Oundo Wilberforce Ojiambo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want to draw the attention of the Chairman of the Budget Appropriation Committee and that of the Chairman of the relevant Committee, if he is around, that we have quite a substantial amount under recurrent expenditure under Programme 0714000, which...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to congratulate and sincerely thank the Committee for taking the time to review outstanding and past audit reports. I do not want to dwell on specific issues. Allow me to dwell on some basic issues....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Let me continue and answer my in-law later, as I conclude. We must learn from history. Henry Kissinger said that a nationalist leader who does not learn from history is in danger of spiralling into anarchy. It will be unfair. Believing what happened in...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is important for a country to accept the truth, reality and live the talk. Democracy is a process; it is not an event. An election is not conducted on the day of the election; it is a process....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes. They produce the power. They have signed agreements with the consumers directly. It is a pure monopoly that is exploitative. I expected the State department to clearly say they note Ksh83 per Kilowatt hour tariff is extremely exorbitant, and they would make efforts...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, ultimately, our country is very complicated. The better you leave things as they are, the better it is for posterity and a good life. We are not interested in the stakeholders or the exploiters. We all want the exploitation to come...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Precisely. My plea to the Chairperson is that in the review--- (Hon. Joseph Emathe rose on a point of order)

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, that is on paper.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I come from a constituency that borders Uganda. It is a unique situation whereby three quarters of people from my ancestry are in Uganda. Of course, this also applies to the Maasai in Tanzania. I do not know what measures the ministry...