Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Ojiambo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to Second the Procedural Motion on reduction of the publication period for the Finance Bill, 2024. In this country, we have always had challenges with important Bills like the Finance Bill. It is never given adequate time...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We have already dispensed with the matter and so, I second. 2nd May 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 28

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, as we grapple with this amendment, I support. After every action, there must be a review but what next after the report is submitted to Parliament? Is it just for record purposes? If it is discovered that whoever won the election...

Hon. Oundo Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want my colleague Hon. Murugara and the Chairperson to expound subclause 10 which reads as follows: “A person who, being responsible for the publication in the Gazette of the final report submitted under this subsection fails to publish the report within the time required...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) No. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : No. (Question, that the word to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Clause 14 as amended agreed to) Clause 15 The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Mover.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Let me speak as he is still looking for his microphone. Hon. Temporary Chairperson, the original Bill that came from the Senate had no mode of communication. In this regard, the Committee having listened to the members of the public, it became necessary to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. From the outset, let me send my sincere condolences, on my behalf and the people of Funyula 30th April 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 54 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)businesses and everything they had.This is a natural disaster and...

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I support the amendment. I want to draw the attention of the House and the country as a whole to the fact that one of the most important aspects of this amendment is to deal with double taxation. As one moves...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I also echo what my colleagues have stated. Basically, the argument presented by members of the public is that I can choose to start a business anytime of the year. I am not conditioned to start it in January or 1st...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, it is just a follow-up on Questions and Statements. Sorry to take you back. We seem to have a backlog of Questions directed to the Cabinet Secretaries to answer here. I have Questions from the other Session. I have resubmitted close to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the amendment brings a very interesting case. Probably, the county governments will need to move with speed to designate a public notice board at the county, ward and village levels. Each village must have a formal notice board, where items advertisement...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the beauty about legislation is that we keep improving the law. Two very important issues need to come out very clearly. Yes, the Bill is about uniform licensing. We want to dissuade people from believing the licence paid for a particular...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I am proud that the young first-term legislator has caught up well. He now understands the law-making process and is always keen to pick out the technical issues unlike others who talk on generalities. This is an adoptive Bill for counties...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman, for giving me this opportunity. The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Lands could probably give further clarifications on review of grants and dispositions now that we are removing any time limit. We would be interested to know if...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairperson, that is a progressive amendment and we need to support it. But let me go back to the gist of the amendments in totality. I am not so sure whether the National Land Commission has reported that it was unable to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, this is very interesting. It is coming on the heels of a judgement by the High Court that said that the Government is not necessarily new to recovery procedures in the event of failure to honour a judgement or a financial...

Hon. Dr. Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I come from a school of thought that everything must have an end-point. It cannot just be an open cheque and an endless process where we litigate non-stop. Even election petitions, as emotive as they are, have timelines. Even the presidential...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to commend the Decentralized Funds Accounts Committee for the wonderful job they have been doing and to also sympathise with them as well. I hope they are listening so they can receive my sincere sympathy. Trying to...

Hon. Dr Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) How can I be out of order?

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I welcome you back from the short recess. I had already made my contribution on this Bill. I leave the opportunity to somebody else.

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes.

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I had already made my contribution to this Bill. That is why I am logging out, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, whatever fate befalls that particular amendment, let me just clarify that we are asking for a seamless transfer of information from one House to another. This is because there is already a requirement in the Bill that says that where public...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want Hon. Chepkong’a and Hon. Murugara to listen carefully. We must never legislate in vain. The Bill of Rights allows access to the court of law, and there should be no impediments to access the courts of law. Any Bill...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 19 of the Bill be amended—

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended— Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 3. The reason is that the original Bill says that the provision of subsection 1 shall not apply to any rules, regulations and orders emanating from a...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, my apprehension is this: If I drop my amendments and then amendments proposed by the Committee are lost… The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : We are already prosecuting your amendment, which is a deletion. Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, that is a progressive amendment, and that is how we should always avoid wastage of resources, duplication and cumbersome processes. We must also pass a warning to regulatory authorities that some regulations could actually be outdated by now. Some that were...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I am flabbergasted, apprehensive and worried that our good Member has crossed the Floor without folding the party. That neighbour is none other than the good Member of Parliament for the people of Nyando Constituency. Would you kindly come where you belong? You look...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Indeed, I agree with Hon. Chepkong’a. That is why I said I am just holding my breath and keeping my fingers closed since they know how to vote in unison. Can the Almighty God descend in their hearts and vote in unison to maintain...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, the Mover is just being extremely unfair. Traditionally, that was Moi Day. It changed from Moi Day to no holiday, and then it was reinstated. It then changed to Utamaduni Day and is now being changed to Mazingira Day. I am...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon. Oundo. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I might have switched off a little bit, and need guidance. In the Office of the Attorney-General Act...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : I hear you, Hon. Oundo. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, there seems to be a bit of uncertainty. This is because Section 25 of the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Understood, but I thought we had moved the standard amendments. The new clauses are moved the way we typically do. They are seconded, we debate, and pass them. However, if it has met the threshold of the procedure I have no problem, but if...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Recognising that talent starts in primary and secondary schools, I wish the Cabinet Secretary could highlight what efforts the Ministry is making to improve sporting facilities in both primary and secondary schools in the entire Republic of Kenya, especially in...

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. There is a point of order from the Member for Funyula. What is your point of order? Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I had to interrupt my good friend, Sir George, who used to be a...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of Order Hon. Speaker. I was just wondering loudly under the Standing Orders of this House. The Committee of Trade, Industry and Cooperative oversees SEZs. Probably, the inquiry thought of by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I must take this opportunity to sincerely thank the petitioner for bringing up the issue of historical land injustices to the Floor of the House. Under Article 67 of the Constitution of Kenya, the National Land Commission is mandated to...