Oundo Wilberforce Ojiambo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo Hon. Temporary Chairman, allow me to drop my amendments to Clause 14. (Proposed amendment by Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo on Clause 14 dropped) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Thank you. (Clause 14 as amended agreed to) Clause 34 26th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I second, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) ADJOURNMENT

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) It is just a basic principle of drafting that normally such clauses as Clause 4 says that the functions of the board or the authority will go further to break down and give it teeth. Standards is standard by either KEBs, but it is...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that New Clause22A be now read a Second Time. The gist of this proposal or amendment is the concept of traceability that we should be able to trace the sugar from the factory to the end retailer....

Hon. (Dr) Oundo Ojiambo (Funyula, ODM) Sugarcane farmers. The import is that once your register, you enter into a sugar supply or purchase agreement. You cannot break or breach it. If you do so, there are penalties. Does this, in any way, introduce zoning through the back door? From my...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want my colleagues from the sugarcane growing areas, especially in western and Nyanza to pay very particular attention to these amendments. They look good and workable on paper because they protect commercial interests... (Several Members spoke off the record) Coast...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want to urge Dr Nyikal on his delegated authority given to him by Hon. Shakeel to drop that amendment because we passed the Privatisation Bill the other day. I think it is a more comprehensive and substantive Act dealing with...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I just want to indulge the Chairperson in the spirit of the expanded definition of the term “sugarcane and sugar-producing crop”. Amendment b (ii) proposes the insertion of a new paragraph (k) which talks about: “the seizure by an inspector of books, documents and...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I appreciate. That is okay. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Thank you. Clause 55 The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Hon. Chairman.

Hon. (Dr) Oundo Ojiambo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, there is already a precedent in this country. Election petitions, constitutional petitions and petitions on presidential elections have very clear timelines. People can drag cases. As they drag them, the farmers suffer most. Hon. Chair and Committee Members, we plead with...