Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1131 to 1140 of 1732.

• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministers are ready to give the answers on Tuesday, next week. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question by Mr. Mungatana and Peter Gitau will be on Order Paper, on Tuesday, next week. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I am ready to answer the Question by Dr. Khalwale. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the culprits in the post-election violence, the Cabinet discussed this matter extensively in three consecutive sittings and finally resolved as follows:- (i) The Cabinet reaffirmed its commitment to the rule of law and in particular its commitments to the International Criminal Court and will cooperate to fulfill its obligations to the court under the Rome Statute, (ii) It will undertake accelerated and far reaching reforms in the Judiciary; police and the investigative arms of the Government to enable them to investigate, prosecute and try the perpetrators of post-election violence locally, view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Dr. Khalwale has stated that the Cabinet decided to “kill” the idea of a local tribunal. I want to take hon. Dr. Khalwale along the memory lane. He will agree with me that the Government brought a Bill here intended to establish a local tribunal. That was a Constitutional (Amendment) Bill which required a two-thirds majority. If my memory serves right, hon. Dr. Khalwale himself was in the forefront in campaigning against adoption of that Bill. So, that Bill failed not because of the Cabinet, but because it was denied the numbers that it ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that was a question, but not a point of order. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: When the Bill was brought to the House, the hon. Member did not point out the flaws. That Bill was based on the Rome Statute. It was a complete carbon copy of the Rome Statute. So, there was nothing much that the Cabinet would do. All that we said was that we were going to try to bring it back here. But the general feeling countrywide was that it was just going to be an exercise in futility. That is the reason the Cabinet, in its wisdom, decided not to waste Kenyans’ time. We have been told that majority of ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Finally, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not know the names of those who are supposedly being barred from entering the UK and the USA. Our law says that you are innocent until you are proven guilty through due process. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the matter is not before the House, so I am not anticipating debate. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has, until recently, been a member of the Cabinet and she understands very well the deliberations of the Cabinet. But when we signed the Accord, we said that we will try to persuade hon. Members to pass the Bill. We never said anywhere that we will force hon. Members to pass the Bill. We cannot force hon. Members! view