Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if they stop this, then our roads are going to be good. It is not the contractors. It is actually the Government that ‘eats’ the money from the contractors. I thank you. view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, I commend all the Chairpersons of these watchdog Committees; CPAC, CPIC and Delegated Legislation. view
• 19 Apr 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: These committees are the eyes of the people of Kenya. They make good recommendations and work very hard. However, if there is no seriousness in taking the recommendations, they make further and in prosecuting those who steal public funds and dip their hands into public coffers, then the work of these Committees will rot in shelves and will not be useful to members of the public. view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: Someone made a Statement here that these Governors should be held accountable whether they are there or retired. In Nigeria, when devolution was first introduced, more than half of the governors went to jail. This is because --- view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: Sen. Olekina, please let me finish. view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when devolution was introduced in Nigeria, 50 per cent of the governors went to jail because of dipping their hands into the public coffers. In Kenya, we only speak of people being investigated by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Further, the CPIC and CPAC make recommendations but I have never heard that any governor has been jailed because he has dipped his hands in public coffers, yet they do that a lot. view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: I specifically speak about something that my friend, Sen. Osotsi, mentioned about the Lake Victoria North Water Services Board and the Kakamega Water Company. A sum of Kshs4.2billion is owed to State Parastatals. The Government should consider writing off that money if it was properly used to the benefit of the people of Kakamega County. view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I suggest that we make laws in this Senate that regulate the regional authorities because they do not have laws regulating them. I would like Sen. Osotsi to propose a law which legalizes these regional authorities so that it makes it legal for them to receive money from donor organizations and they become audited. Their money should not be channelled through the National Treasury. view
• 19 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you for the opportunity. I can see that light is turning red. view