Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 1732.

• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Imanyara asked what would happen if the Cabinet rejects this. Of course, that is a possibility. The reason I actually made this Statement is that a Question was asked by Mr. K. Kilonzo. That is why I said that I will address the House comprehensively on this matter, once this programme is approved by the Cabinet. If the Cabinet rejects it, of course, that is period and we will not proceed with it. We cannot bring it to Parliament, unless it has been approved by the Cabinet. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Ngugi wanted to know how we will move out of this dependency on handouts. There is no other way of dealing with poverty other than creating wealth. That is the only way we can deal with poverty. This economy must expand as fast as possible view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Ikolomani asked for a Statement regarding the talks that were held on 6th November, 2009 in Nairobi between the Government of Kenya officials and Mr. Luis Moreno- Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. In particular, he wanted to know the following:- (i) What did the two principals tell Mr. Ocampo and what did he tell them? (ii) What were the concrete resolutions that were reached at these talks? (iii)When indicted, will high ranking Government officials immediately forfeit their positions of influence, power and authority? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: That is fine, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Dr. Khalwale asked a question which was partly asked by Mr. Mungatana; the issue of referral. Dr. Khalwale said that it is a fourth question which I did not answer. I did answer it. The question was raised whether as a Government, we agree under Article 14 of the Rome Statute, to do direct referral to the ICC. We said no, we will not. The reasons for this are that, for the Government to agree to refer its citizens to another jurisdiction will be abdication of its responsibilities. That will, in fact, mean that you are ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you rightly pointed out what I said. The Waki report said that if the Government or Parliament failed to establish a Special Tribunal by a particular date, then the matter will stand referred to the ICC. That is what the report says, it did not say that the Government must then refer it to ICC. Once the Government was unable to set up a Special Tribunal, Dr. Koffi Annan who had been given the envelope handed it over directly to the ICC. The ICC has got several ways of dealing with the matter. There are so ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know where the Member gets the number of two to three suspects. At least, in the meeting we held, he never told us the numbers he has. But it does not matter whether you are holding criminal responsibility or political responsibility. They are both crimes. If there is somebody who bears political responsibility, whether it is the President or the Prime Minister, the ICC is in a position to proceed. Even the protection that they talk about, immunity is provided to the head of state; head of the Government does not come when ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to congratulate hon. Members for coming back after the recess. I know that most of them were very active in their constituencies and in the country generally. However, they have now reported back ready and rejuvenated to resume the final phase as we go towards the final end of this session. I rise to inform this august House that climate change is and will be in the decades to come the most profound challenge that the nation will have to overcome. I have decided, today, to talk about climate change and the forthcoming conference ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mureithi basically agrees that we should capture and harvest rain water. His concern is about reservoirs. He wants to know whether the Government will create reservoirs. Yes, I agree with him totally. The Ministry of Water and Irrigation has come up with a very comprehensive programme of harvesting water. We have water pans, ponds, dams, reservoirs and so on. He asked about the runoffs which we have in some of our urban areas like Nairobi. Yes, the drainage system in Nairobi is poorly designed. At the moment, there are measures to improve on the drainage. As ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Shebesh wanted to know the commitment of the Government to plant trees. I said that we are committed to tree planting and that is why we gave a directive that a certain portion of farmland must be set aside for tree planting. We are rolling out a very ambitious programme to plant trees all over the country. We intend, over the next ten years, that is, between now and 2020, to increase our forest cover from what it is today; that is, 1.7 per cent to 10 per cent. view