Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wholly agree with what Mr. Nyachae said about fast-tracking the provision of electricity along the beaches of the lake in order to prevent continued exploitation by the fishermen. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to address the issue of electricity generation generally. It is very important that if this country expects to industrialise, we must seriously address the issue of expansion of our power generation capacity. At the moment, the installed capacity is about 1,200 megawatts. This is peanut when talking about Vision 2030! The Vision 2030 would just remain a ... view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, we should just have the guts to say that we want to ban cigarette smoking completely and close all the tobacco factories in the country! People smoke in restaurants, bars, other eating places and residential houses. People go to bars to enjoy themselves. There are some people who can only enjoy their beer when they are smoking. If you do want to go to the bar, then just stay home. If you are going to ban people from smoking in bars, and even in your own residences, then why are cigarettes being manufactured? Let us have the ... view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, the Assistant Minister has missed my point. The point I am raising is this: I am in my own residence, and I am being told that I must have some designated smoking areas. That sounds ridiculous! view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we would like, really, to record our thanks to the House for passing this Bill. The Government now has the instrument with which to protect the health of our people. It is important that we record our thanks and appreciation to one of us here, hon. Gor Sungu, for moving the debate on this matter and moving the Government to act on what was long overdue. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 31 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was not in the House when the Assistant Minister supposedly mentioned my name in connection with those documents. I want to assure this House that not a single document was removed when I left the Ministry. This deal was negotiated very transparently. Indeed, there is a lot that is not being told to the House about this particular deal. The Assistant Minister knows more than he is willing to disclose to the House that; the tendering was not done in a transparent manner, the contract was not awarded to the lowest bidder and that less ... view
• 31 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point or order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister says that the records are missing for the years 1999 and 2000 when I was not in the Ministry. I was in the Ministry in 2001 and 2002 and those records are not missing. Secondly, fortunately, you have been in the Government yourself. You know about the custody of Government documents. You know that the Minister is not in charge of the registry where the documents are kept. view
• 31 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: This Assistant Minister is trivialising a very serious and important matter, by trying to divert the attention of the House to persons who are completely unconnected to this matter. He knows that if documents are missing, the Government can know how to look for them! Ministers are so far away from that. Am I in order to ask that this Assistant Minister be named for trying to mislead the House and treating it with contempt the way he is doing? view
• 31 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Did you notice that both the Minister for Health and her Assistant walked to the Table at the same time causing confusion in the House? view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, earth tremors are a very serious matter, because they can lead to earthquake. This matter needs to be handled very professionally. To my knowledge, the Meteorological Department falls under the Ministry of Transport. We also have a department at the University of Nairobi. When something like this happens, members of the public are bound to panic so much. So, members of the public need to be assured, not by a Government spokesperson, who is a layman, but by professionals. That is how such situations are handled in civilised countries. For instance, if something like that happens ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Sir. I am concerned about this Motion because it requires a Government policy to create 500,000 jobs annually. Basically, it says that, that has not happened. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are policy issues which political parties prepare and use in their manifestos in election campaigns. I do not think really that, that is the responsibility of this House. Otherwise, there will be no difference between political parties. Why do we throw out parties from power? We throw political parties from power because their policies have failed them. If the House is going to ... view