Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Committee under the able chairmanship of the outgoing Member of Parliament for Mvita and the incoming Governor of County 001, Mombasa Raha. I hope that when you get...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is indeed a great honour for most of us to sit in this august House. Out of a population of close to 50 million Kenyans, if you are among the 349 Members who sit in this House, you are...

Hon. Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to the amendment Bill on the Floor of this House today. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, payment of taxes is a responsibility of every citizen in any jurisdiction or any country. That is why all...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I want to echo the sentiments of my colleagues, that indeed the National Treasury has continuously and without shame abused Article 223 of the Constitution, in respect to supplementary budgets. We have a few weeks to the...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As you are about to make that momentous decision, there are a few facts that we need to put in mind. I totally agree with the Members who have expressed themselves on the matter of public students in private universities,...

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Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I stand to second the Report presented by the Chair of the Committee on behalf of the Committee. I also take this opportunity to thank Members of the Committee under the able leadership...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support. It is a matter of concern that has been raised before, especially the wordings of how the Treaty Making and Ratification Act is actually designed and formulated. They bring us the treaties when they have already...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The fight against corruption will remain the cornerstone that will save this country. This country has enumerable resources, but we have been unable to take-off because of ethics and corruption...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, the Nominees were presented to this House on 12th April and committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. They got their tax compliance on 19th or 12th May, a month, or several months later after applying for the job....

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) It is a moral and integrity issue, Hon. Speaker. You refuse to pay taxes then you apply to become a Speaker hopefully, in the next Parliament; and when we say you do not qualify because you have not paid taxes, in the morning, you...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I request not to speak to this particular Bill. Thank you. May 11, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Children Bill. At the outset, I must admit that it is voluminous. So, it is not possible to deal on its every aspect. We need to appreciate the important role...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I was indicating, the Bill is fairly comprehensive and it contains issues that I had been told to come and articulate on this Floor. I have mentioned a few. As I continue, when we go to Clause...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me indicate that I am a founder member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives. I am told it was hived off from the Departmental Committee on Finance and National...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Petition is timely and raises very weighty issues that require serious consideration. The notion or the fallacy that all constituencies and all areas are homogeneous in terms of topography and facilities is a very wrong assumption. We have raised...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Indeed, it is a sad situation. This crisis ought to never have happened. It is an unnecessary mess. For this to have happened, it is symptomatic of an epitome of failed planning. Obviously, it became apparent that Russia was going...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Sankok is exceptionally quiet today; something must be seriously wrong with his system. I actually noticed this in the morning when I saw him; he did not look like the vibrant Sankok we know. Indeed, it is a good...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Any amendment to the elections laws at this particular time needs to be looked at very carefully to ensure that it does not disenfranchise or harm any particular participant; more so those contesting any elective post. It is...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the interest of national unity and for the benefit of our colleagues from that region, I unreservedly withdraw and apologise. There was no harm meant. It was a pun. As I was saying, some areas are far flung. It...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, despite the fact that you have asked Hon. Sankok to withdraw some line of argument that seems to have no basis at all, he seems to continue in the same line of argument, which is surely disrespectful to the Office...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to second the Public Finance Management (National Roads Toll Fund) Regulations of 2021. As the Committee on Delegated Legislation and pursuant with the Statutory Instruments Act, the Constitution and relevant laws, we received, engaged and reviewed the Regulations...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was getting worried how come my name had disappeared. I stand to support the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 4 of 2021) . Just to put it on record, the Bill...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I would have taken no interest in this matter were it not that I sit in the Public Account Committee (PAC) . It would have been of no interest at all to me...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have the pleasure to move the Motion, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu) : Allow me to confirm that it has been communicated that you will...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, let me take this opportunity to thank the Ministry for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation plus all the agencies that are involved for having gone out of their way to prepare progressive regulations that will govern...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On my own behalf and that of the people of Funyula, I send my condolences to the Parliament of Uganda and to the family of the departed Speaker. For records purposes, my constituency borders Uganda. Three-quarters of the people known...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. The issue of nominating members to the March 22, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 6 Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM)various county assemblies has always been a very big debate...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the Election Campaign Financing (Amendment) Bill of 2021. Politics is a game of competition. Politics requires amassing resources of different types and forms to campaign for elections. The idea of controlling campaign financing looks...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of Order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Patrick Mariru) : What is out of order, Hon. Oundo? Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have listened keenly to the Leader of the Majority...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I know his point of worry. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Patrick Mariru) : Hon. Oundo, you do not have any plan to do what it looks like. Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know that it was important...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for indulging me. I forgot my card, but nevertheless, as much as Hon. Sankok has raised weighty issues, but the way the petition is drafted is so wide. The scope is so extensive and incapable of being discussed and attended...

Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is a momentous day for me to stand here and contribute to the Coffee Bill that came from the Senate. For many years, coffee was what we used to call the black gold of Kenya. For many...