselves. What has devolution done for this country? Some aspects of food security and agriculture are devolved yet every year since devolution began, almost eight years down ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: look at each area, constituency and sub-location, so that we can provide funds to meet to take care of all the people of Kenya. We feel very disadvantaged that when we talk about ASAL and vulnerable areas, we only talk about North Eastern and Turkana provinces, yet billions have been pumped into Turkana County and we still have gory pictures of people dying of hunger. That is a question we need to ask ourselves. What has devolution done for this country? Some aspects of food security and agriculture are devolved yet every year since devolution began, almost eight years down ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have a point of clarification. My colleagues were trying to clarify what they do not know. I want the Chair to be clear because they are asking me thinking that I know. They are asking whether the Kshs136,766,586 is inclusive or exclusive of the emergency fund? He needs to answer that. view