Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Director-General who has been acting has not been acting for three years. He started acting sometimes in--- view
• 26 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first person who was acting in that position was not employed by the Kenya Government. So, he was not acting or seconded from the Public Service or the Kenyan Government. This was a technical assistant from the World Bank and when he finished the task of establishing this organization – it was very odious and that is why he took a long time - then he went and a Director-General was appointed and the intention was to recruit the substantive Director-General within a year. Unfortunately, when the process started, we could not identify a suitable Director- ... view
• 26 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we advertized this position in various newspapers; the East African, the Standard and the Daily Nation . The closing date is 9th November, and the short-listing of these officers is being done by a competent consultancy body that will then recommend the names of those qualified immediately. A competent Kenyan will be recruited to fill this position. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have already sent some copies of the answer to Parliament. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I only have one copy of the signed answer. The one which is unsigned is--- view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this particular Question was asked last week. However, we are not the accounting officer for Parliament. The Chair referred it to the Leader of Government Business, but since he is not there, it was referred to the Office of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is going to respond to it this afternoon. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We shall seek information from Parliament. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The Central Bank of Kenya is vested with mandate to issue Kenya currency in both bank notes and coins. To fulfil this mandate, the bank has to ensure that at all times it holds adequate stocks sufficient to meet the country’s currency requirements to avoid any stock outs and to forestall any shortages that can lead to a financial crisis in the country. In August, 2008, pursuant to its aforesaid mandate and after evaluating the stock levels held vis-`a- vis the country’s regular currency requirement, the Bank established that it required to re-stock ... view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There are no specific risks facing the country as a result of the decline in value of the US Dollar. The appreciation of the Kenya Shilling against the US Dollar may reduce the profitability of Kenyan exporting firms and benefit importing firms. However, this is the correction to pre-global economic crisis level. The Kenya Shilling is thus correcting itself to where it was before. The exchange rate represents the relative price movements. This is the normal practice all over the world. (b) The Government has put in place measures to mitigate ... view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has taken adequate steps to protect our reserves from dependence on a single currency. This has already been done and is being monitored on a daily basis. I even replied to this Question earlier and assured the hon. Member that measures have been put in place to protect the Kenya Shilling against dependency on any single currency such as the US Dollar. view