Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, since you are magnanimous enough to intercede for the people of Kenya, and may the Almighty God bless you abundantly and fill your compound with bouncing castles or whatever you call them, we have unfinished business of the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, since you are magnanimous enough to intercede for the people of Kenya, and may the Almighty God bless you abundantly and fill your compound with bouncing castles or whatever you call them, we have unfinished business of the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I want to educate Members that there ought to be a criterion, but that will fall within regulations. You cannot regulate such minor details. We need to give discretion or some powers to the Commissioner so that whenever there is a conflict, they can...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Public Audit (Amendment) Bill, 2024. I want to draw from my experience as a member of PAC since 2020, and from the very many interactions I have had with the Auditor-General. 2nd December 2024...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) This stage is where laws are made. At the Second Reading stage is gumzo mtaani. (Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba consulted with a Member) Ask the Member to pay attention because then I will be talking to myself. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Order....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, if there was any clause that elicited emotions, strong and passionate discussions and debate during public participation in villages and various county headquarters, it was the issue of the term limit for directors. It was a very emotive issue. To help...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Wamuchomba, please, let me allay your fears. We took care of the interests of the people of Kenya and applied ourselves adequately on this matter. Having been on this Committee since the last term, and having interacted with this matter, I know where...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, good tenets of corporate governance dictate that there must be a clear separation between directors and management. Directors should be allowed to issue policy and superintend or supervise. They are not supposed to undertake day-to-day activities. It is so unsettling to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I want to educate Members that there ought to be a criterion, but that will fall within regulations. You cannot regulate such minor details. We need to give discretion or some powers to the Commissioner so that whenever there is a conflict, they can...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Public Audit (Amendment) Bill, 2024. I want to draw from my experience as a member of PAC since 2020, and from the very many interactions I have had with the Auditor-General. 2nd December 2024...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) This stage is where laws are made. At the Second Reading stage is gumzo mtaani. (Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba consulted with a Member) Ask the Member to pay attention because then I will be talking to myself. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Order....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, if there was any clause that elicited emotions, strong and passionate discussions and debate during public participation in villages and various county headquarters, it was the issue of the term limit for directors. It was a very emotive issue. To help...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Wamuchomba, please, let me allay your fears. We took care of the interests of the people of Kenya and applied ourselves adequately on this matter. Having been on this Committee since the last term, and having interacted with this matter, I know where...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, good tenets of corporate governance dictate that there must be a clear separation between directors and management. Directors should be allowed to issue policy and superintend or supervise. They are not supposed to undertake day-to-day activities. It is so unsettling to...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I know you have mentioned about us passing Bills in the National Assembly and saying outside there we do not know their content. But that is a story for another day. Sometime in the middle of this year, we passed the Independent Electoral and...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Secondly, I must also go on record that before I came here, I was a staff member of “The University of Nairobi” as a lecturer. Hon. Speaker, the problem we are facing is not unique to “The University of Nairobi”. It seems to be...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also confess that I am an alumnus of “The University of Nairobi”.

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I know you have mentioned about us passing Bills in the National Assembly and saying outside there we do not know their content. But that is a story for another day. Sometime in the middle of this year, we passed the Independent Electoral and...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Secondly, I must also go on record that before I came here, I was a staff member of “The University of Nairobi” as a lecturer. Hon. Speaker, the problem we are facing is not unique to “The University of Nairobi”. It seems to be...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also confess that I am an alumnus of “The University of Nairobi”.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Bill in principle. Allow me to first of all delve into Clause 3, which is an administrative reporting matter that is required under the Constitution and the parent Act. Let me also share my experience as...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank my colleagues for contributing to this Bill. I thank the Departmental Committee on Lands for carrying out public participation in respect of this Bill. I also thank the Speaker of the National Assembly for occasionally intervening to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I second the agreement of the Report of the Committee of the whole House. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 27th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 70 CONSIDERATION OF REPORT ON THE ETHICS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Public Finance Management (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.3 of 2024) . As I do so, it evokes the memory of Nairobi Metropolitan Services. It takes us back to the turncoat when the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also echo the sentiments of Hon. Mbui, that for the 2024/2025 Financial Year, most constituencies have not received their funds. Probably this could be as a result of most constituencies not having submitted their proposals for this financial...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Bill in principle. Allow me to first of all delve into Clause 3, which is an administrative reporting matter that is required under the Constitution and the parent Act. Let me also share my experience as...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank my colleagues for contributing to this Bill. I thank the Departmental Committee on Lands for carrying out public participation in respect of this Bill. I also thank the Speaker of the National Assembly for occasionally intervening to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I second the agreement of the Report of the Committee of the whole House. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 27th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 70 CONSIDERATION OF REPORT ON THE ETHICS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Public Finance Management (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.3 of 2024) . As I do so, it evokes the memory of Nairobi Metropolitan Services. It takes us back to the turncoat when the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also echo the sentiments of Hon. Mbui, that for the 2024/2025 Financial Year, most constituencies have not received their funds. Probably this could be as a result of most constituencies not having submitted their proposals for this financial...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, earlier today, I had to send money to pay a bill at Busia County Referral Hospital. As I speak, there is a patient who is stranded at a village called Busijo with a fracture. When he went to the county government...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the mediated version of the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly) Bill No.38 of 2024. I must go on record that I was together with the Chairman of the Public...

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second. (Question proposed)

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, I did. I meant visible parts. Some will look at his ears and say they are big. Other people will say they small. Allow me to withdraw that reference if he feels sufficiently offended and he thinks that he is in danger or...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I know he might have been overtaken by events. When the Chair stands to respond to Hon. Gichimu, he needs to tell Members and the country that there is a definition of smallholder. It is very subjective and impossible to contextualise. This is because...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Because of the health standards in exportation and the local health standards, it would be a misnomer for us to leave the county governments in charge of licensing, warehousing, and ensuring they meet the health standards. It is important that we involve the Board....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Respectfully, I request the Chairman to withdraw this amendment. We should borrow from what we did in the Sugar Act because suitability test is very subjective. It is witch hunting and you will punish innocent staff. Let them be...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, if we read the Clause in its entirety, it is about information acquired during service in the Institute. It says that you can only share that information with the authority of the Council. Research papers and publications are cited based on...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I have difficulties with this amendment and the original clause because it is about supplying information. Is imprisonment or a fine sufficient to remedy the failure to supply information? If someone declines to give the Board or the institute extremely important...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Chair. Colleagues, I want us to be very realistic. This is a research institute that will be largely populated by people who are fairly educated and experienced in such matters. The Chief Executive Officer is going to be a peer among...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, what we have in the Bill that came from the Senate was that the membership of the Council will be paid a certain allowance "as the Cabinet Secretary shall…" The amendment removes the Cabinet Secretary because he plays no role under...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 72 by inserting the following new subclause immediately after subclause (3) — “ (4) A person is qualified for appointment under section (1) (e) and (f) if that person holds...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I seek the attention of Hon. Chairman of the Committee. Could the Member of Parliament for Tinderet allow him to listen? Hon. Chair, you probably need to come out a bit clearer especially on the pro-rata basis in (d) . I believe it should...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 50 of the Bill be amended in subclause (6) by deleting the word “monthly” and substituting therefor the word “quarterly”. This is basically moving from monthly to quarterly because requiring a typical coffee grower to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, whatever the Chair has proposed is the same with my proposed amendment. So, there is no need of moving my amendment. I support his amendment. (Proposed amendment by Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo withdrawn) (Question, that the word to be left out be...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I know this is pre-empting debate, but we are currently debating the County Governments (Revenue Raising Process) Bill in this House. I hope we will find a way to marry the two. Secondly, we passed the County Governments Licensing (Uniform Procedures)...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 25 of the Bill be amended—

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise on behalf of the Chairperson to reply. I take this opportunity to thank our colleagues who have taken time to comment on this amendment Bill. I will pick out a few salient issues in the mediated version...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me thank the Hon. Deputy Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly for asking me to second the Kenya Revenue Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill, No. 35 of 2024) . Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I...