Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)Dr Keynan can remember.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, you must protect the Members and encourage them by allowing them to push their Bills through to the end. In addition, Bills are taking unnecessarily too long to be processed even in our own committees. For instance, the Budget and Appropriations Committee...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I must admit that Mwalimu Omboko Milemba has raised a very fundamental issue, and also reminded me of the 23rd April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 4 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)tribulations some of us have gone through in the process of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I do not want to go down in history like the late Martin Shikuku. Let me withdraw that particular aspect.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, let me withdraw and apologise because I do not want to go the Martin Shikuku way. The fact remains that Members are being frustrated.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill that seeks to rectify the omission that was occasioned when we passed the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill. We should have picked this issue out but, sometimes, the process is rushed in this House and some...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on Kenyan Foreign Policy. As a country, we must leverage our strategic location, history and our connections. Our foreign policy should, first and foremost, be for the benefit of...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) No, I am not, Hon. Speaker. God gave me energy for only one woman. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank our former colleague for coming back here. Allow me to ask the Cabinet Secretary two very basic questions. I will ride on the first question by Hon. Kawanjiku, QPN 2/2025, on the issue of teenage mothers who do...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I just want to tell the Cabinet Secretary that the main saboteurs of this programme are the staff of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) . Whenever you go to their offices, they say they have no idea at all what SHA...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, with your permission, allow me to relay the message by the Cabinet Secretary to my neighbour, Hon. Wanjala. He is my neighbour and my brother-in-law. I will gladly relay the information. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to take this opportunity to sincerely congratulate the two gentlemen appointed to 15th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 41 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)serve in the two State Departments at the National Treasury. I also sincerely...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, thank you for this. I also happen to use that road occasionally on some private business. Indeed, sometimes I literally hold my heart in my hands when I see a Miraa transportation vehicle overtaking me or coming head-on. Regardless of our big...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, Hon. Speaker. The Constitution clearly demarcates the roles of the two Chambers of Parliament. It was always hoped and believed that the so-called senior Members who sit in the Senate would be the first people to protect the Constitution. The Fourth Schedule to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. I had the privilege to listen to the nominee when she came to make her presentation before the Committee. By 10th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 41 Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to ask a supplementary question on Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers. Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that many JSS schools have, at the very best, three teachers for Grades 7, 8, and 9? Is he aware that some...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, sometimes, I am surprised that we bring laws to this House without proper ventilation and without thoroughly considering the import of the law. First of all, I want to go straight to what the Leader of Majority Party always says: That...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As the Cabinet Secretary was answering a question, I received a request to ask a question on behalf of my constituents on the localisation of teachers. Some teachers are still delocalised in faraway counties.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just want the Cabinet Secretary to confirm if he is aware that Milimani and Sirekeresi Primary Schools in Funyula Constituency got a registration certificate sometime last year. However, up to now, they have not been registered to receive the capitation....

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is the National Assembly that makes laws for Kenyans and prosperity of this country. Looking around the chamber, I hardly see more than five Members. I draw your attention to the fact that there is no quorum in the House...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy regarding the operations of Kudura Power East Africa in western Kenya. It is a Kenyan enterprise...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want you to appreciate and understand that it is a very rare occasion that the boys and girls can sit there. Please forgive them for that excitement, and allow them to be trivial in their appearance in this...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also stand here to support the Motion for Kenya to join the African Finance Cooperation (AFC) . 3rd April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 32 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)As the Mover has put it very clearly, the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, my good friend is diverting attention. Honestly speaking, it is not the sole business of Hon. Amisi to scout for investors to come and invest in Trans Nzoia County in a fertiliser manufacturing plant. It is on record that the current...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Sometimes, my name can be a tongue twister, but you have done your best. Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to stand on this Floor at this moment to support the Motion by Hon. Samuel Atandi regarding supporting and promoting...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) It is politically out of order to incite the public against Hon. Amisi for no apparent reason.

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, that is what we call in many places “godfather clause”, which protects the status quo. As the former CEO has said, we must have a system .… The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : The former distinguished CEO. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I just want a further clarification from the Chairman, specifically where he says one person nominated by the recognised insurance training institutions who are members of the institute. Just give us a hypothetical scenario on the practicability of the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, in principle, the amendment is okay. It is a standard procedure in all professions. However, this particular amendment refers to an insurance professional who is found to be practising together with a professional whose licence has been cancelled. I am wondering...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I totally support the amendment. I associate myself with the statement directly from the Cabinet – that, henceforth, all professional bodies must fund their activities independent of Government Exchequer so that they can be independent enough to check the excesses of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it is good hearing the Chairlady of the Liaison Committee indicate that the additional amount is for paying bills. However, there is a humongous amount of pending bills in terms of legal fees at IEBC. What amuses everybody is that the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the issue of teachers and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is very emotive. I just want to go on record that in this country, we have P1 teachers who graduated between 2010 and 2015 and are yet to be fully absorbed....

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyala, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, this is a commendable increase, and I, sincerely hope the Oversight Policing Authority will use this additional funding to probe the dangerous trend of abduction, forced disappearances and crimes committed by police officers, as well as undertake various services. The Temporary...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I also want to echo the sentiment of the Vice-Chair. The Vice-Chair of the Committee, not you, the Chairlady. I just hope and wish, and this goes to the country, that this amount we are increasing for Senate legislation and oversight should be directed...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, our normal practice is that the Mover of an amendment should provide more information. She has clearly said that she is substituting figures. The common mwananchi needs to know what we are talking about. What does co-operative development and management mean...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to second. As I do so, I want to put two points straight home. Firstly, we are fairly late in the financial year. I hope and pray that the money meant for development projects will be absorbed,...