Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to ask a supplementary question on Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers. Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that many JSS schools have, at the very best, three teachers for Grades 7, 8, and 9? Is he aware that some...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just want the Cabinet Secretary to confirm if he is aware that Milimani and Sirekeresi Primary Schools in Funyula Constituency got a registration certificate sometime last year. However, up to now, they have not been registered to receive the capitation....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As the Cabinet Secretary was answering a question, I received a request to ask a question on behalf of my constituents on the localisation of teachers. Some teachers are still delocalised in faraway counties.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, sometimes, I am surprised that we bring laws to this House without proper ventilation and without thoroughly considering the import of the law. First of all, I want to go straight to what the Leader of Majority Party always says: That...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy regarding the operations of Kudura Power East Africa in western Kenya. It is a Kenyan enterprise...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is the National Assembly that makes laws for Kenyans and prosperity of this country. Looking around the chamber, I hardly see more than five Members. I draw your attention to the fact that there is no quorum in the House...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want you to appreciate and understand that it is a very rare occasion that the boys and girls can sit there. Please forgive them for that excitement, and allow them to be trivial in their appearance in this...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also stand here to support the Motion for Kenya to join the African Finance Cooperation (AFC) . 3rd April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 32 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)As the Mover has put it very clearly, the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Sometimes, my name can be a tongue twister, but you have done your best. Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to stand on this Floor at this moment to support the Motion by Hon. Samuel Atandi regarding supporting and promoting...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, my good friend is diverting attention. Honestly speaking, it is not the sole business of Hon. Amisi to scout for investors to come and invest in Trans Nzoia County in a fertiliser manufacturing plant. It is on record that the current...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) It is politically out of order to incite the public against Hon. Amisi for no apparent reason.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it is good hearing the Chairlady of the Liaison Committee indicate that the additional amount is for paying bills. However, there is a humongous amount of pending bills in terms of legal fees at IEBC. What amuses everybody is that the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the issue of teachers and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is very emotive. I just want to go on record that in this country, we have P1 teachers who graduated between 2010 and 2015 and are yet to be fully absorbed....

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyala, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, this is a commendable increase, and I, sincerely hope the Oversight Policing Authority will use this additional funding to probe the dangerous trend of abduction, forced disappearances and crimes committed by police officers, as well as undertake various services. The Temporary...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I also want to echo the sentiment of the Vice-Chair. The Vice-Chair of the Committee, not you, the Chairlady. I just hope and wish, and this goes to the country, that this amount we are increasing for Senate legislation and oversight should be directed...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, our normal practice is that the Mover of an amendment should provide more information. She has clearly said that she is substituting figures. The common mwananchi needs to know what we are talking about. What does co-operative development and management mean...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to second. As I do so, I want to put two points straight home. Firstly, we are fairly late in the financial year. I hope and pray that the money meant for development projects will be absorbed,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I just want a further clarification from the Chairman, specifically where he says one person nominated by the recognised insurance training institutions who are members of the institute. Just give us a hypothetical scenario on the practicability of the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, in principle, the amendment is okay. It is a standard procedure in all professions. However, this particular amendment refers to an insurance professional who is found to be practising together with a professional whose licence has been cancelled. I am wondering...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, that is what we call in many places “godfather clause”, which protects the status quo. As the former CEO has said, we must have a system .… The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : The former distinguished CEO. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I totally support the amendment. I associate myself with the statement directly from the Cabinet – that, henceforth, all professional bodies must fund their activities independent of Government Exchequer so that they can be independent enough to check the excesses of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the welfare of members of staff of the Technical University of Kenya...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. The essence of devolution was to disburse funds to the rural areas; to get funds from the centre to the periphery. The idea was to bring equity to our country. This is because...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I wish to inform my good friend.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to put this issue of CAIPs into perspective because I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, where it is domiciled. I can clarify that each county was to receive Ksh250 million from the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Chair, I have keenly listened…

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have keenly listened to the sentiments raised by Members, and the presentation by the Whip of the Majority Party. Hon. Chair…

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Sorry, Hon. Speaker. I hope and pray that the statement made by the Majority Party Whip on the issue of appointment of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons is true and not meant for the public gallery. Members of Parliament are here by design, having been elected...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As it is required by the Constitution of Kenya and the Public Finance Management Act, at the commencement of any financial year, the National Treasury must present a Public Debt Management Strategy to the House. The only concern and...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, when Hon. Melly was speaking, I did not interrupt him. He said very many things and I did not add…

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Melly says he sits in the Liaison Committee. Its Report is here. What I am reading here is what they have actually commented in paragraph 8. It is not my own making; they are not my words. Unless he signed...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) No, I do not want to be informed, unless she is on a point of order. The power to be informed under the Standing Orders lies with me to accept to be informed or not. If it is a point of order, then it...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, they will have to. I hope you will account for the interruptions so that I am given my minutes to conclude. The issue of public debt in this country has been at the forefront of discussions for long. The truth of the matter...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, my good friend, Hon. Ruku, has talked about rumours. I do not know whether ‘rumours’ is parliamentary language. Parliament is a House of records and not a House of rumours. Can he rephrase instead of using the word ‘rumours’. Thank you.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief. We have walked this journey for far too long. We took the Cabinet Secretary’s word seriously because we understood that he would honour it. Only a few months are left before the end of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also lend my voice in support of the Bill before us. The Culture Bill essentially gives effect to Article 11 (3) of the Constitution of Kenya that calls for the protection and preservation...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like my colleague to assist us. The Maasai are in both Kenya and Tanzania. So, where would they take him if they found him lost? Tanzania or Kenya? Thank you.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Looking at the time, I would have done a lot of justice. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second the Insurance Professional Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.13 of 2024) . Insurance is, historically and academically, a risk transfer mechanism...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to The Equalisation Fund (Administration) Bill (Senate Bill No.14 of 2023) . The essence of the Bill is literally to repeal the Public Finance Management (Equalisation Fund Administration) Regulations of 2021. Let me...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I am sorry, Hon. Speaker. I support the Bill with reservations. We will introduce amendments during the Committee of the whole House.