Oundo Wilberforce Ojiambo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: 21st February 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 73 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended—therefor the following new definition— “affordable housing” means housing that comprises a minimum two habitable rooms, separate cooking...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Perhaps this is out of ignorance but the Chairperson needs to explain to the country why he has included the NSSF in this schedule yet they also collect an unexplained colossal sum of money. The main function of NSSF is to collect money for...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The amendment is well intentioned because of the consequences of such kind of changes made into law. I am apprehensive that by asking NHC to transfer the funds they collected as a consequence of the regulations of 2018, you...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, thank you for this opportunity. I am thoroughly worried that a whole Senior like Hon. Chepkonga does not know the difference between basic, gross and net salary. It is very telling. If he does not understand this matter at this age...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I support the amendment. Unfortunately, when anticipating debate, I want the Chairman for the Committee to listen carefully. I think when we are defining institutional housing, we should extend this beyond Government pool housing. When we talk about Government pool housing,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) No, Hon. Speaker. It is not called chang’aa. We call it enguri and it is a very clear and clean gin.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to sympathise with the lost souls who died from consuming the illicit brew. There is the danger of branding some local brews as illicit simply because people have lost lives in other places. Yes, the...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, if you go to my constituency, you will see that we have no shortage of kids or pregnant women. Honestly, we do not want the mess that has happened in Central Kenya to be a blanket application to the entire country to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to lend a voice on this very controversial and emotive subject of affordable housing. If you look at the Sessional Paper on the Housing Policy of 2015, it is very clear on the need for housing....