Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to sincerely request the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to mobilise all the Members of his Committee, the next time the Committee of the whole House is scheduled. Ask all of them to...

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

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The last two weeks have been of telling the truth, and nothing else but the truth. To be honest, we are also experiencing the same challenges in our constituencies concerning WEF. The response the Hon. Chairlady has given is...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I seek your indulgence. It is unfortunate that the Mover of the Bill or whoever is representing him is conspicuously absent. Whatever we are talking about here is probably just music to our ears. Nobody cares to listen and...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The last two weeks have been of telling the truth, and nothing else but the truth. To be honest, we are also experiencing the same challenges in our constituencies concerning WEF. The response the Hon. Chairlady has given is...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I seek your indulgence. It is unfortunate that the Mover of the Bill or whoever is representing him is conspicuously absent. Whatever we are talking about here is probably just music to our ears. Nobody cares to listen and...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Where no timelines are given, we expect it to be done within a reasonable period. There is no reason why the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) will not go back to the Prisons Department to ensure that we get timelines on when that...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Sir George, is it possible that once they give timelines, you and I can continue to engage so that you can continuously update this House, the people of Kenya, and the prison officers that Parliament has not ignored them? Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) First, when are the promises made going to be implemented? Second, to what extent can they include the Kenya Prisons Services in the technical committee so that when they are harmonising the terms, they do so for all the services? They are all armed...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I want him to do two things. One, please, go back to the sender to give you the timelines for implementing the promises and the undertakings they have made through their statement. Two, there is a fundamental issue that I want to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, but allow me to lead because the Kenya Prisons Service plays an extremely important role.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As much as I appreciate the challenges and difficulties that my friend, Sir George, has gone through to read a response that has cleverly skirted around the issues at hand, I cannot directly blame him because he is just a...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon Temporary Chairlady, I support. The jargon being used is so high-sounding and scary. Mover, please come down to our level. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, this is a very well-intentioned amendment, but I fear at one time it might be subjected to abuse. The words “with such bodies or organisations whose objects and purpose support the promotion of the coffee industry” is such wide ranging. It...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I had an amendment which was informed by numerous researches that have indicated that one of the impediments to the advancement of agriculture is low level of educational qualification of the participants in the sector. However, I have been persuaded by Hon. Gichimu to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I am not sure about the definition of ‘Technopolis’ especially the last part that says, “and includes the Konza Technopolis. I thought Konza Technopolis, like any other Technopolis, will apply to be registered as a Technopolis. On the very first instance,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, unfortunately, the Order Paper reads “may”. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : I will give a chance to the Chairman to consult.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I sincerely and heartily support this amendment even though the Whip of the Minority Party has raised a constitutional issue that rests somewhere else. As I support, I remember I was taken to a tour of Houston Space Museum in Texas,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. It is a procedural matter. It is not necessary for the Chairman to read the entire Clause because if we do that, we will never finish the legislation process. We are capable of reading and so, let him just mention...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the Chairman might perhaps need to be a bit careful here. As much as you are very thorough and detailed in legislation, there will be an offence that will be forgotten. It will be an offence that will be provided for...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) As we delete Clause 35 in its entirety and replace it with what you have provided here, let us remember that it had two parts in the Bill. Part 2 provided timelines of making decisions. Are there any internal mechanisms to ensure, as has...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I truly want to lend my support to the amendments because it is a realm of the young people. We, the old hogs, should remain analogue and mind our business. Further, when you look at the new Clauses 6...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended —

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the words "the Kenya Bureau of Standards" appearing in paragraph (j) and substituting therefor the words "a body mandated by a national legislation to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) No other body exists. Hon. (Dr) Mutunga probably needs to understand the standard architecture a little bit. There is KEBS, the Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) and other accreditation laboratories. Ideally, anybody can develop a standard and get it registered and approved by KEBS, the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, we need to be very careful as alluded to by Hon. Wamuchomba. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) , where KEBS, KENAS and other international standards bodies sit, is explicitly clear. We will 14th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 59 Hon. (Dr)...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, we already have an anomaly in this country. The enforcer is the same one who sets the standards, and that debate is ongoing in this country. Surely, KEBS cannot set standards and enforce its own standards. What he is referring to...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) We have ventilated this matter for fairly too long. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Farah Maalim) : Yes. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) We seem to be going around in circles, and as Hon. Gichimu had said, we already have a defunct association in...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to persuade the Chairperson. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co- operatives. Mheshimiwa Gichimu and I had the opportunity to go to Frankfurt to attend an international conference that was dealing with the issue of...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Precisely, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 13th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 50 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)I did not go to law school, but I attended enough units in law. I can read and interpret any judgment. That is why we, in the Committee,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, let me direct my question to the Cabinet Secretary. We passed the Public-Private Partnership Act, which has very clear steps to be taken before implementing a PPP. You can be gracious enough to tell us whether all the steps proposed in the...

Yes, Cabinet Secretary.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I think this issue of the 22 per cent and 10 per cent is now becoming a thorn in the flesh. Once the works are complete, assuming the entire disbursement was done, there is what we call savings. I ask the Cabinet...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary:

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, it is heartening for the Cabinet Secretary to acknowledge that subsequent regimes have treated and discriminated the people of Matayos Constituency and Funyula Constituency unfairly. It is also encouraging to say that he will look at it. When I saunter into his...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also go on record, I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and I have had the pleasure to process the Bill up to where it is today. 13th November 2024 NATIONAL...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Precisely, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 13th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 50 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)I did not go to law school, but I attended enough units in law. I can read and interpret any judgment. That is why we, in the Committee,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, let me direct my question to the Cabinet Secretary. We passed the Public-Private Partnership Act, which has very clear steps to be taken before implementing a PPP. You can be gracious enough to tell us whether all the steps proposed in the...

Yes, Cabinet Secretary.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I think this issue of the 22 per cent and 10 per cent is now becoming a thorn in the flesh. Once the works are complete, assuming the entire disbursement was done, there is what we call savings. I ask the Cabinet...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary:

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, it is heartening for the Cabinet Secretary to acknowledge that subsequent regimes have treated and discriminated the people of Matayos Constituency and Funyula Constituency unfairly. It is also encouraging to say that he will look at it. When I saunter into his...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also go on record, I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and I have had the pleasure to process the Bill up to where it is today. 13th November 2024 NATIONAL...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I do not know whose mistake it is. I was in the Table Office a few minutes ago, and I confirm that we have not had the opportunity to have copies of the responses that the Cabinet Secretary is coming to give....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Let me thank the young lady, Hon. Irene Mayaka, for bringing this amendment to the Environmental Management and Coordination Act. The purpose is that it is an Act of Parliament to amend the Environmental...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I do not know whose mistake it is. I was in the Table Office a few minutes ago, and I confirm that we have not had the opportunity to have copies of the responses that the Cabinet Secretary is coming to give....