Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) During the Financial Year 2011/2012, all Ministries dealing with drought related activities were requested to raise resources from within their normal budgets to fill the financing gap. Consequently, a total of Kshs4.9 billion was allocated towards drought mitigation. The specific amounts per Ministry were as follows:- 1. Ministry of Livestock Development, Kshs1.312 billion; 2. Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kshs671 million; 3. Ministry of Energy, Kshs420 million; 4. Ministry of State for Special Programmes, Kshs1.550 billion; 5. Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands, Kshs150 million; 6. Ministry ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are going to endeavour to provide it. We have already written requesting this information from the various Ministries. You can see the total number of Ministries is eight and less than half of them have responded. It is very difficult to say how soon they will respond. But we are going to try to get this information before Parliament adjourns. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you can see I am in quagmire. Now you know the reason I was asking for the Question to be answered by the co-ordinator. If you give us after Christmas, which is Thursday, next week, we could try to get the information. view
• 11 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. The 11 commissions established under the law whose commissioners are being paid by the Government are:- 1. The Public Service Commission. 2. The Teachers Service Commission. 3. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. 4. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission. 5. The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission. 6. The Constitution Implementation Commission. 7. The Commission on Revenue Allocation. 8. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission. view
• 11 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. The 11 commissions established under the law whose commissioners are being paid by the Government are:- 1. The Public Service Commission. 2. The Teachers Service Commission. 3. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. 4. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission. 5. The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission. 6. The Constitution Implementation Commission. 7. The Commission on Revenue Allocation. 8. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission. view
• 11 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not true that they earn more than Kshs1 million. I want to table the detailed remuneration packages of the commissioners and Judges of each commission showing how much they earn; I think that is what the hon. Member wanted to know. I beg to table. view
• 11 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not true that they earn more than Kshs1 million. I want to table the detailed remuneration packages of the commissioners and Judges of each commission showing how much they earn; I think that is what the hon. Member wanted to know. I beg to table. view
• 11 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am not in a position to talk of the rationale behind this because the responsibility of analyzing and determining salaries and allowances for public servants has now been transferred to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. It will review all salaries. In fact, they have already reviewed salaries for the TSC and they have enhanced it. They have increased the salaries. They are reviewing all of them. I am, therefore, not in a position to talk on their behalf because they are independent and they are supposed to act independently. view
• 11 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am not in a position to talk of the rationale behind this because the responsibility of analyzing and determining salaries and allowances for public servants has now been transferred to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. It will review all salaries. In fact, they have already reviewed salaries for the TSC and they have enhanced it. They have increased the salaries. They are reviewing all of them. I am, therefore, not in a position to talk on their behalf because they are independent and they are supposed to act independently. view
• 11 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that Commission does not fall under the Ministry of Finance. It falls under the Public Service. I was asked where the money which was used to pay the salaries of the teachers came from after the children were out for quite a bit of time. This pressure made the Government to stop certain services and try to look for money. In fact, we are still trying to bring to this House some view