Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 41 to 50 of 1622.

• 29 May 2024 in Senate: I was in this Parliament when the President used to tell us that the date for elections would be announced by him. It used to be his secret weapon to deal with the opposition or whoever was trying to bring issues. Those days are long gone, and we are now discussing a Bill which gives the details of a select committee to select a chairman of the electoral commission. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: This is a big revolution. I am happy that we are at this stage where we are even talking of auditing elections or going a process of auditing elections. This was unheard of and I am pleased about it even though we do not have a perfect Bill. The NADCO team sat and went through the whole electoral process, they identified those weaknesses, and they tried their best to do improvement on them. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I can see that some of us still have ideas on the improvements they want to do on amendments and that is their right. As per our Constitution, they have a right to do amendments. However, I hope that the amendments which will be made at the Committee stage will not dilute this Bill and take us back again to some dictatorial regimes or to some powers deciding who will be our chairman and commissioners of the electoral commission. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Right now, there are details on how a selection committee will be selected. I also hope that these improvements suggested here will be for the good and we shall never have a situation where we go back again to the situation of 2007 of fighting again. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I appreciate the information given to me by my colleague and we have been friends for a long time in this Parliament. I appreciate the amendments and I will not oppose them. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Sen. Mungatana has mentioned the delimitation of the boundaries will be taken to the National Assembly and I am concerned about that. It says then it will be taken back to the commission without coming to the Senate. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: I do not support that provision in the NADCO Bill. I hope that expanding it to include the Senate will enrich it, rather than dilute it. I appreciate that quite a number of amendments being proposed are good. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I did not like some of them that were being proposed by Sen. Cherarkey, which are retrospective. They are taking us back. I did not stand here to criticize any Senator. I support the NADCO report. I also support my colleagues who have contributed before me and suggested amendments to it. I support. Thank you. view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to thank my Deputy Minority Leader, Sen. Wambua, for bringing to the attention of this House the issue of the dam being constructed downstream of Tana River. This is affecting Tharaka Nithi and Kitui counties. The issues he has mentioned, including public participation, cannot be gainsaid. These are important issues. There were concerns of public participation regarding Koru-Soin Dam between Kericho and Kisumu counties. Their ancestral land was being affected. First of all, there was a hurry to implement the project without consulting the people. Donors are very sensitive when people complain ... view