Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: A functioning multi-party democracy requires functioning political parties as established vehicles for the political organization and competition. Dysfunctional political parties lead to a dysfunctional multi-party democratic system. To borrow from one of Kenya’s foremost legal scholars, the late Prof. Okoth Ogendo’s dictum on the challenge of writing good constitutions and not respecting them: “constitutions without constitutionalism”, we should avoid multi-partism without political parties. Political parties, from the foundation of our multiparty democratic system, they form that foundation. Our democracy will only be as strong as our political parties. Political parties give life to our democracy. Political parties and leadership thereof ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: The enforcement of the laws on political parties needs to be strengthened to safeguard our democracy against opportunistic politics and instill the necessary level of democratic discipline among the political class. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties established April, 30th 2012 as the deadline for political parties to comply with the with Political Parties Act. At the expiry of the deadline, 24 political parties had been registered, while 25 applications are undergoing verification. Throughout the month of April, 2012, the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties carried out nationwide public sensitization through the popular media and forums in each of the 47 counties on operations of political parties as vehicles for promoting democracy. The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties has established political parties ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, enfranchisement of the youth, the diaspora, women, internally displaced persons and marginalized populations remain a priority of the Government. The Government has procured and installed production equipment with a capacity to produce 60,000 identity cards per day. In the past six months, a total of 1.6 million identity cards have been produced and dispatched to the districts. The Government plans to issue 3.5 million new identity cards by the end of the year 2012. I have given direction to the Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons to ensure that all seven million ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I table a record of identity cards issued to the districts between September, 2011 and March 2012. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, IEBC is undertaking various activities in preparation for the next general elections. The Commission is finalizing regulations under the Political Parties Act and the Elections Act before presenting the same to the stakeholders for consultations and further action by the Executive. The regulations will require to be tabled and approved by Parliament, at least, six months before the elections. In addition, the Commission has identified several shortcomings in the Elections Act and in the Political Parties Act and has proposed for amendments to be effected via the Statute Miscellaneous Amendment Act, which is going to come before ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: With regard to the delimitation of boundaries for constituencies and wards, the Commission gazetted its final report in March this year. In excess of 120 court applications are pending in the High Court for determination with respect to the proposed boundaries. The applications must be heard and determined by June 6th, 2012. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Commission is in the process of procuring 9,750 biometric voter registration kits that will allow the Commission to reach the targeted 18 million voters from the current 12.4 million. A new round of voter registration both within and outside Kenya is planned to commence immediately after the determination of the pending court cases on boundaries. The exercise will take 30 days and is planned for August, 2012. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understand from courts that the Chief Justice has determined to consolidate all the cases for speedier hearing and disposal of the applications which have been made with regard to the boundaries. The Commission has, in consultation with the Kenya Institute of Education, civil society, media, political parties and other stakeholders developed voter education manuals and voter education handbook to promote continuous voter education at various stages in the electoral cycle. The Commission has also initiated the process of recruiting voter education providers to compliment the work of the Commission in offering effective grassroots voter education. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Commission has successfully piloted electronic transmission of election results in 12 by-elections and to the national referendum on the new Constitution. The Commission is currently looking into ways of simultaneously transmitting the election results as voting takes place. The law requires all registered political parties to submit their nomination rules to the Registrar of Political Parties, at least, seven and half months before the general elections. The parties must also submit their party membership lists to the Registrar, at least, 21 days before the general elections. Political parties must complete their party nominations, at least, 45 ... view