Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1441 to 1450 of 1641.

• 19 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (a) Pay its nationals employed by the corporations of GFS and retired from active service by the division date, the pensions and other benefits due to them on account of such employment. view
• 19 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (b) Make provision for the pension rights and entitlements to other benefits accrued as Fe bruary 19, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member wanted to get a detailed breakdown of all the debts. I have the specifics here in a voluminous document. I can table it before the House. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that question is based on the wrong premises. I would like the hon. Member to prove to me that an HIPC can be compared to Kenya, which does not benefit from the HIPC facilities that are given by the World Bank and other countries, can have a lower debt ratio to the GDP than Kenya. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just given a detailed breakdown of where every loan has been applied. The hon. Member can have a look at the breakdown which I have just laid on the Table. However, if he wants to know the extent to which the loans have been applied, it is 100 per cent. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, signing of Bills into laws is the prerogative of the President. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not in a position to force the President to assent to a Bill that has been passed by this House. We are working within the laws which are available. When the Fe bruary 10, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we talk about debts, some of them have grace repayment periods of up to nine years. Some of them are repayable over a period of 30 years. These are debts. They have nothing to do with the funding our Budget. It is a small percentage of our national Budget that is actually funded by the external debt. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just finishing. view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as hon. Members are aware, we plan to issue sovereign bonds in the current financial year to finance more infrastructure projects. However, due to the current financial conditions in the international market, the Government will delay the launch until the condition improves. view