Dr. Oburu Odinga

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• 17 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to thank the Cabinet Secretary for being very candid in answering the questions here. I want to first congratulate them for a very good work done in Kisumu Port. They have put up a very magnificent facility. However, this work was supposed to spread to other parts of the lake, so that the work is complete. Once you do one part of the lake, you need to transport goods from one point to the other. We have other ports like Homa Bay, Asembo Bay, Mageta Island, Koyamo Island and Usenge beaches, which ... view
• 17 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity to welcome the Cabinet Secretary for Health to the Senate. I hope in her statement she will tell us something about the strike of the doctors. However, my question is on the outgoing NHIF cards. These cards, when issued to beneficiaries, they are asked to specify the clinics and the hospitals where they wish to be treated. You specify two. When you do so, supposing you are a civil servant, say a police officer, you are posted to Nairobi, your family is in the rural areas there, you have specified ... view
• 16 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I want to take this opportunity to welcome the delegation from the Parliament of our great neighbour Uganda. Uganda is indeed a very close neighbour to Kenya because it is the greatest trading partner of Kenya. If Kenya was to send ambassadors and high commissioners out of this country, Uganda should get the senior-most high commissioner because I think it has the highest volume of trade with our country Kenya. I come from the neighbouring County of Siaya. We have a very cordial relationship with Uganda. Whenever there are any small skirmishes ... view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Land grabbing in this country has become a cancer. You will find people who want to invest and sometimes, they come and fall in the wrong hands like land grabbers who mislead them and make them misdirect their investment. The court process drags on for too long yet, some of these people who come to invest are foreigners and every now and then, they get invited to come and hear their cases. This is such a protracted process. The other serious thing is the disregard of court orders. The Government is ... view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: court order. You can appeal to the Supreme Court but you should not disregard court orders. They must be respected. Thank you very much. view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just want to ask one question concerning my County, Siaya. We have a rice plant between Busia and Siaya, but the plant is within Siaya County. This is a new plant. It has been constructed and completed and the farmers have just harvested a lot of rice. The rice paddy is dry and there are thousands of bags. I went there and witnessed the desperation of farmers. The mill cannot be opened, yet it is complete. The farmers now risk losing that crop or they take it to Uganda for milling, which is very expensive. ... view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is also the industrial park adjacent to Siaya Town, which was commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Kuria, some few months ago. It is also completely dysfunctional because there is need to upgrade power from phase one to phase three. So, these are the two big projects in Siaya and the only ones. I hope that the Cabinet Secretary is going to take note and take some action to ensure that these projects start functioning. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not admire the Cabinet Secretary in the position in which he is, because it is a very hot seat. view
• 20 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not admire the Cabinet Secretary in the position in which he is, because it is a very hot seat. view