Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: This is a democracy and not a dictatorship! So, hon. Members have a right. This is a case where we said even the whip will not be applied: That hon. Members will be allowed to vote with their conscience and they voted with their conscience democratically and rejected the Bill. What was the President and the Prime Minister to do? So, we are not being held hostage in the Cabinet. The problem is not the Cabinet; the problem is here in the House, that hon. Members have no confidence in a local tribunal. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the last question raises two unrelated issues. The TJRC, as it is, we have said we are going to reconstitute it. We cannot do it in the Cabinet. It has to come to Parliament and hon. Members will have an opportunity when the amendments are brought here to express themselves; to agree or to disagree. Dr. Eseli has become an expert and developed a very interesting formula. He asked me first when the reforms will be started. The reforms, as we said, expeditiously. In other words, they have already begun as you know ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not agree with that formula except to say that the Draft Bill + Parliament = Hague. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. C. Kilonzo asked me to tell this House at what time I changed my mind about Mr. Bethuel Kiplagat. Mr. C. Kilonzo will remember that the names of the members of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) were brought before this honourable House and approved by the same. I did not notice any kind of dissent. So, it is not the Prime Minister who chose Mr. Kiplagat. He was chosen by this august House. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the hon. Member cannot address that Question to the relevant Minister. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will issue the Statement next week. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Prime Minister’s responsibility is to co-ordinate and supervise functions of the Government including those of Ministries. In that capacity, the Prime Minister has the prerogative to delegate responsibilities to all Ministers. The Standing Orders have created the Prime Minister’s Time when the Prime Minister engages with the House. Sometime it is not Question Time. The Prime Minister has the discretion to delegate Questions which have been directed here to other Ministers to answer. I think it is unfair for the hon. Member to insist that the Prime Minister must personally answer these Questions. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Charles Kilonzo wanted to know when the Government will act. In answering this Question, I will answer a number of other questions that have been raised by other hon. Members. The Government is acting now. That is why we have the report. We did not want to just repeat what happened in 2005, when the Government woke up one day and sent security personnel to evict people. We wanted to be more systematic and more humane. That is why we began by appointing a task force to go and carry out extensive investigations and give us ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, some hon. Members need to take a good lesson on Standing Orders. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said clearly here that I had a meeting with Members of Parliament from the Rift Valley. We discussed and agreed. Rift Valley consists of several communities. There were Members of Parliament from the Kalenjin community and the Maasai community in that meeting. What we agreed is what I stated again at a function when we were opening the hydro-electric power plant at Sondu-Miriu. I stated clearly what I told these hon. Members. I said that and a day later, they were ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was not at the meeting but the proceedings were televised live. Mr. Ruto said: “ Tulimuweka pale, tutamtoa ”. If that is not inciting a population, I do not know what incitement means. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform hon. Members that I will not be intimidated! I will not be blackmailed because what I am doing, I know, I am doing it in the best interest of this nation. I said that I am prepared to pay the political price. view