Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I used to grow coffee in Nandi and I am still a farmer there. I want to comment on this International Tea Day because Kenya produces very high-quality tea. Internationally, Kenyan tea is used for blending other low-quality teas, so much so that countries like the Great Britain, which do not grow even a single tree of tea, have what is called ‘English Tea.’ This tea is sold as one of the best teas in the world. Yet Britain does not even have a single tree of tea. This is because of the trade ... view
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• 21 May 2024 in Senate: want to process and export high-quality tea of Kenya, they put very high tariff barriers on the teas so that you cannot access their market. They want when they come to Mombasa, to see tea being auctioned raw. Our farmers do not get value for their sweat from that. It is high time that we negotiated jointly as Africans and as the third world and agree on how to pressurize that market because they bring their goods here with very low tariffs. We give them good terms under the European Union (EU) agreement. We do not have many industries so ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: The matter that my friend, Kosgei is trying to substantiate is already before the Committee of Devolution. It is being investigated. Is it in order for a Senator to raise issues and even substantiate what another committee of Parliament is already discussing and use the same documents before that committee to pretend to be substantiating before those matters are thoroughly investigated? view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Kosgei is imputing wrong motive on my request on --- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is it in order for him to even refer to me as a PA of a Governor? I am the rightful Senator for Siaya elected by an overwhelming majority with more votes than the Governor himself. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I will start by thanking Sen. Kavindu Muthama and the Select Committee, which went through this matter. This is a matter, which is affecting so many Kenyans. In 1998 when Sen. Cherarkey might have been in secondary or primary school, I was already serving my second term in this House. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I recall on that day I was travelling home in the morning. I had left very early in the morning from Nairobi and when I arrived in Muhoroni at around 10.00 a.m. I was asked where I had come from. I said I had come The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: from Nairobi and they asked me whether I was aware of what had happened in Nairobi. I said I had no idea. I was told that there was a bomb blast that had happened in Nairobi, many people had died and that the American Embassy was blown, the Cooperative Building, which we used to call the Belly Bottom Building had shaken and there were many buildings around which also had problems, including the headquarters of Railways. Since then, it has been a long time and many things have happened. There is a lot of water under the bridge. I can ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will wonder why terrorists should bomb Kenya. There is no reason for terrorists to bomb Kenya because Kenya does not involve itself in very high international politics where terrorists find a reason to commit the injustices happening elsewhere in the world. The terrorists would follow the Americans wherever they are because they know they are being followed for some injustices that happened elsewhere and not in Kenya. Therefore, Kenyans become victims of those injustices. When it comes to compensation, Kenyans have to cry, pass resolutions in the Senate, form some select committees and plead, so ... view