Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry a copy of the answer was sent but in case the Member did not receive it, there is an extra copy here. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the visits ought not to be tainted with political partisanship. They are not fora for leaders to beg baba na mama for a slice of national development. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: I would like to provide information on various development projects being implemented or plans for implementation within Turkana County. I do not wish to claim that some of these projects are being implemented as a result of my past and upcoming visits to Turkana. Some of them are--- I want to confirm that I take very keen interest in the development projects within Turkana County so as to deal with the past injustices of marginalization. I am also aware of the great economic potential of Turkana County and how the national economy could benefit from greater investments in Turkana County. ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has asked about the promises that we made in Loima, where we had promised to avail a new Land Rover vehicle. I want to remind him that the City of Rome was not constructed in one day. So, we did follow up the matter, but funds were not available immediately. However, the Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons will, shortly, be releasing 20 vehicles. I want to assure him that we will make sure that one of those vehicles goes to Turkana County. Secondly, he talked about the Kitale-Lodwar-Nadapal Road. This ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is talking about the Omo River which is not part of the Nile River. The Nile Treaty is about the rivers that flow into the River Nile. Those are the White Nile and the Blue Nile. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not say that it not going to affect. I said it is not going to “adversely” affect. I used the word very guardedly because if we did not do that, we would not have been having irrigation schemes on many rivers. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will invite the hon. Member to engage the Minister for Water and Irrigation on this particular matter. That is because the Ministry of Water and Irrigation has been in discussions with their counterparts in Ethiopia for a very long time on this matter. The Ministry of Energy has also equally been involved in those talks and the experts within the Ministry have also been engaged in this particular discussion. Yes, there is going to be some effects because as the dam is filling up, there will be less flow of water coming in. But once the ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that protection. Just for the hon. Member’s information, I was not the Secretary-General of KANU but of New KANU. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for hon. Member’s information, African Development Bank (ADB) did not pull out. ADB is actually funding that project. It is the World Bank that pulled out and not ADB. It pulled out because of various reasons. Sometimes, it could even be political reasons. But what I want to say is that we are actually taking actions in the best interests of our country. So, we shall, all the times, be very selfish when it comes to this. We will not accept a project that is going to adversely affect our national heritage. That, I can assure this ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very good question. First, we know how the mineral wealth is covered in our Constitution and who owns the wealth that is underground. There is also provision for incorporating the local community in wealth sharing. Oil can be either a blessing or a curse considering experiences in other countries. We know what oil has done to the people in Ogon land in Nigeria. We also know of other success stories. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do not want the oil to be a curse but a blessing to the people of Turkana. As a result ... view