Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 1641.

• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the responsibility of this House to revise all the laws, which have been in existence to conform with the new Constitution. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, unless that is done, I do not know how this country will be run until we revise the Act. We are acting according to the existing laws. I have no powers to violate them unless there is some interpretation which is given by a court of law. We are obliged to follow the law as it exists now. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, reference to the CIOC is really not an issue for me to decide. However, if you so rule, we shall appear there and answer all the questions that they need. I do not know whether that stops the other questions from being answered. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the committee invites us, we shall go. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was an issue which was raised by hon. Karua in regard to the national values, participation, inclusiveness, transparency and accountability in Article 10 of the Constitution. As I said, it is the same thing; the interpretation here was that we ought to have done it more transparently, more inclusively and with participation and so on. However, as I said, we acted in accordance with the law as it exists. In our view, we did not violate any Constitution. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Ochieng asked whether Prof. Ndung’u whose term has been renewed has instituted any reforms in the CBK to warrant renewal of his contract. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conjunction with the private sector, Prof. Ndung’u has introduced something which is very unique together with Safaricom. This is MPESA. This is a unique Kenyan invention and Kenya is lauded by the whole world. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Prof. Ndung’u has introduced innovation, which has connected banks with the MPESA. Right now, if you open an account with MPESA, automatically you have an account with the Equity Bank of Kenya. This is something which has to be done by the CBK Governor and not by Safaricom. Safaricom can only do their part, but this innovative way of mobilising the unbanked is one way of actually bringing the Kenyan people access to financial resources which they did not have hitherto. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Governor has also introduced what is called instant banking. Instant banking is when you transfer money; money is transferred straight away from the bank to the customer without any delay. In fact, I was answering that question here and I gave details of the innovations which the CBK has done. This is along with many other innovations which have been created under Prof. Ndung’u in the last four years. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that I will avail the minutes of the Board. It does not mean that the Board did not meet! I said I am ready to provide those minutes to the House tomorrow. view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no hurry in getting those dates. I will table the minutes and you will see the dates stated there. If a question by an hon. Member--- view