Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2022 in Senate: When you talk of farm inputs to spur production, there is also the issue of land preparation. Nowadays land preparation is not done using hoes and clearing bushes with view
• 6 Oct 2022 in Senate: It is done by tractors that use diesel. Therefore, when you remove fuel subsidy and call it consumption, yet it is an input in land preparation, you are not helping the farmer. At the end, the final product will be expensive because you excluded other inputs, which are necessary to help farmers to produce food. As we all know, there are many other production processes which affect the cost of farming, including post-harvest losses, storages and also making the products accessible. Making them accessible means facilitating transportation from areas where they are produced to where they are needed. Sometimes, you ... 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: should be one of the considerations and that should have been outlined by the President instead of thinking about GMOs. GMOs have failed in South Africa because of many reasons, including patenting of the seeds by seed companies that make them inaccessible to farmers by making them expensive. Now that we are talking about how to introduce them, there are other factors, including health issues, which should be considered. We should have a policy that should be discussed by members of the public before GMOs are introduced. It is something that none of the East African countries has implemented. All ... view
• 4 Oct 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for the opportunity. Since my leader has already supported the Motion, I am also standing to support the Motion. However, I would like to just express a concern on one of the Members who has been proposed to the Committee, Sen. Ali Roba. Sen. Ali Roba is a member of the Azimio Coalition. He knows he signed the coalition agreement which only expires three months after the inauguration of Parliament. His Excellency the President has said that he does not need us in the ruling party; that he needs us in the opposition so that ... view
• 4 Oct 2022 in Senate: It should mean everyone including Sen. Ali Roba. view
• 4 Oct 2022 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir, I beg to support. view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I also wish to join my Chairman in opposing this amendment. I am a Member of the Committee. I oppose not just because of the revenue implications but because many unscrupulous men used to use the window of exempting computers from tax to use Kenya as a dumping ground for obsolete computers, some of which are not friendly to the environment. We should not open a Pandora’s Box by exempting tax on all computers. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Report to our country. You will recall that we have a very bitter history in this country where parties were dissolved and we became a one party system. This was enabled by Section 2(A) of an Act of Parliament. It made Kenya a de facto one The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Report to our country. You will recall that we have a very bitter history in this country where parties were dissolved and we became a one party system. This was enabled by Section 2(A) of an Act of Parliament. It made Kenya a de facto one The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view