Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1401 to 1410 of 1732.

• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, actually, I had an opportunity to make a contribution to this Bill. However, I want to say that I am very happy today because the baby that was conceived when I was in the Ministry has finally been born. I want to congratulate the Minister and his staff for ensuring that this has been done. I have two issues to raise. One concerns concessioning which I mentioned during the debate on the Bill. It is very important that the Government moves fast to institutionalize concessioning in our road construction. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very happy to note that the two Ministers are here. These are the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Roads and Public Works. I wish that they listen to what I am saying here. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very important that these two Ministries work in tandem. The reason why a lot of money allocated to the Ministry of Roads and Public Works goes back unused is basically because of lack of proper co-ordination. If the Ministry of Finance could telescope to the Ministry of Roads and Public Works ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to support the position that has been taken by Mr. M. Kilonzo. Section 3 of Chapter I of the Constitution of Kenya says:- "This Constitution is the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya and shall have the force of law throughout Kenya and, subject to Section 47, if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail and the other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void." It is incumbent upon this House to ensure that the Bills that we pass, which eventually become law, do ... view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House? He knows that, in fact, people study journalism even up to degree level. That makes it a profession. Is he really in order to try to denigrate a fairly honourable profession like journalism and call it a trade? Does he know what he is doing? view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we need to be civil and respectful here. The hon. Member is really trying to demean the profession of journalism 2298 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 4, 2007 saying that journalists live on hand-outs. Majority of journalists are employed by very reputable firms and they earn salaries. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is saying that he has never seen these journalists driving cars, they live on hand-outs and, therefore, they are irresponsible people. Is he really in order when we know that most of these journalists are employed by very reputable companies? Some of them sitting up there in the Press Gallery are employed by the Nation Media Group, the Standard and so on. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Apologise! view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. "Mr. Private Eye" knows very well the profession that he has been involved in, in the past. But we are not talking about his past. We are talking about the profession of journalism. He should withdraw the remark about hand-outs and apologise! view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: therefore, very important for the media to have a sense of responsibility. I do not think this Government has any intentions, whatsoever, of muzzling the media. I think what this Bills attempts to do is to set some guidelines so that the media can be free, but with some responsibility. view