Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is quite a handful. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, the hon. Member for Imenti Central asked a very fundamental question whether, indeed, the Prime Minister was satisfied with the manner in which the suspensions of the two Ministers was handled. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want it to be known that we are running a coalition Government. It has to be known that running coalition governments is not easy the world over. There are always differences of opinion on how matters need to be handled. We have brought desperate two political groupings or two different political movements together. If you go into their manifestoes, they are also different. For example, you find that the PNU side clarion call was “ Kazi iendelee ”; let things continue the way they are. They wanted a continuation of the status quo. On the other ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: ODM stood for change. They wanted to change how this country is run and governed. So, if you bring them together, they end up with a mixed breed; view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: . So, that is why sometimes, you see differences arising. Yes, I exercised powers conferred upon me as a Prime Minister by Section 15 of the Constitution and Section 4 of the National Accord. This gives the Prime Minister the powers to supervise and co-ordinate functions of Government, including those of Ministries. We assume that powers to supervise also go with powers to discipline. There is no reason why you will be a nyapara if you cannot discipline those who are under you. So, those powers are not delegated to the Prime Minister. They are conferred in the office of ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Khalwale wanted to know whether this is just confined to civil servants. That appears to be the case. But he knows exactly what happened thereafter. The civil servants were sent home. As I mentioned, we are still consulting on the others. But I did not dismiss the Ministers; I did not even presume that the Ministers were guilty. All I said was that they were under investigations and that was the reason why they needed to step aside. So, there is always the presumption of innocence until proved guilty. So, I do not want any impression ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: He is totally out of order! Mr. Speaker, Sir, excuse him. He needs to acquaint himself with the Standing Orders. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Ms. Shabesh stated clearly--- I agree that there is ethnicity and an ethnic angle to corruption. Fundamentally, one can say that ethnicity is a disease of the elite. It is the elite who, in their quest to get rich quickly and compete for resources, begin to discriminate along ethnic lines. The common man and woman out there on the streets and in the villages does not care about ethnicity. They are the ones who, when confronted, begin to say: “Oh, we are being finished” or “My community is being targeted” because of what they have done. But ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understand. I do not know how to tiptoe with the issue, but there are two positions and what we need is a bridge. How do we bridge it? It is by way of consultations. That is why the Accord says that we must consult. We are, therefore, consulting very widely. Hon. Ngugi talked about the wealth declaration--- view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I totally share your sentiments and that is why I said that we are consulting. I plead with my friend, Mr. Nyamweya that he must not force me to use his words. What I have said is not different from what he has just said. I said that we are consulting. Consultations mean many things. We are trying to find a way that will enable us to move this war against corruption faster and more effective. view