Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 311 to 320 of 1732.

• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, other measures that will help address the grievances include the new land policy and the Land Bills currently before this House, and which addresses historical land injustices. The Government has also been revoking illegal and irregular titles at the Coast. There have been initiatives to revive various large scale investments at the Coast such as Kwale International Sugar Company, formerly Ramisi Sugar Company and Tiomin Mining. There are plans to establish two special economic zones all at the Coast, one in Lamu and another one at Mombasa. The Government recently inaugurated the new Lamu Port, ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, moving forward, the Government plans to host a Coastal Consultative Forum sometime in June this year to engage with the coastal people in coming up with interventions to their grievances. To prepare for the forum, a task force, under the coordination of my office is to be established shortly to undertake the necessary grassroots consultations and develop position papers on the various areas of concern. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sir, I thank you. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: I can have them in batches of five. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. G. Nyamweya - and I think a similar question had been asked by Mr. Duale--- I was very categorical in my Statement that the Government will only engage with any of the banned organizations if they first renounce the criminal activities in which they have been involved in, before there can be any kind of engagement. That was very, very clear! In other words, we are not going to just be negotiating and talking to any group. That is because before the action is taken to ban certain organizations, care and thorough investigations are ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Gunda talked about nepotism that is being carried out by some CEOs who are non-coastals; that they employ relatives wherever they are. Nepotism is something that is illegal in this country, just like tribalism or ethnic discrimination. It is illegal in the country. So it is true that it might be practised by some individuals, but that does not make it legal. But I want to invite Mr. Gunda to understand that this does not only happen in the Coast. There are also other coastal CEOs employed in other parts of the country, who may also be practising the ... view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: So, we must deal with this issue squarely where it occurs. It is unlawful and unconstitutional to discriminate against any particular Kenyan on the basis of race, religion, sex or tribe. It is worse to practise nepotism by just employing blood relatives in any particular institution. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want the hon. Member to know first that the Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) Programme is not in the Office of the Prime Minister. The KKV was being implemented by very many Ministries like the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Office of the President, Ministry of Regional Development Authorities, Ministry of Water, Ministry of Roads, Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources and so on. Those are the ones which were implementing. My office was just co-ordinating. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to know that, that project was only implemented for one financial year. Thereafter, no funds were given. It was starved of funds. It was frustrated under the assumption that it was making the Office of the Prime Minister much more popular. That is why it was frustrated and no funds have been given. Now, we have been talking to the World Bank to give it more money. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that we have been talking to the World Bank, which is in the process of providing funds to a revamped KKV programme, which will be rolled out in the course of the year. So, I want to say very clearly that records will be put straight that KKV was not funded, and that was why it did not continue. It died because no more money was given to it. view