Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: or MRC because they have not met the conditions which we have set. So, the conditions apply to all the 33 organizations. If they renounce their criminal activities which they were involved in, and an assessment has been done and the security agencies of the Government are satisfied, then we are willing to sit down and talk to them. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, hon. Kioni--- view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, actually, that is the question that I am answering. The Gazette Notice stands, but we will only remove the names of organizations which have satisfied the conditions that we have set. As we are talking right now, none of those organizations have satisfied those conditions. Therefore, there is no reason the gazette notice should be repealed, since they have not satisfied those conditions. view
• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Kioni said that the Mungiki were killed. Yes, quite a number of innocent people also lost their lives in the process. This is because when you are shooting, there is nobody with any signs written on their faces saying that this is a Mungiki member. Once somebody is dead, you will never know because they will only put guns next to the body and say: “This is a criminal who has been sought by the agencies for a long time.” That is what it was then. Two wrongs do not make a right. I ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to dedicate today’s Statement to the memory of the late Minister for Environment, hon. John Njoroge Michuki. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to believe that we all agree that sound environment is a requirement for a bumper harvest for our farmers and to harness the economic well-being of our nation. With that in mind, I rise to update this House on the food situation in the country. I wish to pay tribute to our departed colleague, the late John Njoroge Michuki. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have eulogized and honoured Mr. Michuki in church and ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish the hon. Member was patient. He needs to know that the environment is very much interlinked with food security. What I am talking about is a very serious matter indeed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition, the Government proposes to create a recreational park in the area adjacent to the globe cinema which we shall call “the John Michuki Memorial Park”. This will be an undertaking by the private sector to express its gratitude to the late John Michuki. We have called on several prominent members of the Kenyan business community to establish a committee that ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: - Chief Executive Officer, Kenco. 6. Ms. Wanja Yvonne Michuki. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Ali D. Mohammed, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources will serve as an ex-officio member to provide all the necessary assistance. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, either the hon. Member wants to make my Statement or I make my Statement. I need to be given time to finish my Statement! What I have said is of national importance. I am coming to relate it to food security. Hon. Members should just be patient. I have just taken five minutes and I need five more minutes. We encourage all Kenyans regardless of their income to contribute to the development of the memorial park. For its part, the Government will devote Kshs5 million to this cause. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me now to turn to ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, ok. I know what I am doing. I can be accused of many things but not of being irrelevant. Mr. Speaker, Sir, overall the situation is not as good as we would have wished. The arid and semi arid regions are yet to recover fully from the severe drought of last year. Central, Coast and Eastern regions experienced lower yields with some regions of lower Eastern and Coast experiencing total crop failure. Recent low temperatures resulted in frost in Nyandarua and Nakuru counties. This led to low production of potatoes. The frost also affected parts of Nyeri and its ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government has been distributing food to 4.8 million vulnerable people. This number is unlikely to decline. In order to sustain the food relief view