Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1441 to 1450 of 1732.

• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that this Bill is actually long overdue and as the memorandum says, the principal object is to establish three roads authorities; June 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1727 the Kenya National Highways Authority, the Kenya Rural Roads Authority and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority and provides for their powers and functions. This is basically meant to provide an efficient way of managing the construction and maintenance of our roads in the country. The roads are very important to an economy. The roads provide for mobility and communication in the country. Therefore, they are ... view
• 12 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: So, I gave instructions that if you are an official of the Ministry and you have a company, you should either resign and go and become a full-time contractor or you should wind up the company and become a full-time civil servant. I know that the Minister has given the same instructions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to conclude by saying something about the local contractors. It is shameful that many years since Independence we have not been able to develop sufficient local capacity in the construction industry. There are very few of our companies which can compete ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Assistant Minister is known for giving contemptuous answers to Members of Parliament on very serious issues. An hon. Member has given the name of the student who was killed and his index number. The fact that no report was made to the police does not subtract or add anything from the fact that this young man is dead. The Assistant Minister is trying to imply that the hon. Member is lying or is making up stories. Just the other day over 70 people were gunned down by policemen in Laikipia and their photographs are ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have given evidence. In today's newspaper there are photographs of people looking at several decomposed corpses. What more evidence does the Assistant Minister require to take some action? view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose the Motion. This matter is, indeed, very serious. I would like the other side of the House to be reasonable and to listen to the voice of reason. The Ninth Parliament is coming to an end. We want to bequeath a legacy to the other Parliaments that will come. We need to embrace the spirit of tolerance and that of give and take. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the nine Members that Kenya is entitled to, in accordance with the Charter of the East African Community (EAC), are supposed to be ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, but that is not--- view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a lawyer the hon. Member knows that there is a situation called de jure and another one known as de facto . I am talking about a de facto situation. In this debate there are no restrictions in stating the facts as they are. In the results of the 2002 general election, the LDP section of that coalition got 62 hon. 1672 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 29, 2007 Members and the NAK side got 64 hon. Members. When added to the other nominated hon. Members, this gave us a total of 132 hon. Members. The ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, will you protect me from the hon. Member? view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the minority will have their say, the majority will have their way. If they have the numbers, they will have their way! But it is important that, as intellectuals, they listen to reasoning from this other side. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have no quarrel with the hon. Members from the Kenya African National Union (KANU) and the FORD(P). Equally, we have no problem with the Member from FORD(K), which is also a party member of the NARC. But those rules, which were passed last week, require that those Members must be elected by ... view
• 29 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I end up by urging that we reject the list that is presented by the hon. Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs because it has not been prepared in accordance with the rules that were passed by this House last week. With those few remarks, I beg to strongly oppose this Motion. view