Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said at the beginning of my statement, we are very much on track in effecting some of the reforms. According to Vision 2030 – of course, it will go up to 2030, because reforms are a continuous process – it is not something which you can give a timeframe. But the ones which are underway, we expect to complete them by the year 2012. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do not discriminate against local investors. In fact, we encourage local investors and there are a lot of incentives that we give to both foreign and local investors. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Parliament, in its wisdom, has established the KACC to deal with issues of corruption. Corruption can only be minimized, but it cannot be eliminated. I mean all over the world, corruption still exists and, therefore, I cannot give a timeframe when it will be eliminated. We are taking steps to deal with it. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a different Question ; I do not really have the list of all the investors who have applied. If he files a Question, I will be able to answer it. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first part was asking whether I am aware that Kenya is losing a lot of investors to the neigbouring countries of Rwanda, Uganda and others, due to corruption and other Government bureaucracy. I said I am not aware that we are losing those investors to those countries because of corruption and bureaucracy. That was the answer. The Question was not about the measures we are taking to deal with corruption. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir first I apologize for coming late. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government budgeted in the Financial Year 2010/2011 Kshs535 million for civic education to be carried out by the Committee of Experts (CoE). Following approval of the Vote on Account, the Treasury is in the process of releasing Kshs350 million before the end of this week to the CoE. (b) In view of the answer “a” above, part “b” does not arise. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We did not mislead the public; we were directed as the Treasury, to release the money to the CoE. We cannot act illegally because Parliament had not approved the same amount of money to us. Therefore, we budgeted for that money and the Vote on Account has just been approved; therefore, we are releasing the money as directed. As the Treasury, we could not release money which we did not have in the Budget and without parliamentary approval. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the first batch will be released between tomorrow and Friday. If required, or if the CoE sends another request, we will arrange next week to release the balance of the money. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we did not delay, as the Treasury. What we had in the Budget in the last financial year was only Kshs100 million. The Vote on Account has just been approved, and we are ready to release the money, which has now been approved to us by Parliament. At the Treasury, we only deal with money which is approved by Parliament as the law requires. view
• 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