Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 601 to 610 of 1648.

• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not true that there was single sourcing. In fact, there was a competitive process by the KQ itself through this transaction advisor. There were five companies which bid for this particular one. These are Kestrel Capital, Dyer & Blair, Standard Investment Bank, Sterling Inc. Bank and African Alliance. Out of these five companies, it was the Standard Investment Bank who won the tender. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the two major shareholders of that company were not supposed, according to terms, to choose their own brokers. They gave away their right through the KQ, to choose these brokers. It is the KQ who chose the brokers and went into a competitive process where five companies participated. These companies were evaluated both financially and technically. It was the Standard Investment Bank which was found to be the best among the five companies. We were not the ones paying. This was money being paid by a private company to an individual with whom they had an ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that the Kenya Airways chose this transaction adviser. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government is just a shareholder like any other shareholder, but it is a major shareholder. That is why the KLM and the Government were treated separately. But the rest of the Kenyans who wanted to buy shares went through the registered stockbrokers in the market as usual, through the Nairobi Stock Exchange, and were subjected to the capital--- view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is contained in the books which were made public; that the Kenya Airways was sourcing for the two principals, but the rest were left for the registered stockbrokers. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are just one of the shareholders there and this was a decision made by the company; that they were going to treat them that way. As a Government--- view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not need the information. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is my entitlement to accept the information or not. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the second time, I am again asking for the indulgence of the House to allow this Question to be answered much later because as I explained the other time, I was not able to deal with it personally because of personal interests. I dealt with this particular issue when I was the Chairman of the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee and tabled the report but now I am in the Government and I am wearing a different hat. It is difficult for me to deal with the issue and hon. Githae who was supposed to ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the position of the Ministry is different from the report which we tabled here. Therefore, my conscience--- view