Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is usually a very clear procedure through which Members ask the Prime Minister Questions and they are answered and I have never hesitated to do so. I do not know why there is a departure so that I have to be asked to give a Ministerial Statement here instead of the Member raising the matter through your office and forwarding it to my office and then I will respond. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I receive that request formally in writing the way I do, I will respond to it. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to convey my new year’s greetings to many hon. Members of Parliament whom I have not had occasion and pleasure of meeting so far this year. I wish each of you and your families God’s blessing in 2012. According to the Chinese calendar, this year is the year of the dragon. The dragon is an artificial creature that is believed to climb to heaven. This is suspicious as I believe and, this is the year Kenya will enter the era of democracy and economic prosperity. The high expectations we hold for our country are shared ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, why can the hon. Member not allow me to finish my Statement and then he can ask the questions later? I have not view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, exactly! That is the reason why I am also just returning the jest. I am not very serious as Dr. Khalwale. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will finish with a view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Imanyara, the Member for Imenti Central asked about Agenda Four items. He specifically wanted to know about the IDPs that have not been resettled and the perpetrators of post election violence who are not being taken to The Hague. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the IDPs, the hon. Member needs to know that there are categories of IDPs in our country. There have been IDPs for a long time. There are IDPs who were specifically victims of post election violence and those who were evicted from their properties in different parts of the country. There are some of them who are in camps and others who went back and are actually being kept by relatives and, therefore, not all the times visible. Efforts have been made in the past and a number of IDPs went back to their homes. The ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member will appreciate that we also have people who are landless and who are also in the IDP camps. These are not necessarily victims of post- election violence. That is why the numbers keep on swelling despite the fact that we keep on resettling quite a number of the post-election violence victims. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Regarding those who are not going to The Hague, the Attorney-General recently set up a task force to look at the files that had been opened to see what can be done about them. I will be asking the Attorney-General to come and brief the House on the fate of those people after he receives a report from the task force that he has set up. view