Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 1732.

• 19 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other problem we have is the low performance of our railway network. Nearly 80 per cent of the cargo that comes from the Port of Mombasa is transported by road. Only about 20 per cent of it is transported by railway. Normally, in a civilised society, it should be the other way round. The railway system should be able to carry more goods than the road network. But because this is happening in the country, it is having a very telling effect on our road network. Therefore, there is need to rehabilitate and expand ... view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Question that hon. Midiwo asked was about this decentralisation; the 16 regions that the Minister is talking about. The question was, when is this going to be done? When will these regions begin to operate now that the equipment came over eight months ago? view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is not a Question by Private Notice. Usually, these kind of Questions are sent to the Ministry long time ago. I think it is not fair for the Government to come here and tell us that they have unsatisfactory answers. They have had enough time to consult with their officers in the Ministries. This should not be happening. view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There is collective responsibility in the House. Any Minister can answer a Question on behalf of another Minister. Likewise, apart from Questions by Private Notice, a Member can ask an Ordinary Question on behalf of another Member if that Member is not able to be here to ask the Question personally. This has been the practice. If there is an answer, there is no reason why any of these Ministers sitting here, earning money from the public cannot stand and reply. This is a sign of a Government that is tired. ... view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that Ministerial Statement is too long. What the Minister really needs to do is to table a Sessional Paper rather than coming here to bore us with a lengthy document! This is not the occasion for a Minister to read policy! view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the international classification of youth is those people aged 35 years and below, and not 30 years. I do not know where the Ministry got this arbitrary classification. Recently during the Youth Summit, the youth were required to pay Kshs7,000 yet, he is saying that the youth are so impoverished. Could he explain this contradiction? Why demand that people who are already impoverished pay Kshs7,000 to participate in the Youth Summit? view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I rise to support the Motion very strongly. I want to thank the Mover for bringing it to the House at this moment in time. I want to join my colleague, Mr. Muite, for giving very elaborate views on this particular Motion. Kenyans have struggled for a very long time in order to have freedom of expression, association and free access to information. These are fundamental human rights. We can go back and look at the dark days when Kenyans were sometimes incarcerated ... view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Official Secrets Act has been used to suppress and oppress civil servants who may want to give out information. The whistle blowers in the system are not protected. Of course, they are now going to be protected, but that was not the case. So many people have been oppressed. If we had the Act being envisaged by this Motion, corruption that we have in this country would not have reached its present level. Civil servants are being threatened, intimidated and blackmailed all the time. I know this for a fact because I have been ... view
• 18 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: apologise to Kenyans and neither has the President seen it fit to dismiss him from service for disgracing the Government. My friend, long time colleague and a comrade in arms, hon. Wamwere, is in this Ministry. I hope that when he stands to speak, he is going to support this Motion. He knows very well how much him and I have suffered because of the kind of laws that we have in this country. In fact, I feel sorry for hon. Wamwere for sometimes having to defend this Government that is indefensible in some of the criminal activities that it ... view