Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Cherarkey to mislead the House that there is something called ‘a previous regime,’ when it is well known that his own boss was the number two in that regime and continued earning salaries up to the last minute? He was shamelessly earning salaries from Kenyans. You call it previous regime view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: and yet half of the Cabinet Secretaries in that Government were appointed by your own boss. This includes Hon. Keter who is still a confidant of the President up to today. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. This is an important Bill, coming at a time when our country is going through serious economic difficulties. If there are Senators who believe that our country is not going through economic difficulties, I think they are living in utopia. I am a seasoned civil servant. Since Independence, we have never had such a situation before, where civil servants are not paid on time and the Government admits openly that they are broke. Even during colonial times, that was never the case. During colonial times, they used to say; if the Government ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, the difficulties which we have in our country are not made by ourselves. It is because we are living in a global village where events which are happening in other countries also affect events happening in our own country. I think the some of the reasons we are where we are because of our own making, but some of them, are because of the world economic situation. This has put our country in some kind of emergency. Mr. Speaker, when one is in in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), we do not apply ordinary measures to treat as ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: revenue, now push that punishment to the counties and not give counties sufficient revenue because you predict that you are going to fail to collect revenue. Mr. Speaker, demonstrations are a right of the people of Kenya that is given in the Constitution. I want to assure my friend that if the police were not interfering with the demonstrators, the demonstrations would be very peaceful and there would be no incidences. Violence only occurs when police come in with their teargas and dangerous poisonous elements such as poisoned water. The Government should do its work. It should collect revenue--- view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, I think hon. Cherarkey is making a joke of what is very serious. It is well known. You could see it on TV the whole day in Kibra. When demonstrators who wanted to come and demonstrate in town were trying to get out of Kibera, the police went and stopped them from moving to the city. They then started throwing tear gas at people. That is when the people also started protecting themselves and they were arresting them voluntarily. Mr. Speaker, the police arrested Hon. Madzayo--- view