Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1211 to 1220 of 1732.

• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) No, there has been no public inquiry about the conduct of the British administration in Kenya during the 1950s emergency period, particularly with regard to torture and human rights abuses. After Kenya attained Independence in 1963, the founding fathers of our nation followed a policy of reconciliation and nation building. Hon. Members will remember that our founding father said that we should forgive, but not forget. That was done. At that time, the Kenyan leadership did not intend to open old wounds, which had been inflicted during the colonial period. A commission ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The British Government has not paid any compensation to the victims of the atrocities during the 1950s, so far. The Mau Mau veterans, together with other Kenyan human rights activists, have instructed a firm of lawyers in London to commence proceedings against the British Government for compensation. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: The British Government has also not issued any apology for their atrocities. Besides compensation the victims will also seek a formal apology from the British Government in the said suit. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The Government has not set a time limit for implementation of the resolution passed by this House on 8th October, last year. The resolution required that a minimum of view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, again, the Questions fall into three categories – compensation, apology and documentation. I do not want to apologise for those who were here before me. I want the House to be aware that this issue was discussed very extensively in this House in the 1960s. In fact, the nationalist movement that brought Independence to this country split purely because of this particular issue. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: The issue of land was very critical. It cost the late Hon. Bildad Kagia his job when he stood firm and said: “Those who sacrificed most for the Independence of this country were cheated. The loyalists and the homeguards became the major beneficiaries of Independence”. Hon. Kagia was ostracized as being a sellout. Consequently, he lived most of his life in misery. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to say that I fully subscribe to the school of thought that we wanted to see that those who sacrificed for the Independence of this country were properly compensated and rewarded. I share the sentiments that apology is in order. I know, for example, that the Japanese Government apologized to the Chinese people for atrocities committed during the Nazi period. I also know that Germany has also apologized to the victims of the Nazi oppression. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: So, there is still no reason as to why these issues cannot be explored by this Government. So, what I can do is to undertake to forward this matter to the Cabinet for consideration. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also agree with Ms. Karua that there has not been proper official documentation of what actually happened, and that it is important and necessary that this documentation is done for posterity. I know that a lot of books have been written by individuals over this period. Very many historians have actually chronicled the events during that particular period, but I think more resources can still be spent in this particular exercise, so that we can properly document what happened to our people during that time for posterity purposes. view