Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Africa does not need to access the European market. What we need is inter- regional trade within Africa. We already have integration of the East African Community. We already have a common market treaty signed. The issues being resolved by this agreement are very pertinent to facilitation and fast-tracking of the East African Common Market Treaty. We have issues to do with none-tariff barriers. Those are some of the things that hinder trade. They are neither tariffs nor customs. They are just created by states to make it difficult for goods to move. If this particular agreement is ratified by, ... view
• 22 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I tend to agree that the governors should be included. I do not think that State officers cannot be members of a board. What the law says is they cannot be remunerated. So when they sit in the boards they do not get any remuneration. It is right that a governor can be there only that he or she cannot be remunerated for that sitting. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for allowing me to express myself on this very important issue. I want to support this amendment. I support it because historically, our side is known to be the one protecting the Press. Today I am very happy that Hon. Duale used to support the freedom of the Press when he was with us here on this side. view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not accept the argument that the media cannot be punished if they publish false information. Historically as you know, the media has been given very heavy fines whenever they make defamatory or false reports about people. So, individuals have other avenues in law which protect the public and Hon. Members of Parliament also. I do not see why we should protect ourselves when the protection should be for the whole country and all members of public. So, this clause is unconstitutional and we should not support it. This is the position of most of ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance. This Bill is appropriate and is on time. As you know, the purpose of jailing people is not actually to punish them forever. The purpose of jailing people is to correct them, so that they become good people or good citizens. So, when you jail them in countries where they cannot even understand the local language, the effect of it that the person will come out worse than he was before he was jailed. Therefore, it is very important that we bring these people home with a view to ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I know they are people with many problems. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sometimes been trying to help some people to come back from friendly countries to be jailed 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
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: here in Kenya, but they have been very selective. Sometimes they say that people who have been charged with murder, or robbery with violence, should not be brought back home. The law now makes it clear that citizens have a way of coming to be jailed back at home. view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate the Bill. view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Chair appears to be calling you Chairperson consistently. She did it the first time, I excused her and then she continued the second time. I think she should realise that you are Madam Speaker and not the Chair. view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Paper. The history of productivity in this country is long. You remember the first Paper which was written on the productivity of land, labour and capital was Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 which was titled African Socialism and its Application to Development in Kenya . That Paper was good. It called itself African socialism but there was no socialism in it at all because the emphasis of the Government was directed towards productive areas of the country which grow coffee, tea and maize. Our country is composed of more ... view