Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1251 to 1260 of 1732.

• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this Motion. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me begin by thanking you and congratulating you, as a Speaker, who has enabled this House to introduce some reforms which have eluded the House for the past 20 years. Under your charge, the House has been able to introduce live coverage of debate which we were never able to do in the past few years. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Secondly, we have also revised the Standing Orders. We have now come up with new Standing Orders which have also created time for the Prime Minister to be able to give an account to this House. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank hon. Members for allowing the Prime Minister to be able to engage the House in the coming session. I intend to use that time very productively so that hon. Members can get first hand information on what is happening in the Government. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Sometimes, the Executive and the Legislature can work much more productively when we adopt much more modern ways of communication. I hope that in the future it is not going to be necessary most of the time for Committees of the House to summon Ministers for questioning. Some of that information can easily be given to the committees by way of correspondence. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are going through very bad times in the country because of famine. However, I want to say that this is a learning experience. We are going to take measures to ensure that this country, in future, does not become a net importer of food but an exporter of food. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the House has set a record, as the Leader of Government Business has said, by passing the highest number of Bills in comparison to other sessions in the past. We are not going to hide. We are going to ensure that action is taken against those who have been responsible for killing innocent citizens of our country. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Leader of Government Business has already informed the House about the steps that are being taken with regard to the island on Lake Victoria, which is called Migingo Island. Migingo Island is a Kenyan island. It has been so since time immemorial. We have made that much very clear to the Ugandan Government. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: There are also five other Kenyan islands that were annexed by the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada. We would like to see those islands revert to Kenyan ownership. Uganda is a friendly Fe bruary 24, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Parliament is the supreme authority of the land. Parliament is elected by the people to represent them in the House. Therefore, the decisions of Parliament need to be respected. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said that, the Fourth Estate is equally important in a democratic society. The media is a very important institution in a democratic society. We have come a long way in fighting for the freedom of expression, worship and assembly. There were times when it was impossible in this country, if you were a Member of the Opposition, to address a press conference ... view