Dr. Oburu Odinga

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• 19 Mar 2025 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
• 25 Feb 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to give a word on the demise of my friend, Leonard Mambo Mbotela. This great man of Kenya came from a very, very humble background of those slaves who were freed and brought to Kenya to some place called Frere Town. One of his uncles was a councillor here in Nairobi and there is an estate here in Nairobi called Mbotela. This man started also from very junior ranks in the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) which we used to call Voice of Kenya (VoK). He grew up through the ranks to become ... view
• 18 Feb 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to express my heartfelt condolences to the family of the late William Cheptumo. Sen. William Cheptumo was not just a Member and a colleague in Parliament, but he was a personal friend. We have been with him in the Parliament for a long time. He found me in Parliament and he served for four terms. If you combine with EALA, I am now serving my seventh term. He has been a steadfast legislator. He has not only been a steadfast legislator, but a very consistent friend to many. He has developed relationships, ... view
• 12 Feb 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I want to comment on a statement sought by the Senator for Nairobi, Sen. Edwin Sifuna, on CHPs. These are important staff members in public health. The concept of equipping these people was developed sometime back in Bamako, Mali, where the international community sat and developed a concept that gave power to people in primary healthcare in rural areas. Later, it came to cities like Nairobi, which now has those primary health workers. The primary health workers deal with the people right from the beginning. When somebody is sick or is ... view
• 12 Feb 2025 in Senate: It is important that the Committee investigates this matter thoroughly, gets to the bottom of it and finds out the whole process, the whole chain, and also the reasons these people are not getting the drugs in time. Sometimes, it is the relationship between the county and the national Government that supplies and sometimes, the delays are because the counties have not paid. However, even if the counties have not paid, a system of credit must be developed, so that the supplies to these primary healthcare people at the grassroots level are not affected by the bureaucracy of the drug ... view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. First and foremost, I stand to support this Motion. I do so because of the integrity of the membership. The people who have been elected here, of them are very experienced, like Sen. Ibrahim Roba. He has been a governor, he has been an MP, and he has a lot of experience. I also look at you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Your background and your experience in politics, having been Secretary General of the ruling party, and so on, Madam, you are fit to guide us. I do not want to describe every ... view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: I am quite concerned that the National Assembly has become a graveyard for legislation which is passed here in the Senate, and they go there and they find a slaughter house and die there. I do not know whether fighting them will be the solution. However, I would have suggested that when you are elected to this onerous position of the Senate Business Committee, you should develop some relationship with the National Assembly. Help us to create an amicable atmosphere where our Motions and our legislation do not stand as cattle to be slaughtered in the National Assembly. I hope ... view
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to conclude by saying that I support this Motion. I want to urge the people who have been appointed to the SBC to work well and create an amicable relationship with the other House so that we can find an amicable way of working. They also need us because they now want us to support them in the National 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
• 11 Feb 2025 in Senate: Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF), which has been declared unconstitutional. Let us support them and get something from them. If it is killed in court, it is not our fault. Let us get ours, which is legitimate, but also support theirs, which is illegitimate. Let it be killed elsewhere, not by us. It should be give and take. I hope our people will do the necessary diplomacy to make sure that we gain from some of these positions. They require us as much as we require them. Thank you. view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I just want to comment on the issue raised by Sen. Onyonka. This issue of our people disappearing in foreign lands is caused by various factors. It starts from home through 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