Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am asking the question on behalf of the people who are suffering after rendering their services to this Government, which is completely inconsiderate! Could he assure the House that he will try to allocate money in the Supplementary Estimates, to ensure that all the people who are owed dues by this Government are paid before they consider selling people's property for non-payment of taxes? view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Bill very strongly. Yesterday, I mentioned the reasons I oppose this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that one of the reasons is that this Bill violates Section 79 of our Constitution which guarantees freedom of expression. It is completely incomprehensible that, in this day and age, when this country is opening up its democratic space, a Government finds it necessary to bring such a Bill before this House. The freedom of expression is guaranteed by the Constitution. However, we have had a situation where that freedom was ... view
• 5 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: and the next day, it will the Kenya Times, or the Royal Media House! All right- thinking hon. Members of Parliament should not allow this to happen. We know the consequences of allowing an over-zealous Government such far-reaching powers. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the modern way of dealing with the media is to allow July 5, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2313 for self-regulation. That is how established democracies operate all over the world. How does it hurt this Government? Somebody said that journalists behave irresponsibly. There are laws to deal with journalists who behave irresponsibly! If somebody is scandalised, there ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Assistant Minister is actually complaining that hon. Members are not available in the House. Of course, you have rightly said that when hon. Members are away, their Questions are dropped. The Minister for Education has two Assistant Ministers, who have all joined the other Assistant Ministers in complaining that they are idle. Why would there be nobody in this House to answer a Question in a Ministry where we have a Minister and two Assistant Ministers? view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Vice-President has only talked about the Minister and one Assistant Minister. What about the second Assistant Minister? Why is she not available to answer the Question? view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know where the GNU will go after December this year. During the last campaign, in the by-election of Magarini Constituency, the Assistant Minister ordered posts to be spread around in the constituency as a way of campaigning to get the votes from the people of Magarini. Indeed, poles were put all over constituency. Could the Assistant Minister confirm or deny that there was no actual project design for Magarini Constituency and that these poles were just taken there in order to hoodwink the people not to vote for the candidates of their choice and ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Minister is taking the issue which has been raised very lightly. He is part of the Government and the head of the Ministry! view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: The Permanent Secretary is supposed to be his subordinate. Therefore, he is the one who is responsible to this House and not the Permanent Secretary. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you need to be more and more harsher! view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir! view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am not satisfied with the explanation given by the Minister regarding consultations with the Minister for Local Government. Does this imply that this Authority is, in any way, going to be responsible to the Minister for Local Government? If not, why should he be consulted when appointing the Urban Authority? view