Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I have no apologies to make. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Motion. I want to inform the Leader of the Majority Party that I have no apologies to make for taking a very good political stand....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. In an ordinary situation, there are those people who are well versed in certain areas and those who are not. Those with inadequate understanding should allow those who are...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand here to comment on the Report of the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee on the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy. At the outset, and from an investment theory, debt is cheaper than equity. At any given time, you...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Baya has eaten into my minutes. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am afraid that he has probably not read the Public Accounts Committee Report that we tabled in the last Parliament. If he read it, he would not be standing

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, we need to be very careful with the issue of equity in the loans. As the Member for Funyula, I have not seen even a single development project arising from the loans being borrowed left, right and centre....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, with your indulgence, I request the Mover to clarify Part (c) where it says “Other persons to make submissions or presentations before the House”. Does it in any way mean that the Cabinet Secretary can delegate to any other person to come...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Baya has raised the issue of attendance at a good moment. In many afternoons, towards 4.00

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand in solidarity and support the Motion by Hon. Nzambia on the issue of the elderly people. As my colleagues have aptly put it, the last registration was done just before the 2017 General Elections to entice the...

Hon (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I had already contributed on this Motion. I am just intrigued by the passion from the Woman Representative for Homa Bay County. The passion is immense and I think she could share the same passion with other counties so that...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Okay. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is sad, indeed, that several years after independence, we still have this shameful menace in this country. I listened to the Governor of Trans Nzoia, Hon. Natembeya, who is the former Regional Commissioner of that area. What he revealed...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairperson, I hope the Chairperson of Committee on Budget and Appropriations Committee is listening. The Temporary Chairperson (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon. Oundo, he is listening. He is a very keen person. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I think the Chairperson...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairperson, I totally agree that they need to finalise the tower. In the fullness of time, I hope PSC will review all the leases and expenditures on rent so that we do not continue losing money that we could have used for...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you for this opportunity, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank my colleague for bringing this Motion to the Floor of the House. I am a Catholic from birth and I must declare my interest from the word go. As Catholics, our dogma and teachings...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Having been a teacher or a lecturer, I can summarise my thoughts. It is inevitable that in any transition there will be a Supplementary Budget; a re- organisation of the budget priorities to fit the new regimes. Article 223...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) No one!

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Petition is timely. It is obvious that Kenya is a water scarce country and many people go without water. Many people travel endless hours and endless kilometres looking for water. Many Kenyans believed and trusted that with devolution,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to comment on the Petition filed by the Member for Nyatike Constituency. The issue of land matters is emotive and we seem to have lived with it from time immemorial. It is emotive because land has got...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Cognisant that the minutes are almost gone, I hope as per the Standing Orders, I will be allowed to continue when this Motion resumes. We are living in interesting times, indeed, that somebody who is not authorised by law...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was going to protest in the loudest of all the loud noises I could have made. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I was saying before my time elapsed in the morning, yesterday, the Hon. Speaker presented a Message from the...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) How?

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is noted. My colleague from Endebess also needs to know that the Leader of Majority Party in the National Assembly is none other than Hon. Ichung’wah. He is not the President of the 15th February 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am sorry, the microphone is not working. I have displaced a serious Member of this House who handles very serious issues for Members. Article 94 of the Constitution is clear that the only body in this country authorised to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Chairperson of the Committee is misleading the House and the nation. Number one, I do not know which Members he is referring to. If they are Members of Parliament, then he is completely out of order. In the NG-CDF Act...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) What is your point of order? Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, my name is Dr Ojiambo Oundo, Member for Funyula, Busia County. The Temporary Speaker (Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to the National Agricultural Policy 2021 whose theme is “Food: Our Health, Wealth and Security”. We have a history of policies that address various thematic areas in this country. We are quite often obliged to...