Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have heard the Cabinet Secretary talk about monopoly and dominant players in the market. I want to bring to his attention that the entire Busia County and the neighbouring region have only one sugar company, Busia Sugar Company. They...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have a very interesting case on this matter. I sponsored a Bill. It went all the way to Second Reading in February. For some strange reason, or because of the busy schedule of the House Business Committee, it has...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) The Land Control Bill of 2022. It has never been slated for Third Reading. I know the Standing Order saves it. I wanted to go on record that the Standing Order saves it until the House Business Committee finds it convenient to bring it...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to the debate on the Sessional Paper No.5 of 2023 on the National Policy on Labour Migration. It is true that there must be labour mobility both internally and externally. That...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Public Finance Management (Government Press Fund) Regulations, 2025. I want to go on record as a Member of the Committee on Delegated Legislation in the 12th Parliament. Hon. Chepkonga was...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) The Leader of the Majority Party is extremely out of order. I do not politic without facts. I cannot say anything on the Floor of the House without facts. However, I politic outside. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. In my early years, I was a very active sports person until I fractured my foot in old age. I no longer involve myself in any sport because I fear further injuries. I join the Committee in supporting its...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in boxing was Wangila, from Funyula Constituency and was a cousin to my grandmother. I warn Hon. Chepkonga .…

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) But that cannot deny the fact that he came from Funyula Constituency and was a cousin to my late grandmother. I bring it to the attention of Hon. Chepkonga, that any day he annoys me beyond what I can hold, he needs to look...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Okay, thank you. (Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo spoke off the record)

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, given a minute or so, I can research.

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I want to indulge my close friend and beseech him that he allows me to give him a point of information for record purposes.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not want to digress on what we go through at the university but I want to go on record on this. This has been peddled here so many times, which is incorrect. If you refer to the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On September 2022, the dollar exchange rate was Ksh120.54 unlike what my good friend and neighbour, whom I have to pass through his constituency to go to my place, indicated it was Ksh160. He needs to go on record as this is an official...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyala, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for your indulgence. 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 Labour regarding the reported assault of a Kenyan worker by a...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, allow me to continue with the debate initiated by my neighbour.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Fine, I will also ask some questions to the Prime Cabinet Secretary on the issue of families crossing the border. One, what efforts is the Government making to ensure that other friendly countries treat Kenyans the same way we treat them when they cross...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to request the Prime Cabinet Secretary to clarify on two damaging articles that appeared in the New York Times in the course of this week: one reads, “New York Times reveals Kenyan official profiting from workers abuse in...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, it is just a matter of procedure. We have raised this in this House numerous times and, unfortunately, our voices have never been heard. I want to address you on two issues. When we were in Naivasha in February, we entered into...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I join my colleague in empathising with the victims of the Wagalla Massacre. While working in 2016, I travelled by road from Moyale to Wajir. Along the way, one of the guides showed us the famous Wagalla Airstrip, where...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I withdraw that particular statement. We have a Government that came in “holding the Bible” while promising all the good things in this world. It is tellingly unfair that, all this time, we have had no concerted efforts to address historical injustices from Independence...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) This is my supplementary question. Let me rephrase it.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me rephrase my point of concern for further clarification, which might not have an answer now. But when the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs sits, they can apply their minds to it. What can we do...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise on a point of order under Standing Orders 181 and 199 of the National Assembly. I would like to go on record...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Standing Orders 181 and 199, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I raise this with deference and with great respect to my colleagues in the Committee. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, which was mandated to shepherd the preparation and review of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I would like the Committee to apply its mind so that when we move those amendments, we are in a position to deal with that matter. Another contradiction arises under Clause 20, which states that the remuneration of directors of a Government-owned enterprise shall...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. For sure, this Bill has been with us for far too long, but we must get it right. Any unresolved mistake or issue will lead to unnecessary litigation, delaying the intended objective of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When I finish, I will join my colleagues from the World Scout Parliamentary Unit (WSPU) , in a cocktail hosted by the Right Hon. Speaker of the mighty National Assembly of Kenya. Allow me to also make comments on...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) That is why I said it is the contradiction that is…

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Precisely, Hon. Temporary Speaker. That is why I said the Bill has contradictions. It talks about funding through money appropriated by the National Assembly. They are saying that they are self-financing and profit- making, and therefore, they intend to put some money in the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) It is okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As a teacher, when a brilliant student in class stands up and says he wants to assist you, you listen,

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Bill, as it is, is well intentioned but has many gaps. I hope that when it went for public participation, the experts and the lay leaders pointed out these gaps. I also want to refer to the point raised by...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I occasionally go to Kitui. I hear it is in future, not in 2027 but in 2052. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On Clause 11, Hon. Mboni mentioned an issue that a member shall not be appointed to a board of directors if he has been a politician who served an elective post in the past five years. When did becoming...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Two or so.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) This is where to work from and how to get moving. The community, feeling the pinch of insecurity, will step in and do the job. It is as simple as that. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I empathise with the Vice-Chair for the Statement and being a conveyor belt. I want to bring to his attention, and I hope he is listening, an idea that they can explore at the Committee's level, as well as...

Order, Hon. Wilberforce Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Even with those 10,000 police officers….

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) The ratio of police officers to the population is still much lower than the United Nations (UN) standards. We are unlikely to reach a point where you can rely solely on police officers for security operations. Can you consider? We want personnel.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Report, as presented by the Committee on Implementation. I would like to go on record as saying that any system that removes subjectivity and brings objectivity to public finance management and procurement-related activities should...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 43, I rise to make a Statement regarding the hosting of the 11th World Scout Parliamentary Union (WSPU) General Assembly scheduled to be held from 6th to 13th November 2025, in Kenya. The World Scout...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I seek your indulgence.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I wish to point out that while the function is primarily for WSPU Caucus Members, we request and urge all Members of Parliament to attend. Among the representatives are our youth, who are currently facing many challenges. Any form of dialogue and discussion with...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Cabinet Secretary must be aware that, as Hon. Baya has said, the Ministry is full of cartels. For example, there is a deliberate process to understate the number of learners in some schools and inflate in others. How is...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, as my colleagues have said, the Cabinet Secretary needs to come out very clearly on what SHA covers and what it does not. I want to go on record that my mother stayed in hospital for five days, and SHA only paid...