Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, my good colleague is debating a very important Bill that touches on the lifestyle of so many people. I rise under Standing Order 35. Looking around the Chamber, we obviously do not have quorum to debate such an important Bill. I,...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I was not alerted. So, in that score, I support. May I expand by saying that we also bond county governments to invest in sugarcane production. With those very many remarks, I support the Motion.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, as we amend the First Schedule, could the Vice-Chairperson explain to us the status of implementing County Aggregation Industrial Parks (CAIPs) ? I can see that in quite a number of counties, there is a standard amount of about Ksh105 million...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : What is your point of clarification? It is a deletion. There is nothing to clarify, Hon. Oundo. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I totally...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Through you, we probably need to request the Parliamentary Service Commission to repair microphones so that I do not have to keep on shifting and, nowadays, you have told us to go digital by using the gadgets. I hope...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I must take this opportunity to laud the Senate for bringing the Bill to this House. We hope that the Senate will concur with the amendments we have made so that we can expeditiously complete this process. It has been a...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) For record purposes, I second the Motion.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to second the Motion by the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya in its Report proposing the appointment of an audit firm to audit the Auditor-General. This House, by dint of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I was not alerted. So, in that score, I support. May I expand by saying that we also bond county governments to invest in sugarcane production. With those very many remarks, I support the Motion.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, as we amend the First Schedule, could the Vice-Chairperson explain to us the status of implementing County Aggregation Industrial Parks (CAIPs) ? I can see that in quite a number of counties, there is a standard amount of about Ksh105 million...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : What is your point of clarification? It is a deletion. There is nothing to clarify, Hon. Oundo. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I totally...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Through you, we probably need to request the Parliamentary Service Commission to repair microphones so that I do not have to keep on shifting and, nowadays, you have told us to go digital by using the gadgets. I hope...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I must take this opportunity to laud the Senate for bringing the Bill to this House. We hope that the Senate will concur with the amendments we have made so that we can expeditiously complete this process. It has been a...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also join my fellow Kenyans in congratulating the 11 athletes who brought us medals. I also congratulate all the other members of the entourage who accompanied the entire team to Paris for the Olympic Games. It is...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I represent one of the constituencies that are badly affected by the the so-called…Sory! Let me call it “bad manners” of our Ugandan neighbours. Hardly a week ends without reports of arrests. Actually, they are not even arrests. They are abductions. The...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also join my fellow Kenyans in congratulating the 11 athletes who brought us medals. I also congratulate all the other members of the entourage who accompanied the entire team to Paris for the Olympic Games. It is...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I represent one of the constituencies that are badly affected by the the so-called…Sory! Let me call it “bad manners” of our Ugandan neighbours. Hardly a week ends without reports of arrests. Actually, they are not even arrests. They are abductions. The...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the fish in Lake Victoria mostly breeds at the entry point of River Sio and River Nile and then spreads throughout EAC. The fish has no passport at all. It is neither Kenyan, Tanzanian or Ugandan. I urge the Committee, through...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Departmental Committee on Regional Integration on the Report of the Inspection Visit to the Semi-Autonomous Organs of the African Community in Uganda. Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me start by declaring that...

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Due to the importance of the debate on the Motion at hand, I stand under Standing Order 96 to 8th August 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 37 Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)move that debate be now adjourned to a...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Whichever pleases you, can I stand on Standing Order 35 and request that we either have the numbers or defer debate under Standing Order 96? A quorum at 35 or debate on 96, given the importance of the Motion whose Question has been proposed,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to the Motion about Mental Health that was moved by our able Member of the ODM team, Hon. Mishi Mboko. 7th August 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 28 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, when we resumed this Session after the day never to forget…. Hon. Speaker It is the day not to remember! 7th August 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 (Laughter) Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) The day we will never forget. Hon. Speaker,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to the Motion about Mental Health that was moved by our able Member of the ODM team, Hon. Mishi Mboko. 7th August 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 28 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, when we resumed this Session after the day never to forget…. Hon. Speaker It is the day not to remember! 7th August 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 (Laughter) Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) The day we will never forget. Hon. Speaker,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand here to support the Report of the Committee on Appointments. While I may have many reservations about some proposed nominees, it will be utterly unfair to contradict what a Committee mandated by this Parliament and the Constitution of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let the matter rest, but it is a point of debate. I think the people of Kenya have heard and will decide whom to believe. As I conclude, it is important as a country that we look at how...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2024, that has been necessitated by factors which this House is a complicit party in the oath of all misfortune. We ought not to be here; we ought to have...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I know…

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I am firmly aware. For record purposes, Dr Makali Mulu and all of us know that we already have audited accounts for 2022/2023 Financial Year, which have already been laid before this House. If the House takes an inordinately long time to review and...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I sincerely thank the Chairperson of the Select Committee on the National Government Constituency Development Fund for picking this out. Honestly speaking, it is an irregular, illegal, and unwarranted interference in the implementation of an Act of Parliament that...