Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Asking people to declare their properties and whether they know about helicopters and so on is very fair. So, I would like to oppose it and ask hon. Kaluma to withdraw it, if he can. view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. As you are aware, I was one of those being grilled here every day? Hon. Speaker, this is a matter which has its prospects not just from the last Parliament, but even before. You will recall that when we were with you, we went round the country, opposing the Kilifi Draft Constitution. At that time, there was a Committee which had gone round the country seeking opinions from members of the public, asking them to give their views on various aspects of the Constitution. One of the aspects on which a lot of deliberation was done ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, majority of Members of Parliament at that time did not want a prospect where they would struggle for votes only to become mere Members of Parliament. All of them wanted a parliamentary system, which gave them the prospects of flying flags. So, what actually happened did not reflect the opinion of the people. This is something which happened in the Committee where hon. Millie Odhiambo and others sat in Naivasha, where the Draft Constitution was changed in favour of a presidential system. I want to confirm that the presidential system of Government that we have is not a ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on the issue of implementation, the Chairperson of the Committee on Implementation spoke here. I want to advise her freely. view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, a pure presidential system is like the system in the USA, where the Senate is the check on the National Assembly. view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, even though even that one has been described as not being pure, we should be alive to the fact that we were trying to copy the American system. However, when our colleagues went to Naivasha, they diluted it. view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: ---(off-record) view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: No, I do not want your information. view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I do not know why you allow points of argument to be taken as points of order. I think the House has rules and those people who are speaking are actually disagreeing with me. But disagreement is not a point of order. It is very healthy to disagree but you should not bring it up as a point of order. What I was saying is that in a bigger presidential system, you have a Senate which is not majoritarian. A Senate is supposed to serve the interests of the minorities. In the Senate – like we have ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I understand that. I was just making it clear that we do not have a pure presidential system. But I had already moved to another point. You are the one who brought me back to this. Now, the point I had moved to is on the implementation. In this Parliament, unless we have the Cabinet Secretaries sitting here, Motions will never be implemented. That is because those Cabinet Secretaries do not come here to agree with the Motions we are moving. Because they do not agree and even propose amendments like we used to do, they will ... view