Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that some officers whom the questions refer to are sometimes the same people who are asked by the officers in the Ministries to provide answers to those questions. That is what I was talking about. In other words, if for example, you forward the question to the police department to give you an answer whether police officers are taking bribes, the answer will be “No”. That is what I implied. We should not refer the question to the officer, who is himself, the subject of the question. The hon. Member for Eldoret East asked about ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, matters pending before the courts, are sub judice and we usually do not discuss them here in the House. But our own judiciary is an impediment to the war against corruption in our country. That is the reason why there has been a proposal for a real radical surgery of the judiciary and also the State Law Office. We have cases pending before the courts, which do not have to be in court. There are so many other cases where the Government is stopped from implementing view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Members wanted to know about the report on Prof. Ongeri. There is an internal audit report commissioned by the Treasury on the free primary education funds. It is that report that mentioned the Permanent Secretary and the Minister. Dr. Nuh wanted to know if our manifestos have been harmonized. We set up a taskforce to come up with a programme borrowing from manifestos of the both parties; a programme that is implementable. That is what this Grand Coalition Government is implementing. We have left areas where there was much polarization in terms of policies, but we ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this document, they say that they are looking for one Mr. Osiemo who, according to them, has gone underground. That Mr. Osiemo, according to the list in the media today and it is also in this report, is a recipient of Kshs59 million, which he is supposed to have used to purchase a plot in Karen, in which there is allegation that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government benefited from it. If a plot is purchased in Karen, plots have title deeds. It is easy to know the owner of that plot. If ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow him to hold his views. He is entitled to his personal opinion. The Government is tracking this one Mr. Osiemo, so that he can be found and he can then shed light in order to find out whether what one Mary Ng’ethe is saying is correct or not. We want him to be found as quickly as possible. The Kenya Police is usually very efficient in tracking people down. So, I hope that Mr. Osiemo will be found as quickly as possible. Hon. Chepkitony has asked about the PricewaterhouseCoopers Report and there is no harm in ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Waititu has supported the action that was taken and I thank him for this support. He has gone even further to suggest that there should have been a demotion rather than suspension. That is his opinion. In the Coalition Government, we do not discriminate PNU or ODM. The Prime Minister co-ordinates the rest of the Government. He also chairs all the Cabinet Committees. So, when we act as a Cabinet, we do not discriminate that this is an ODM or PNU Minister. We deal with them equally. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Yakub said that we should have a policy of restitution. That was actually contained in my statement that I made earlier on. We will ensure that those who have been involved in corrupt activities are made to restore whatever they have stolen from the public. That is the only way that we can create deterrents against those who are involved in corrupt practices. We must make corruption an expensive undertaking and appear to be a fruitless exercise, so that the people who get involved in corruption will think twice before they do so. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already addressed the issue which hon. Mbadi raised over the leakages of documents. It is unfortunate, but it has happened. We hope that the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) will remain a true instrument of fighting corruption and that it will not be used to try to besmirch the names of other people politically. This is because that would be a very unfortunate development, indeed, in this country. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, if it is concise. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have quickly looked at this affidavit. Hon. Members will recall that I referred to a supposed conversation between one Mary Chege, one Mr. Majiwa and one Mr. Osiemo, where Mr. Osiemo was introduced to Madam Mary Chege as a business associate of hon. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, and that he would take care of his interest. That report also has gone further to say that Mr. Osiemo has gone underground and that he could not be reached to be interviewed. But this will give a lot of light in view of the ... view