Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1121 to 1130 of 1732.

• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: with Members sometimes next week. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand here to report, with great satisfaction, that the Government is making a steady progress in the implementation of the Kazi Kwa Vijana Programme which is also known as KKV. I will also briefly touch on the status of the Economic Stimulus Programme. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, KKV was conceived as an emergency initiative with the twin objective of alleviating the severe shortage of food and water as well as unemployment of the youth. The KKV was to employ young Kenyans to de-silt small dams and canals, construct rural access roads ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will answer a number of questions. I would like to say that the first phase was experimental, so that we get to know the difficulties involved. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have learnt through the phase and we are going to, therefore, seal the loopholes that we have identified. We are carrying out a very extensive evaluation of the project and, so far, we have found out the areas where it has worked out smoothly and why it did so. We have also identified loopholes and weaknesses. For example, we found that in some areas, the recruitment was being done by the Provincial Administration – the chiefs and sub-chiefs. Where that was the case, there were complaints that there was favouritism. The chiefs were recruiting ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: But, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that programme was very carefully designed and we produced a manual for Kazi kwa Vijana, stating clearly who was to do what. That programme was being implemented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. For the information of hon. Ethuro, the Office of the Prime Minister has not taken over the functions of other Ministries. There are always line Ministries implementing and the Office of the Prime Minister is supervising. So, in that case, it had been agreed that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports would be the one that would be ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: With regard to the query by Dr. Khalwale, yes, we understand the issue of specialization. But you need to understand that those projects cut across several Ministries and not all the Ministries are involved. There are some projects under the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, like the cleaning of the Nairobi River. Garbage collection, cleaning of the streets and clearing of blocked drainages is under the Ministry of Local Government. The funds for that are being channeled through that Ministry. The Ministry of Roads has also got some funds for those rural access roads. So, those who are working ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On the issue of the World Bank, you know that it also gives grants. What we are talking about right now are grants and not loans. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Hon. Kigen wanted to know how we will ensure others will get the jobs. We are actually going to expand that programme. The programme was launched in March, 2009 and, as hon. Members will remember, we took a long time before we approved the Supplementary Budget. So, the funds were not made available. That is the reason why it was not rolled out the way it had been planned. We now have sufficient time. What happened is that the money that had been earmarked and approved in the Supplementary Budget went back to the Treasury. That is usually the case. ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, these Questions a part from the last two, were on the Order Paper last time. The Speaker ruled on them. I had directed that these Questions be answered by the respective Ministries: QPM/012 and QPM/013, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance, QPM/014, Minister for Water and Irrigation. view