Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1151 to 1160 of 1641.

• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee of Experts (CoE) was appointed by this House. Their role was also well defined. The money which is there is for civic education. It is not for civic education for the “YES” or “NO” camps. It is meant for people to understand the contents of the Draft Constitution. If the hon. Member has any evidence to the contrary, something will be done. Otherwise that is another matter. As Treasury, that is outside our purview. Our role is to make sure that the CoE gets sufficient funds to carry out their mandate. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as we are concerned, we are releasing money for civic education for Kenyans. Some of the monies which we are releasing are actually settling commitments which the CoE has broken down. Some of it goes to salaries which were delayed, allowances, operations and for works which have been view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: done. However, some work is in the process of being completed. We are giving money for civic education and not for campaigns. If that is the assurance the hon. Member wanted, then I have given him the assurance. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that most of this money is going to sort out debts which the CoE has incurred. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the responsibility of ensuring that this money is properly used by the CoE is with the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. The Treasury is not an implementing Ministry in this particular respect. However, as the Government we expect that money to go to the intended purpose. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ensuring that the money does not reach those targets is not a very easy thing for the Treasury to do. This is because the Treasury can only monitor money which comes through the Treasury. There are many sources of funding for these campaigns including the ones the hon. Member has mentioned. We do not maintain records of such monies. Therefore, people using them have a moral obligation not to use dirty money if such dirty monies come to this country. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not said that--- view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have said the money we have voted for is for specific purposes. It is for salaries, operations, maintenance and so on. That is the money we are giving to the CoE. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Can I finish answering your question? view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what he is asking is whether an entity can incur debts in the course of carrying out their duties. Yes, they can incur a debt. view