Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 1732.

• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Kivuti wanted to know about the distribution of these funds per constituency. The Kazi kwa Vijana Programme funds are not distributed per constituency. The programme is implemented by specific Ministries which have infrastructural programmes. These programmes vary in terms of dimension from constituency to constituency. The only breakdown that can be given here is how the last amount of money that was spent was distributed countrywide but we have not yet designed a formula for equitable distribution of these funds per constituency. The programme deals with specific projects some of which are not available, for ... view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know where the hon. Member has got the figure of Kshs3.1 billion from because I have talked about the Kshs2.6 billion which was given in the last financial year. The Kshs3.1 billion the hon. Member has talked about has been released by the Treasury now. How can you audit that money and yet it has not been spent? view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: I have said that the Kshs2.6 billion--- view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you may have to shed some light on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade in terms of responsibility. I would like that matter to be clarified. Where is the line of demarcation between the PAC and the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade? Is the PAC supposed to deal with current matters or audited accounts? view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am going to begin with Question No.2 and then I will deal with Question No.1 thereafter. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a Question had been raised by the hon. Member for Mutito, hon. Kiema Kilonzo, seeking clarification on the criteria used in determining the amount of assistance in the proposed subsidy programme. I would like to take this opportunity to brief Parliament on the interim report of the task force on a comprehensive targeted food subsidy scheme in Kenya, which I received last week. This report will be presented to the Cabinet shortly for approval and adoption. My statement therefore is preliminary. I will address this House on the matter more comprehensively once this matter has been ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I established a task force in February this year with a mandate to recommend to the Government a comprehensive well targeted subsidy scheme that is efficient, accountable and minimises opportunity for abuse. The task force draws membership from relevant Government ministries, selected development partners and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) representatives, including the World Bank, Oxfam, Department for International Development (DFID) and World Food Programme (WFP). The task force has undertaken a detailed review of existing food subsidy programmes in the country and drawn lessons from the experiences of these programmes view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Mungatana asked about the sustainability of this programme. He is skeptic by drawing examples from the past. I want to say that we are not responsible for the past which were the School Feeding Programme, the Nyayo Milk for Schools Programme, the Nyayo Wards, the Nyayo Pioneer Car and all those other ones. Those are the things that we have since taken to the museum. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this programme is intended to be sustainable and that is why we are going about it systematically. We are beginning, first, with the experimental case to ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Kutuny was worried about rural-urban migration and how to stem the tide. Last week, I said here that rural-urban migration is a universal phenomenon that cannot be stemmed. The mistake that was made in the early part of our Independence was to assume that by telling people, “Rudini mashambani”, they would go back. No proper planning was made to receive the influx of the population from the rural to urban areas which continued. It is for that reason that we have the problem today. Had measures been taken to deal with it in advance, we ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, through the Vision 2030, we have made provisions for rural-urban migration. There is nothing negative about it. In fact, there are more opportunities available to the population in urban areas. Secondly, people will free the land which is now not being economically utilized. In some of our high potential rural areas, the population has grown such that there is too much pressure on land. We now have what we call rural slums where the land is not being utilized properly. We need to do planning and consolidation so that those very high potential lands can be ... view