Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1661 to 1670 of 1732.

• 18 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. All the time, you have ruled that we need to be fair to people who are not here to defend themselves. The former Minister is alleging that whatever information Mr. Githongo got, got to foreign diplomats before it got to the President. Mr. Githongo has said that he briefed the President all the time. Is the former Minister in order? Would I be in order to ask him to substantiate his allegations? April 18, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 491 view
• 11 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of many of our colleagues on this side who will not have an opportunity to speak, I would like to send our heartfelt condolences to the families of our colleagues who have died in a very tragic plane crash. Julius Caesar said that death is a necessary evil that will come when it will come. However, it is a very senseless death when hon. Members have to die when going to broker peace in a conflict that has been perpetuated by senseless warmongers who have kept a region of this country at a state of ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to the Motion. I am very happy today that we are listening to each other. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to begin by thanking the Leader of the Official Opposition for making a very eloquent presentation of this Report yesterday. In the same spirit, I would like to thank the Committee for doing a very splendid job under very difficult conditions. Thirdly, I want to thank the Official Government Responder, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, for a very eloquent and able presentation of the Government case. Mr. Speaker, ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Government should be different. When we came into power, we started by saying that we were going to bring fundamental changes to this country. Whereas we can say that today we are guilty of actions of commission or omission, we can also admit that it is because we completely departed from the path that we charted when we started. view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Listening to the Minister say that the corruption network was never uprooted, I could not help but draw comparisons between Kenya and the Republic of Georgia in the former Soviet Union. The Government there came to power on the platform of reform and change, and there was a lot of goodwill from the people of that country. But the Government did not move fast to rein in the networks of corruption, and within two years, the network had resurfaced, and in the end that Government went down the drain, consumed by mega corruption. When we took over Government, there was ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, of course, the professor is still new in the Cabinet but what I have read out here is a seven year memorandum resolution. This is what the Cabinet was invited to approve, and that is what the Cabinet approved. I do not know where he got the other information from. April 6, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 443 Having said that, I would like to invite the House to look at page 12 of the Report. Paragraph two, the fifth line from the bottom, says:- "On the same day, Mr. Githongo said he was visited by hon. Murungi, ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member who has said that it is time for people to confess. We started with the judicial reforms. There was a radical surgery of the Judiciary and we fully supported it. The first victim was Justice Oguk and he was followed by the then Chief Justice, Justice Chunga. I came out and supported the action that was being taken. Some people were saying that a certain community was being targeted. For the information of the House, Justice Oguk is my cousin and so is Justice Chunga. I came out and said that ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: If that is the manner in which investigations are going to be carried out, then I am afraid we cannot expect any kind of fairness to be carried out. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this country needed a proper reconciliation. When we started, we said that we should appoint a truth and reconciliation commission to carry out a comprehensive review of where we have come from and where we are. Some people said that we did not need this because we have not gone through some kind of traumatic situations like in South Africa, and that we could deal with these matters ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not want to interrupt my friend. Is he denying the content of the tape or is he just talking about the tape itself? view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: But Mr. Speaker, Sir--- view