Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are two issues which the Member for Imenti Central has raised. One deals with personnel or the people who were designated as County Commissioners. The other one is the construction work of the physical facilities for the county governments. I have confirmed that preparation is ongoing in terms of construction of physical facilities to accommodate the incoming county governments. This House passed the Budget-making provisions of funding for the work that is ongoing right now. So, the second one is the issue of appointment of County Commissioners or the purported appointment of County Commissioners. I am ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that there are funds in the Provincial Administration for putting up facilities to accommodate the incoming county governments. Otherwise, they will not be putting them up if they did not have money for that purpose. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am trying to respond to different issues here. I am dealing with the issue of appointment of County Commissioners which was raised by the hon. Member for Imenti Central. I am also dealing with the issue of physical facilities. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is what I am doing. I wanted to take one at a time and dispose them of. The hon. Member is concerned with the physical facilities while the other one’s question was multifaceted. One is to do with the appointments and I have said that the court’s finding was that the appointments were unconstitutional. The Attorney-General advised the Government to respect the court ruling and not appeal. I have said that the Attorney-General has not appealed the ruling. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the other point, I have said that preparations are being done by the Provincial ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that it is not available with the Ministry of Public Works. However, the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security has some funds that it is using now for that purpose. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have seen that I have also been consulting the Minister for Public Works who is in charge of general construction of Government properties. He has informed me that they are right now constructing 30 district headquarters through the Economic Stimulus Programme which is a roll-over. In other words, if these funds are not used in the previous financial year they are rolled over to the current financial year. That is the position. Hon. C. Kilonzo was of the view that by the latest appointments, the Government was trying to kill the Opposition. However, this House does ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Imenti Central was only concerned about the construction works that are ongoing. I have explained that the construction works are ongoing and these will eventually be part of the infrastructure for the devolved governments when they are formed. This is because there will be no activities of the Central Government at that level. I have already said that this is being done under the Economic Stimulus Programme but they will be transferred. The other responsibilities for the devolved governments will be dealt with in the next financial year and the hon. Member is ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact the hon. Member--- Let me go to the substantive point which he raised. This was whether there will be Provincial Administration post 2015. The Constitution says that the system known as the Provincial Administration shall be restructured to make it compliant with the devolved system of Government. This means that it will not be there. It will be part of the devolved system of Government and that is why it is being absorbed into this system. That is why it is also necessary to give assurance to those who are right now working in the ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are always differences of opinion on issues of this nature. We saw it when we were at the Bomas of Kenya, for example, that there were the centrists verses the devolutionists. There are those who are so much used to centralised power that they do not want to let go of it. There is the fear of devolution. There is a kind of phobia against devolution. We are saying that this should not stop the people of this country from implementing the Constitution. I am sure that, as we implement the Constitution, some of these fears ... view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me go to hon. Kapondi, who wanted to know whether this Statement has been made after consultation within Government. I am issuing this Statement on behalf of the Government. I am issuing it as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. So, this is an official Government Statement. Hon. Kombo was concerned about the role of village elders and referred to a Motion that had been passed by the House to the effect that village elders should be paid salaries. I also want to inform him that the role of village elders is also going ... view