Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank my brother for the information. I was talking of my previous experience in the National Assembly, which has now been overtaken by events. I hope those officers who sit with us in our committees are not compromised by tycoons. The tycoons normally identify the person who is most dangerous and then they follow and compromise them. It is upon Parliamentarians to make sure that these people do not reach and weaken us. We are responsible for making sure that devolution works; that funds, which are allocated to our poor people, do not end ... view
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• 19 Oct 2022 in Senate: We have a responsibility of ensuring that our people gain from the taxes they pay in this country. I hope the weaknesses that I have witnessed before are not a cancer that will spread and affect some of us. I really fear cancer. The cancer of corruption is very serious in our country. We cannot pretend that it cannot reach us. We are not super, but ordinary human beings like all others. It is our duty as elected and nominated Senators to represent the interest of our people and to make sure that devolution works. We want strengthen even by ... view
• 18 Oct 2022 in Senate: Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I also join my colleagues in supporting this Petition, which is very important for us coming from around Lake Victoria. My county is just few Kilometers from Senator M. Kajwang’s Constituency. We border the lake. I would have wished that Sen. M. Kajwang included Luanda K’Otieno and Mageta Islands, which also border. This is because our people interact on a daily basis and transport is not for a constituency or a county. It is normally for interconnectivity between counties and for the whole country. In the lake, there are many people who ... view
• 18 Oct 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you. This is a very important Motion because it has been worrying me. Nonetheless, the reason it has been delayed in the Kenyan Parliament is because of the elections. view
• 18 Oct 2022 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
• 18 Oct 2022 in Senate: Otherwise, all the countries of East Africa have already concluded the process of electing Members to EALA except the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is because it is a new member and now the East African community is going to have seven Members. We have been having six Members and the six Members appoint nine Members from each State. The membership of EALA has been 54. Southern Sudan have already concluded their elections just last week. Uganda Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania have already concluded theirs. This is an urgent matter that should be concluded as soon as possible because ... view
• 6 Oct 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Speech. I start by thanking the President for having recognised that this was a very hotly contested election. Elections in Kenya are different from elections in all the countries in East Africa. I do not think there is any other country in East Africa where democracy is as vibrant as it is in Kenya. However, I would like to plead with the President to desist from weakening the opposition because the opposition is supposed to oversight the Government of the day. The undemocratic culture of poaching ... view
• 6 Oct 2022 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
• 6 Oct 2022 in Senate: goodies is a process of weakening the opposition side, which is the minority in the new Constitution. I hope that this culture is going to stop. I can tell the Members who think that there are goodies on the other side, from the experience that I have had in Parliament, that there is no difference between Members on that side and Members on this side. There is nothing that they are going to get there which is more than what they would have gotten if they stayed on this side. Some of them campaigned from the side of Azimio up ... view