Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1331 to 1340 of 1732.

• 30 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Attorney-General is the official legal advisor to the Government at all times on a 24-hour basis. Is he implying that on that particular day, the office of the Attorney-General was not available? view
• 30 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, yes, the Bill did not have that clause at that time. However, it had even worse offending clauses in its original form as approved by the Cabinet which was advised by the Attorney-General. There had to be some negotiations with the Media Owners Association (MOA) to amend it. So, I am happy that after a lot of pressure has been applied by the civil society, and Kenyans in general, the President eventually yielded to the pressure and has agreed to the removal and rejection of that clause! view
• 30 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what I am trying to say is that in the last two months, this Government has actually kept this county under a state of suspense very unnecessarily by introducing what could have been a very draconian law. So, I am very happy that the Government has finally bowed to the pressure by the people of Kenya and seen sense that we need to open the democratic space and not to compress it. I support. view
• 30 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. While I support the proposal that is being made by the hon. Member, ordinarily, during debate on Motions, it is normal that hon. Members propose amendments on the Floor and hand over the written proposals to be approved. Once they have been approved, the Motion, as amended, is then read to the House. There is an omission, and the Committee's Report is available. I want to propose that the Chair does allow that the Report be given to hon. Members. They can have the copies of the Report and those ... view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really want to impress on the memory of the House. This is Act was not brought to the House by the Government. A private Member wanted to bring it as a Private Members' Bill. The concern then was the manner in which several public properties had been disposed of in a very opaque manner. Therefore, we decided to borrow a leaf from the experience of the UK. We decided to introduce an Act of Parliament to ensure that before Government property is disposed of, proper procedure is followed, so that people can participate properly in the ... view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: 3436 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 23, 2007 view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Attorney-General in order to mislead the House that this Bill is actually based on the recommendations of ECK, when the ECK has recommended the increase of constituencies by 43. This Bill is talking about 40 constituencies? Is he in order? view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Minister is making a very serious and unfounded allegation. All of us here support Affirmative Action and the 50 seats, but we are opposed to the manner in which she is introducing the Bill. Is she in order to say that we are opposing Affirmative Action? August 15, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3241 view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The hon. Minister was a Member of the Select Committee on Constitutional Review. She walked out of it and she told the chairman of the ECK that she does not recognise that Committee. Is she in order to mislead the House that the Committee is still meeting and functioning when the Vice-President himself has refused to call a meeting? view
• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House that, that was planned by this administration, when I know that it was planned during my tenure at the Ministry, when I was the Minister for Energy? view