Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 1608.

• 30 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for having brought this Bill to this House. Some issues in this Bill were amended or rejected in the Finance Bill. The Minister has done the right thing. He has brought these amendments under the right Bill. Our Committee is quite happy that we discussed and agreed on almost everything. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with the passage of this Bill, and if it becomes an Act, insurance companies are going to receive money directly in cases of fire and motor vehicle covers. This will lower charges to customers ... view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister says he is consulting the Attorney-General. However, this judgement was delivered two years ago. This innocent Kenyan is suffering. Could he tell us when he will reinstate Mr. Olela instead of taking time consulting the Attorney-General on a court order which is very straight-forward? What kind of advice does he need from the Attorney-General to reinstate somebody yet, the court has given an order? view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. I also want to thank the Minister for presenting this Bill and also for co-operating with the Committee in the preparation of this Bill. I also want to thank the officers in his Ministry with whom we have worked on this Bill. The Minister took into consideration all the concerns which were raised by the Committee and put them in these amendments. My Committee is, therefore, very satisfied. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we would like to caution the big commercial banks in this country. They ... view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: They are doing this purposely to kill the small microfinance institutions which will support the small woman who has access to Kshs1,000 or Kshs5,000. This should not be allowed! The Government should keep watch so that this does not happen. They should not allow the big commercial banks to swallow the small microfinance institutions and then, finally, when they have kicked them out, they will close their branches again, and our people will get back to the same situation where they were. With those few remarks, I beg to support. Thank you. view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill, which has been before the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. This morning, we were discussing this Bill and we will present some amendments which we propose to make. That notwithstanding, this Bill is an improvement on the Public Procurement and Disposal Act which was discussed here and passed. Procurement is a very important aspect of governance and improving the livelihoods of Kenyans. This country, for a long time, had been yearning for the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. We are not quite happy that the ... view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand Mr. Biwott has been registered as the Chairman of New KANU! view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Sorry, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was disrupted by the Chairman! The registration of this body will take into consideration all the defects which have been in the professional bodies of accountants, engineers and doctors. This is a Bill which has come after the formation of all these professional bodies. Therefore, we are not inventing America. We have examples to go by. We have the existence of other institutions to go by. Since we have these institutions in place, we must improve this Bill. We cannot just copy, for example, what is in the profession of accountants, doctors and ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, my Committee is proposing the following:- THAT, Clause 4 be amended in paragraph (a) by inserting the following sub- paragraph immediately after sub-paragraph (iA) in item 1A of the First Schedule. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the rationale behind that proposal is that the Minister is targeting a particular brand for reduction, almost for zero-rating, and disadvantaging a local industry in favour of a multinational company. That is the reason why the taxation should remain what it has always been. view