Dr. Oburu Odinga

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• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. Some of these young people enjoy interrupting me. They also want me to know them. This is a serious situation. I know of a lady in my area who slept out of their home for one night and because of the love the father had for her, he was imagining what could have happened overnight to her girl while sleeping out. He took a spear and threw it at her. The lady disappeared and only came back after 35 years with children who were almost at that age when her father ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. Some of these young people enjoy interrupting me. They also want me to know them. This is a serious situation. I know of a lady in my area who slept out of their home for one night and because of the love the father had for her, he was imagining what could have happened overnight to her girl while sleeping out. He took a spear and threw it at her. The lady disappeared and only came back after 35 years with children who were almost at that age when her father ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: I am happy that someone has gone beyond the rules and regulations to allow girls who are pregnant to continue with their studies. Since there are poor families who cannot afford to give support to their girls to employ house helps to look after the children who are going to school, this Bill allows counties and the national Government to support those families so that their girls can continue with their education in the usual manner. When girls get pregnant, they can be offered support by employing maids to take care of their children when they have gone to school. ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: I am happy that someone has gone beyond the rules and regulations to allow girls who are pregnant to continue with their studies. Since there are poor families who cannot afford to give support to their girls to employ house helps to look after the children who are going to school, this Bill allows counties and the national Government to support those families so that their girls can continue with their education in the usual manner. When girls get pregnant, they can be offered support by employing maids to take care of their children when they have gone to school. ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I thank my Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Energy, Sen. Wamatinga, for bringing this very important Motion. This Motion is important because it affects our youth. The youth are the future of this country. Therefore, when you have issues, which are making the youths go into abyss, and almost bankrupt, you are ruining the future of our country and not only of the youth. I know that the interest rates in this country are very high. The reason why they are high is because the Government is also borrowing from ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I thank my Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Energy, Sen. Wamatinga, for bringing this very important Motion. This Motion is important because it affects our youth. The youth are the future of this country. Therefore, when you have issues, which are making the youths go into abyss, and almost bankrupt, you are ruining the future of our country and not only of the youth. I know that the interest rates in this country are very high. The reason why they are high is because the Government is also borrowing from ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: and ordinary business people. That is why there is a scarcity of money to lend. Where there is a scarcity of money to lend, the banks and microfinance institutions lend it at very high interest rates. They put very high interest rates because they do not care. They know that they will still make their money whether they will lend out the money or not because they are very comfortable with the Treasury Bills rates which they are paid comfortably because it is more than guaranteed being it is a Government Bond. This ruins our youth. If you look at ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: and ordinary business people. That is why there is a scarcity of money to lend. Where there is a scarcity of money to lend, the banks and microfinance institutions lend it at very high interest rates. They put very high interest rates because they do not care. They know that they will still make their money whether they will lend out the money or not because they are very comfortable with the Treasury Bills rates which they are paid comfortably because it is more than guaranteed being it is a Government Bond. This ruins our youth. If you look at ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: or the Standard, you will see these people called auctioneers. They are having a field day. I think that a business called auctioning has become so lucrative that I think I would earn more money there than being a Senator. Otherwise, why are there so many auctioneers and the newspapers are full of those advertisements on a daily basis? These are Kenyans who are being auctioned. I can tell you that there are people here who are very comfortable. They talk about politics. They talk about auctioning because it is politics. However, I can tell you that, personally, I have ... view
• 1 Nov 2023 in Senate: or the Standard, you will see these people called auctioneers. They are having a field day. I think that a business called auctioning has become so lucrative that I think I would earn more money there than being a Senator. Otherwise, why are there so many auctioneers and the newspapers are full of those advertisements on a daily basis? These are Kenyans who are being auctioned. I can tell you that there are people here who are very comfortable. They talk about politics. They talk about auctioning because it is politics. However, I can tell you that, personally, I have ... view