Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, Hon. Speaker. I have raised this issue many times. What my good colleague and the Vice-Chair are saying is not factually true. I come from Busia… Hon. Speaker He did not talk about Busia. He talked about his area. So, he could be factually...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let us look at the objectives of the Bill. The Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of the Bill read as follows: A framework in order to strengthen the special economic zones framework and align it with the operational requirements of large-scale...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to also support the Report by the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Defence Cooperation Agreements. It is gratifying that the Government has found it fit to bring these Agreements to the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, it is to the contrary. I can extract the Report that was tabled, debated and approved by this House. I can pick it and submit it on Tuesday when the House sits again. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I will not require...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The House of Parliament is one of the arms in the Constitution of Kenya that requires respect and to be held with the esteem that it deserves. Over the years, there has been direct attack on the House of Parliament...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, if God gives you a child that is differently-abled, and you buy equipment or gadgets for the purpose of aiding that child to live, what does it tell you? With those gadgets, do you hope to get another differently-abled child? Let...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I can substantiate and let you rule on record. I will pick the joint committee’s Report, and she can 9th April 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 44 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)also pick her report and let the House determine who...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, some people on my right side of the chamber are worried. I do not know why they are worried. Can you protect me so that their eyes do not bewitch me? The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I gave you preference...

Hon. Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, Hon. Speaker. I have raised this issue many times. What my good colleague and the Vice-Chair are saying is not factually true. I come from Busia… Hon. Speaker He did not talk about Busia. He talked about his area. So, he could be factually...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let us look at the objectives of the Bill. The Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of the Bill read as follows: A framework in order to strengthen the special economic zones framework and align it with the operational requirements of large-scale...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to also support the Report by the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Defence Cooperation Agreements. It is gratifying that the Government has found it fit to bring these Agreements to the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, it is to the contrary. I can extract the Report that was tabled, debated and approved by this House. I can pick it and submit it on Tuesday when the House sits again. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I will not require...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The House of Parliament is one of the arms in the Constitution of Kenya that requires respect and to be held with the esteem that it deserves. Over the years, there has been direct attack on the House of Parliament...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, if God gives you a child that is differently-abled, and you buy equipment or gadgets for the purpose of aiding that child to live, what does it tell you? With those gadgets, do you hope to get another differently-abled child? Let...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I can substantiate and let you rule on record. I will pick the joint committee’s Report, and she can 9th April 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 44 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)also pick her report and let the House determine who...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, some people on my right side of the chamber are worried. I do not know why they are worried. Can you protect me so that their eyes do not bewitch me? The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I gave you preference...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you. That is actually the point of concern. Education must improve someone. I remember when the parallel degree programmes were introduced in universities, I was a lecturer at The University of Nairobi. I could not have gone anywhere else. Students would come with...

Hon. (Dr) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for this opportunity to likewise comment on the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 3 of 2025) , sponsored by a colleague from ODM Hon. Anthony Oluoch, Member for Mathare Constituency. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Constitution of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Through my good work and the prayers of the people of Funyula before I came here, I had already acquired a PhD from the University of Nairobi and not just anywhere else. Let me also join my colleagues in...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you. That is actually the point of concern. Education must improve someone. I remember when the parallel degree programmes were introduced in universities, I was a lecturer at The University of Nairobi. I could not have gone anywhere else. Students would come with...

Hon. (Dr) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for this opportunity to likewise comment on the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 3 of 2025) , sponsored by a colleague from ODM Hon. Anthony Oluoch, Member for Mathare Constituency. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Constitution of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like the Prime Cabinet Secretary (PCS) to explain the delays in the operationalisation of the Muluanda Border Crossing Point in Funyula Constituency. His Excellency the late President Mwai Kibaki commissioned it on 28th March 2009. There is the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Reassure Hon. Atandi that he should not get goosebumps when he sees me standing. I am just doing my work as per Article 95 of the Constitution. By practice, we have always had supplementary budgets. When the current Cabinet...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like the Prime Cabinet Secretary (PCS) to explain the delays in the operationalisation of the Muluanda Border Crossing Point in Funyula Constituency. His Excellency the late President Mwai Kibaki commissioned it on 28th March 2009. There is the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Reassure Hon. Atandi that he should not get goosebumps when he sees me standing. I am just doing my work as per Article 95 of the Constitution. By practice, we have always had supplementary budgets. When the current Cabinet...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me take this opportunity sincerely to thank the Committee on Delegated Legislation for reviewing and approving the Public Finance Management (Public Prosecution Fund) Regulations published as Legal Notice No. 169 of 2025. We used to have the adage...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the people of Funyula Constituency, let the people of Ol Kalou and Kirinyaga receive our condolences following the passing on of Hon. Kiaraho and Senator Karaba. The 13th Parliament has been very frightening. We hope and pray...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order. Hon. Speaker Yes, Hon. Oundo, what is your point of order? Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am just curious, and I want Hon. Kaluma, being a lawyer of eminence, to explain to me: what are...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order. Hon. Speaker Yes, Hon. Oundo, what is your point of order? Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am just curious, and I want Hon. Kaluma, being a lawyer of eminence, to explain to me: what are...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me take this opportunity sincerely to thank the Committee on Delegated Legislation for reviewing and approving the Public Finance Management (Public Prosecution Fund) Regulations published as Legal Notice No. 169 of 2025. We used to have the adage...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the people of Funyula Constituency, let the people of Ol Kalou and Kirinyaga receive our condolences following the passing on of Hon. Kiaraho and Senator Karaba. The 13th Parliament has been very frightening. We hope and pray...