Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1181 to 1190 of 1641.

• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no policy shall be allowed to kill our industries. In fact, the coming into being of the East African Common Market has given us a market of over 100 million people as opposed to a market of about 32 million people. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of subsidy does not only concern wheat. It is an issue that concerns the agricultural sector. It is a very hot issue in the WTO negotiations. We will not isolate wheat for a subsidy. When it comes to subsidy, the Government is already subsidizing fertilizer which is across the board because it affects wheat farmers and everybody else. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, subsidy does not exist all over the world. Again, I did not say that subsidies do not work everywhere. I am aware that in the developed world, they subsidize their agriculture heavily. This is the point of argument held by all Third-World countries, that they do not accept that we subsidize our farmers, when they heavily subsidize theirs. So, our policy and stand, as Government, is that we should be allowed to subsidize our agriculture. However, we have not yet succeeded. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have said that if there will be a problem as a result of the bumper harvest, we shall reconsider and discuss with our colleagues in the other countries. But we cannot arbitrarily consider reducing that rate, unless we negotiate and discuss with our colleagues in the neighbouring countries. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no such thing. I have said it and I am repeating again, that Tanzania used to impose a duty of 10 per cent. Other countries like Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi were zero-rating because they do not have--- view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we shall negotiate each and every product, because rice and wheat were classified as sensitive products. So far, the one which we discussed and agreed on was on was the wheat. But we are going to discuss all the other products with our neighbouring countries. But it is not because we are not protecting our farmers. view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have taken note of that and we are going to issue a Statement next week on Wednesday. view
• 1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of the House, that you allow us to answer this Question on Tuesday. We received this Question yesterday and it is a Question which needs very good answers. We got some answer from our officers but the Minister is not satisfied that the answer is good enough. Therefore, we are requesting that we be allowed to answer this Question on Tuesday. I have already talked to Mr. Konchela. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (a)The customs border post at Diif is to be operationalised by 2nd July, 2010. view