Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to add to the discussion on roads, specifically the Busia-Kisumu Road. Can the Cabinet Secretary inform us when repairs will be done, especially concerning the potholes, which have become a death trap? Soon we may begin to lose...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to add to the discussion on roads, specifically the Busia-Kisumu Road. Can the Cabinet Secretary inform us when repairs will be done, especially concerning the potholes, which have become a death trap? Soon we may begin to lose...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a very important matter that affects all of us seated here, as well as those who are not here, representing the people of Kenya in their constituencies. It is a request for a Statement regarding the re-categorisation...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) That is a very good ruling. However, I wish it could come much earlier.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I have something to put into perspective so that he can understand the urgency of the matter. Currently, the grade nine...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a very important matter that affects all of us seated here, as well as those who are not here, representing the people of Kenya in their constituencies. It is a request for a Statement regarding the re-categorisation...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) That is a very good ruling. However, I wish it could come much earlier.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I have something to put into perspective so that he can understand the urgency of the matter. Currently, the grade nine...

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

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was just wondering. With your indulgence, we can dispense with Order 7 in the Order Paper, as we 25th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 111 Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)skipped it in view of the urgency and importance of...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is sometimes difficult to deal with this matter. Just a few days ago, during the Budget process, similar recommendations of a 60-day timeline were made. The same timeline was recommended when we were doing the Supplementary Budget. Hon. Temporary Speaker,...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. By your very guidance, probably debate may be rendered redundant. I do not see how we will raise 233 Members to challenge the formula. I wish the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, having deliberated and dealt with this...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. By your very guidance, probably debate may be rendered redundant. I do not see how we will raise 233 Members to challenge the formula. I wish the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, having deliberated and dealt with this...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I also join my colleagues in supporting the allocation of Ksh415 billion to the counties, but with a lot of reservations. I do not wish to echo what my colleagues have said, but the intention of devolution was to foster successful development...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I will do three minutes, and then give him two.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. I also wish to join my colleagues who have served since the 12th Parliament in commending the Senate. For the very first time, they have done something commendable. Indeed, this is exactly what...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also join my colleagues in supporting this.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I also join my colleagues in supporting the allocation of Ksh415 billion to the counties, but with a lot of reservations. I do not wish to echo what my colleagues have said, but the intention of devolution was to foster successful development...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I will do three minutes, and then give him two.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. I also wish to join my colleagues who have served since the 12th Parliament in commending the Senate. For the very first time, they have done something commendable. Indeed, this is exactly what...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also join my colleagues in supporting this.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I sincerely thank and strongly support this amendment as moved by the Chairman of the Committee. All taxes are paid to KRA, despite the different accounts. It should therefore be a simple matter of entry, exit, and then the bottom line....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, let me also join my colleagues in this debate of zero-rating and tax exempting. As for now, the purported proposal by the National Treasury to move from zero-rating to tax exempt would have automatically resulted in some minimal price increases. At...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, as much as the amendment to sub-clause 5 is timely and important, cabinet secretaries must also act in good faith, knowing the importance and urgency of the need to operationalise laws. We do not have to put for them specific timelines....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I support the amendment 100 per cent as it was done before and as is being carried here. However, probably the failure to allow all deductions and relief could be out of ignorance, not knowing what was provided for....

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I just want to sincerely thank the Chairman of the Committee. I raised this matter earlier in the House. He did not get the import of what I was saying. However, as we walked out of the chamber, I believe he...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I see a practical challenge in implementing this clause. The Chairman and his technical team should take note of this. Assuming that an individual has taken a mortgage on a property, and in the event that one defaults, the Land Act...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I strongly support this amendment. This is trying to enhance the amendments we did in December, in the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, particularly to the Standards Act on the issuance of the certificate of origin. It also cures a very interesting...

Hon. (Prof.) Wilberforce Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also join my colleagues in supporting the Motion by Hon. Faith Gitau on the expansion of major roads in the country into dual carriageways. Transport is essential to industrialisation and economic growth. Its importance cannot be gainsaid....