Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also stand to make my few comments on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2024. We have found ourselves in uncharted waters. It is an unprecedented situation that we have found ourselves in. This is the first time in Kenya...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before we went for recess and the fires that happened on the 25th, I had requested for a statement from the Departmental Committee on Defence that is chaired by Hon. Tongoyo. We had agreed that he would submit the statement...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) It was directed to the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, Hon. Speaker. I am sorry.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me repeat. The Budget Appropriation Committee has clearly told us the budget cuts is Ksh146 billion. 24th July 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 151 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)We were told that the impounded Finance Bill was to raise...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Supplementary Bill, 2024.It is, indeed, an interesting situation we find ourselves in. It is unprecedented because we are preparing a Supplementary Bill even before we implement the Bill that we passed just a few days ago. This...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just want to sincerely sympathize with my colleague who happens to be my brother-in-law for the loss he almost suffered for refusing to listen to the electorate. I think he has learnt his lesson and he will live to work...

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

Hon (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When we were enacting the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, we were extremely careful. We knew that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is why Chapter 6, on Integrity and Leadership, was inserted in the Constitution. Unfortunately, we proceeded...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Motion as presented here. I am not from Bungoma County and so, I will make general remarks concerning the observations laid on the Table and as moved by the Committee....

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, I am ready to withdraw the amendments. What is in the Order Paper is mischievous. It seems like a faulty process.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) 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 Administration and Internal Security regarding facilitation of National Government Administrative Officers, specifically from Samia Sub-County. Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It has been a long wait, but it is worth it for the people of Funyula and the people of Samia. At the outset, a Finance Bill is meant to cure two issues. To make proposals for revenue raising for...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I have logged out.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) The intention is good and I can see where the drafter is coming from. Probably, he or she has grappled with cases of second chances, how kids would go back to school but, honestly speaking, this legislation ought not to have come here. It...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to the Care and Protection of Child Parents, Bill (Senate Bill No. 29 of 2023) . First, I am a father of four girls and many other girls out there. When...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I just want to note, and the country should equally know, that this Equalization Fund Appropriation (No.2) Bill (Senate Bill No.30 of 2023) Schedule seems to be revelling in tokenism. It is dropping small things here and there to be seen...

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I stand here to support the report again, allow me to make two or three comments from the word go. Supplementary budgets, in whichever way, are a case of poor planning, lack of oversight, and imprudent management of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Dr Makali Mulu knows the procedure and practice in this House. He needs to tell us what necessitated the changes; what it was before and what it is now. What has caused the changes? That is considering that this is a Money Bill whose...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes. I had been checking on the status. I was on top then lost my position all of a sudden.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) As a matter of principle, since I came here in the 12th Parliament, I have always had reservations about Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bills. They are miscellaneous but mischievous. The mischief has always been apparent once the Bill is completed as required by the law. The...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to say one or two words on the Senate amendments. I remember very well the acrimonious way we passed this Bill in this House in October last year when, together with other technical professionals...