Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I rise to support this report. When I read it and saw the names of all the Members of the Special Committee on page 11, I thought this was a bipartisan report because it included everybody. This is because I did not see any appendage of a minority report. When a report is prepared and is voted on, and there is a majority and minority, the cardinal principle of democracy is that the minority will have their say, but the majority will have their way. view
• 26 Jun 2023 in Senate: When the majority have their way, if you have very strong feelings against what the majority have passed, then you draw a minority report and attach it to the report. However, we did not see such. It is very surprising that on the Floor of the House, I now see Members trying to drag us through who voted where. Really, how would we know because it is not in the report whether you voted for or against it? What we have seen is a report signed by all the eleven Members of the Committee. view
• 26 Jun 2023 in Senate: This is a very painful process for us as the people of Siaya County. When these things started, it was like a joke. I thought that this was just a very small issue between the Governor and his Deputy when this matter started coming to the public. It then grew bigger and bigger. Then, the Deputy Governor went haywire making very many allegations that were not proven. It was very surprising and as Senator for Siaya, I tried to view
• 26 Jun 2023 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 Services,Senate. view
• 26 Jun 2023 in Senate: intervene. I would really not just sit by and watch the Executive quarreling resulting in the non-delivery of services by the Executive to the people. view
• 26 Jun 2023 in Senate: Our mandate is given or donated by the people of Siaya County. The people of Siaya expect to get services from the County Executive of Siaya. When there is a quarrel between the two giants or when the two bulls are fighting, it is the grass that suffers. The grass is the Siaya people. view
• 26 Jun 2023 in Senate: I am pleading with the Senate, if you do not go by the recommendations of this report, it will mean that the Deputy Governor will go back to his office. When he does so, I do not know what to expect. How will you expect the Governor to work with the same Deputy who has besmirched his name and pulled it through the mud and this matter is now before us? We are having facts. view
• 26 Jun 2023 in Senate: I do not think that there is any bigger offense than being proven to have violated the Constitution of Kenya. I do not know whether there is any bigger offense than this. If there is, I do not know it. It is yet to be proven to me. However, I know in this country, the biggest offense is to violate and contravene the Constitution. This has been proven by this Committee. I, therefore, plead with my colleagues, please, Siaya people are part and parcel of Kenya. They are shareholders. view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I support this Bill by my Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate, Sen. Wambua. This is a cash crop and is also a very nutritious crop. Our country only thinks of food in terms of maize meal and people think that when there is no maize, then we have no food. We forget that our country is divided into counties with good rainfall and counties with little rainfall. Considering this, we should also have specialization in crops that we grow in our counties. We should not be forcing ourselves to grow maize ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: This Bill has come at the right time. We encourage all counties, not only the ones that were listed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I saw the Bill specifying counties where mung is grown. I want to inform my leader that mung beans are also grown in my County and Nyanza, only that it has not been given prominence as a cash crop. I am sure that when this Bill is introduced, we shall strengthen the production of this crop in our region, so that it becomes one of our important cash crops. We have few cash crops in my region. I ... view