Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, as the Chairman of the Committee has indicated, I know that the Government is not in the habit of doing business. That is an agreed fact all over the world. However, the Government has a moral obligation to stabilize its economy....

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to support the Report by the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy on the examination of the reports of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of selected State corporations. The State corporations being examined here...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Ochanda, let us hear the point of order from Hon. Oundo. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) You know he is my neighbour, presumptively and, therefore, I am wondering what is his problem with fish....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to follow up on the issue which Hon. (Dr) Nyikal has raised and put it in a different perspective. When we publish Bills there is an assertion as to whether they concern county governments or not. In your...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to comment on the Bill submitted or sponsored by my good friend, Hon. Peter. From the classrooms, we were always told regional economic development bodies were the engines of rural development. It has been...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is always refreshing for Members to propose amendments to Acts, Bills or the Constitution. Because of time, I will be very brief. Amendments proposed under Article 88 of the Constitution are an interesting reading. They are a study on how...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) If she is seeking deferment on behalf of the Mover…

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When I perused through the Employment (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.11 of 2022) , it reminded me of a similar Bill that came from the Senate in the last term sponsored by the current Governor of Muranga County. It...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, for neatness and for record purposes, and because Parliament is a House of records, the author or the Mover of the Bill is Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, the Leader of the Majority Party. Unless my honourable colleague is seeking deferment on behalf…

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)I will just ask a follow-up question on what my colleagues have said about capitation. Could the Cabinet Secretary, if possible, now give an update on capitation to both primary and secondary schools for the 2022/2023 Financial Year and 2023/2024 Financial Year? Thank you. Fair...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I had raised this matter.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, given the shortage and inadequate budgetary allocation as the Cabinet Secretary has put it, I must admit that I have not seen the table that he has referred to. I believe it is an indication that the National Assembly which appropriates...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) With regard to KCSE certificates and what the Member has said, I am sure the Cabinet Secretary is aware that there have been very many challenges on the KUCCPS portal. Look at the reports in the newspapers today. It is said that close to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. As all parents and students are aware, the portal for Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) was opened sometime back. That portal is the basis on which those who wish to join universities...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me join my colleagues from Kirinyaga County to condole with the families who lost their loved ones. 27th February 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 12 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)on how to handle exhibits. Members of the public died...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Motion as presented on the Floor of the House by my colleague, Hon. Mutuse. I want to draw the attention of the people of Kenya to Article 203 (3) , which indicates clearly that...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not know whether this is a slip of the tongue of my good friend and member of the Committee. He has mentioned Ojiambo and this name is famously from my constituency. This imputes wrong motive to my...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will give an example. It was alleged that officials from the Ministry of Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs restocked various fish ponds in Kenya, as part of the aquaculture process. One of the places they said that they...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to sincerely thank our able Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee for moving the Report and presiding over the many endless sittings in Room 9 and other venues as we probed and reviewed the...

Hon Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it was a consequence of amendments under Clause 4. Since it was lost, I stand to drop. (Proposed amendment by Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo dropped) 21st February 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 57 Hon Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM)by the Chairman on Clause 42.

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) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. You cannot ask for a point of order, Hon. Oundo. You know the rules. You are a second termer. We are still in Division. We have not finished. Go ahead, Clerk-at-the-Table. (The Bill was read a Second...

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...