Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this as a person and my conscience, as I said, does not allow me to answer the Question. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: After next week, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Two weeks! view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: I am much obliged, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) In an attempt to respond adequately to the climate finance and more specifically on carbon trading, the Government has already prepared a climate finance and carbon trading policy which forms a key input into the implementation of the National Climate Change Response Strategy. (b) The Government has issued a Circular No.9/2011 which is in line with the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Guidelines. (c) Currently, five projects have been registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, namely, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board. ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I can table the two documents the Member has asked for, but I want to state that the policy which I have talked about is still in its preparatory stages. It has been drafted and I have a draft here, but it is not ready for tabling in Parliament. When it is ready, we will table it officially. For the information of the Members, I can table the draft here, so that they can have a look at it. The circular the Member has asked for is also here and I will table it for the ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the benefits to these projects from the carbon credit is approximately Kshs534,154,608 if you convert the shilling at Kshs108 to the Euro. It is paid in Euros and at the rate of 4 Euros per metric tonne. The Member wanted to know how much each one of them has earned. I have not converted, but each one of them has a unit which if we multiply by 4 Euros and then convert at Kshs108, you will get the exact amount. The 35 megawatts bagasse-based co-generation project by Mumias Sugar Company has generated 129,591 metric tonnes. The ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for those companies to qualify and benefit from the Carbon Credit Fund, there is a rigorous process of application. That application goes through several organizations, including National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), before it is presented for a certification – that is to be issued with certificates. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: So, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, because this is a new thing, we are trying to sensitize members of the public so that they can take advantage and also apply and benefit. We are going to take steps to sensitize Mumias sugar-cane farmers so that they can also make an application. That is because it is never a simple way of making it and they will definitely benefit from that project. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not know how to answer that question because that is what the Government is doing. Maybe, we are late; maybe we can just apologise for having been late. But it is something which we are just working on now. There is also a Private Members Bill, generally dealing with climate change, which is also soon coming to the House to deal with these issues. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Kenya is a signatory to the conventions which created carbon trading. The one which created specifically carbon trade was just passed in 1994. Was it 1994 or which year? Let me see which year - the Kyoto Protocol. I am not very sure but it is not very long ago, which then created the conducive atmosphere for carbon trading. So, though Madam is saying that it is a very old project, it is not all that old. It was only created by the Kyoto Protocol. view