Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1081 to 1090 of 1641.

• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of any particular law that has been breached, unless he educates me because I am not a lawyer. I know it might be ethically wrong to do it, but ethics is not law. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was inequitable distribution in this particular respect. There were some areas which were completely left out. I have promised that we will take corrective measures. However, there is no officer we can single out and take to court for having breached the Public Officers Ethics Act. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill of Rights the hon. Member is talking about is in our Constitution which was just promulgated. This Question is about a case that happened three years ago. What we are talking about is not the Bill of Rights, we are talking about the Public Officers Ethics Act. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no discrimination in this particular case. I am saying that there could have been some omissions which are going to be corrected. But when he talks about discrimination, I do not agree that it was there. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Questioner is very inaccurate because people from the counties he has mentioned are employed. In fact, there are two from Samburu. It is not true that the counties he has mentioned do not have employees. The ones which were given by the Questioner - that is Garissa and Isiolo – have no employees there. But all the rest are there. So the question is inaccurate! view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the criteria for employment in KRA is not based on the population of a particular county. In fact, Kakamega County has some of the highest numbers in terms of recruitment. Out of 64, Kakamega County has 20 employees and it is one of the highest. Because of that, I cannot compare counties. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not refused to answer Mr. Kizito. I have said that we did not use the number of people residing in particular counties as one of the criterion. The criteria were different from what he is suggesting and, therefore, I cannot compare them based on population. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are going to consider affirmative action in respect of those two counties. view
• 14 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to beg for your indulgence to answer this Question next week. This is because, originally, we had received the answer for only parts “a” and “b”, and the other part, which is part “c” only came the other day and we have not had time to raise enough information. I have discussed with the hon. Member if we can be able to answer the Question on Tuesday next week. Thank you. view
• 14 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I have been told that the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has requested for the deferment of this Bill since there are some consultations they want to make. I was asked by Mr. Speaker to agree with them although, as a Ministry, we were ready to proceed with the Bill as it is. However, there is a request by the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. view