Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Apr 2024 in Senate: I am doing this because I am happy with the way the Senate this time is handling this Bill. Last year, when we discussed this issue, we were divided. We argued on whether to increase or not and whether to increase to the level recommended by CRA or leave it at the level passed by the National Assembly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, today we have a substantial increase recommended by our Committee on Finance and Budget. When you increase the allocation from Kshs385 billion to Kshs391 billion, that increase of Kshs6 billion does not even meet the inflation. When you ... view
• 30 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue is on OSR. This is an area where counties can get additional money to supplement the equitable share from the national Government. However, some counties leave a lot of loopholes and do not even want to go modern by using electronic means of collecting money, which is more efficient in collection and--- view
• 30 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue is on OSR. This is an area where counties can get additional money to supplement the equitable share from the national Government. However, some counties leave a lot of loopholes and do not even want to go modern by using electronic means of collecting money, which is more efficient in collection and--- view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I totally oppose this amendment because of the factories which are around that take sugarcane from farmers. Sugar is not a warehousable item. view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I totally oppose this amendment because of the factories which are around that take sugarcane from farmers. Sugar is not a warehousable item. view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, when they take sugarcane from farmers, they mill and sell it immediately and they do not pay the farmers. Therefore, farmers should be free to sell their cane to those factories which have cash and can pay. There is always an arrangement between the sugar factories. If a farmer has a loan from any particular sugar factory and he delivers in a different factory in a different zone, normally that factory in a different zone that has purchased sugar from this farmer, will deduct the loan and pay that particular factory which is owed money. There is ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, when they take sugarcane from farmers, they mill and sell it immediately and they do not pay the farmers. Therefore, farmers should be free to sell their cane to those factories which have cash and can pay. There is always an arrangement between the sugar factories. If a farmer has a loan from any particular sugar factory and he delivers in a different factory in a different zone, normally that factory in a different zone that has purchased sugar from this farmer, will deduct the loan and pay that particular factory which is owed money. There is ... view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: I totally oppose this over-regulation of farmers. view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: I totally oppose this over-regulation of farmers. view
• 24 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I support the amendment because we used to have private factories which used to maintain roads in the sugarcane growing areas. The roads were perfectly maintained. When the function was taken over by the state, things went haywire. The roads were completely destroyed. It appears that our brothers in the “Lower House” wanted to control this through the KeRRA, so that this remains as it is. The roads now are in a poor state. Maybe cess going to the counties as a conditional grant will help improve the road network there. Personally, I would prefer privatization of ... view