Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I happen to be a neighbour to Dr Ochanda. His biggest problem is crocodiles. We had crocodiles in the River Suo, but we know how to deal with them. Our biggest menace, however, is hippopotamuses. We have raised this matter with the KWS Kakamega branch, yet...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for allowing me to also comment in support of the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.51 of 2024) . We need to bring some facts to bear and be very clear. While a number of the Acts of Parliament being amended fall within the...

Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party. The record will speak for itself. Members of the public will decide what to do with that kind of information. Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to start with the provisions relating to the Anti-Counterfeit Act (No. 13 of 2008) . The Bill proposes...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to bring to your attention that, if I recall correctly, you had mentioned something about a Kamukunji between the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary to come and address the concerns of the Members here and the general public. The issue of stalled...

May the Almighty God bless you forever. May you be given what Muslims are supposed to be given when they become martyrs. I cannot say it now. I rise to support. As the CBK gives out loans, I pray and hope that we will not be saddled in non-performing loans...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me also to comment on this Bill. The intentions appear good, but the design, as it stands, presents several challenges and issues that we must carefully consider. First, the idea of creating a separate fund to receive money from royalties and related activities suggests...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, we must promote sustainable fishing. Clause 210 of the Bill provides a transitional period of two years from the commencement date of the Act. I want to go on record that the Kenya Police and some Ugandan officials have more or less imposed restrictions on the type...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, my colleague, Hon. Jared, has put it very clearly. Sustainability is the major concern. I imagine that the Cabinet Secretary’s incentives come with conditions. One of those conditions will be to remove Value Added Tax (VAT) , Excise Duty and other taxes. In that case, the price...

On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are responsible Members of Parliament. We are leaders in this country. We swore to uphold the Constitution of Kenya. Those of us who sit in the Public Accounts Committee which I have sat in since 2020 know this. Every year, there are several agencies that have...

Hon. Speaker, I do not want to debate. When the Chairman was moving, we were distracted because there were quite a number of colleagues in front of me. Is it possible that the Chair repeats the reasons for seeking extension of the consideration period ding? That is for record purposes...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also sat a word on this Supplementary Budget Estimates II for 2025/2026 Financial Year. Ironically, as much as we want to be very polite, supplementary budgets basically indicate some kind of shortfall or failure to plan properly in terms of what is supposed...

I do not know what is out of order, because it is my contribution, it is my debate. So, I do not know what is really out of order. Secondly, the country is going to host the AFCON. We must move with speed to make sure that everything is in...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Leader of the Majority Party misled the House. This particular Supplementary Budget has an increase of Ksh18 billion above what was approved by this House. I just wanted that to go on record. I can inform him because he was given wrong information. This Supplementary Budget...

Hon. Speaker, on my behalf and on behalf of the people of Funyula Constituency, I convey my condolences to the family of Hon. Gideon Konchellah. I served with him in the 12th Parliament. We were also in the same Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, and we interacted fairly...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to comment on the first Petition. My colleague has clearly said that the second Petition was brought here in the last Parliament. I hope it will be dispensed of. These are some of the challenges we had as the Public Petitions Committee, which need...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provision of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request a Statement on behalf of Kenyan journalists employed as staff members or freelancers by international media houses regarding the systematic exploitation, racial discrimination and violation of the constitutionally granted labour rights....

Hon. Speaker, I come from a county that borders Uganda. The issue of trafficking of narcotic drugs and especially bhang and related drugs, is becoming a big menace. It is slowly and surely destroying our young people. We, the people of Busia, hold the view that the police and those...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Chair has repeatedly mentioned Busia. I want it to go on record that because of the impropriety and the weak control systems, many constituencies in Busia have not received fertiliser since the long rains of last year.

No, I am not referring to the Temporary Speaker. I am just referring to my colleagues, for example, Sir George. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we need to be very clear and we need to be factual. I do not want to blame Hon. Atandi because he is my neighbour and he...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Millie has answered for me. When we give a figure of 20.9 per cent, that is erroneous. We are basing on Estimates of 2022/2023 yet we already closed the accounts and even the audited accounts for 2024/2025 are already available. That is a fact...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to make this submission, and I hope I will not lose my slot to contribute, as I was next in line. You have asked for information which you can google anytime, anywhere. If you allow me, at the end of June 2023, the public debt...

This is a House of debate and records. This kind of exchange should be encouraged as many times as possible so that Kenyans understand that Members of Parliament are not merely voting robots, but they have brains, and they can debate. That is precisely why… Let me join my colleagues...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order? I have due respect for the Leader of the Majority Party because he requires a lot of effort and energy to execute his mandate. What is your point of order? However, for record purposes, is he...

Hon. Chairlady, hoping that this disbursement will be done, I urge the police service that with this budget, they attend to the issue of police vehicles. Now with the budget, and I hope disbursement will be done, the Police Service should attend to the issue of police vehicles. Many police...

Hon. Chairlady, we support, but we hope there have been sufficient funds made available in the Budget. When I look at economic and commercial diplomacy, it is allocated a paltry sum of about Ksh50 million or so. I do not know how much that can do to deepen our economic...

I will be brief. The issue that is becoming of concern in this country is the question of disbursement of capitation and the challenge of Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council (CDACC) exam fee...

I wanted to bring to the attention of the House that the last capitation was done in 2024.

Hon. Temporary Chairman, as you are aware, I am a fisherman, and so are my people. I rise to commend this Budget and hope we will find a way to ensure the allocated funds reach the grassroots and support the fisheries sector in Lake Victoria, as well as fish farming...

I wanted to inform my two colleagues that SEZs fall under the next budget line, that is Industrial Promotion and not under the Department for Trade. But suffice it to note that we need to continuously invest in manpower in the Department for Trade to ensure they negotiate and deepen...

This is a very good programme, especially the cash transfer programme. However, older people complain, whenever you meet them; that the Ksh2,000 stipend per month is no longer sustaining their livelihoods because the shilling has lost value. A kilogramme of meat that used to sell at Ksh400 in 2022 or...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, this is a low hanging fruit, which we have not been able to exploit and tap. Kenya only receives seven million tourists, of whom five million are local. The difference of 2.7 million come in from outside the country. We will progress if we use the resources...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, with the emerging challenges facing our youth, especially the boy child, I think we may need to rethink the National Youth Service (NYS) programme. Those who are slightly older than us will recall that, before proceeding to university, they underwent NYS training where they were taught national...

Hon. Chairman, this is where the safeguards for economic development and justice lie. We keep on asking the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) to do much more than they are doing. We must commend them for their swift action today. They should spread their net much wider. There is...

I want to communicate. I normally use Kiswahili in political rallies. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman, for this opportunity. I wish to support the allocation to the Senate… (Hon. Zamzam Mohammed spoke off the record) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Hon. Zamzam, hamna upotovu wa nidhamu kabisa. (Hon....

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to provisions of Article 221 of the Constitution of Kenya, it is trite to stand here and comment on the Report tabled by the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the consideration of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure and the Medium Term for the...

Hon. Chairlady, I support the amendments. However, there appears to be a contradiction, which the Chair needs to clarify. Under paragraph (c) , we require professional practice, knowledge and experience of at least 10 years. However, under paragraph (d) , the requirement is five years of management experience. We need...

Hon. Chairlady, while I welcome the expansion of subclause (3) , I seek the wisdom of the Chairperson of the Committee because Clause 29 stipulates that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is a member of the Board. However, part (d) of the amendment states that the Corporation Secretary shall transmit...

Based on that explanation, I will let it go, but we have made the Corporation Secretary very powerful, which will cause discomfort to the CEO. However, time will tell.

Hon. Chairlady, the Chairperson should let us know what the qualifications, moral integrity and ethical requirements of the assessors would be, so that the assessment reports provided will benefit the health care system in our country.

Hon. Chairlady, this law-making process also becomes a learning process. Hon. (Dr) Nyikal, you need to also let us understand the connection between the health facilities and the medics. Because I know for sure that there is another mechanism where you can have a redress when a medic, be it...

In standard practice, in the event of transition just as we did when transiting from NHIF to SHA, we subject staff who are moving to some suitability test. Here, we just have a blanket approval. Could the Chair consider some kind of suitability tests for one to move? That is...

Hon. Chairlady, Hon. (Dr) Nyikal and I have been here since the last term, and one of the issues we used to have challenges with is what we call the Omnibus Bill. Indeed, this schedule of amendments falls totally within an Omnibus Bill, and, unfortunately, when you go for public...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Indeed, as my colleagues have said, this is a monumental Bill and we just hope and pray that it will work. This is because the number of suffering patients and neglect cases that patients suffer in many of those health facilities, both private and small...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The need to train, retrain and bring judicial officers to speed cannot be gainsaid. It is important. Like anywhere else, new ideas come up. We need to be continuously refreshed. Indeed, when one appears before...