Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1551 to 1560 of 1732.

• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish the Minister was here to read this Ministerial Statement. We have no problem with the Assistant Minister. However, did the Chair see the Minister on television addressing a rally in his constituency on Sunday threatening hon. Members of Parliament, saying that hon. Members can only speak in the House, if they speak outside, they will be arrested? Did the Chair hear that? The Minister has nothing but contempt for this House and hon. Members of the House! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the clashes in Kibera, the Minister said that ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am surprised that the Assistant Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs has not taken time to understand the Standing Orders. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, of course the hon. Member knows where we met; in Nyayo House. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not making allegations that I cannot substantiate. The fact that I met him in Nyayo House torture chambers is on record. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is ridiculous! Let us not turn this House into a theatre of the absurd. The Member cannot deny the obvious. He knows where he was working. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am entitled to refer to a document and table it as you have ruled and the facts can be verified later. There is a stamp and signature on it. So, I am not just talking about hearsay. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am trying to say here that this Government is trying to turn this country back to those dark days where the State controlled institutions of higher 3840 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 22, 2006 learning and even religious institutions. This has very serious implications in as far as security is concerned. The Government ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just seeking clarifications. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Could the Assistant Minister state why they saw it fit to use the police to disperse a peaceful prayer meeting and use unnecessary force when the police did not notify the congregation to disperse peacefully and refused to do so? Secondly, why have they not arrested the people they know who went around killing innocent people in Kibera? view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to expound on the issue that Maj. Madoka has raised. We need a clear policy statement from the Government because the CDF is Government money. The committees just implement the CDF programmes on behalf of the Government. Therefore, a situation should not arise where Government officers, who use Government time and resources, should claim allowances from the CDF. Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, we would like to have a clear policy statement from the Government as to whether its officers should be paid twice in the form of regular salary earned for working on a particular ... view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government has got over 200,000 teachers and over 300,000 civil servants in the payroll, and it has no difficulty in paying these people on a monthly basis, yet there are very few pensioners. This problem keeps on recurring all the time. It was in the NARC Manifesto that they will streamline the payment of pensions to retirees. Why should there be a problem in paying somebody his pension, whereas when he was in the payroll, he was being paid on a monthly basis? view