Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to state as follows:- (a) I am not in a position to clarify the extent to which Kenyan politics is being funded by drug money. These are illicit transactions for which there are no official and accurate records. I am not able to indicate, if any, which political parties and specific politicians have been beneficiaries of proceeds of drug trafficking. To do so would be speculative. (b) There is no definitive study which has been conducted so far that indicates how much money is generated from the distribution and consumption of drugs in ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: .blogspot.com. The material in the blogosphere, which is not admissible in this House, the article which does not have the author’s name or is entitled; “Visa Banand Drug Barons in Government,” makes the allegation that hon. John Harun Mwau funded the ODM and PNU campaigns in the year 2007 General Election. Hon. Harun Mwau is a Member of this House and is free to confirm or deny these allegations. The article also makes allegations that hon. Kaluki Ngilu’s 1997 presidential campaign was the best financed presidential campaign ever in Kenya having received money from very deep pockets in the United ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will table the NACADA report. This has enacted several laws to deal with this menace such as the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act. The Political Parties Act requires all political parties to declare to the public all sources of their funding, including money or donations received from its members and supporters, and to keep proper books and records of their finances. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to table the NACADA report and also the report by Peter Gastrow. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the document that you are holding is the one that I was given. That is the form in which it was given to me. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to make a statement on the current and projected weather patterns or rains in the country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, most parts of the country have experienced heavy torrential rainfall. Most parts of the country have experienced heavy torrential rainfall--- view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is very important to hon. Members of Parliament. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, most parts of the country have experienced heavy torrential rainfall, hence the rainfall so far recorded for most parts of the country is well above the mean average for this time of the year. Indeed, some parts of the country, such as the western areas, central highlands, south eastern lowlands and the coastal strip, have received rainfall 200 times more than the average mean for the season. Wajir has recorded the second highest rainfall in 76 years. Marsabit, Lodwar, Msabaha, Malindi, ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member may wish to know and he should not be laughing; this matter affects livestock, infrastructure, where roads are washed away by floods, agriculture and forestry. It is a cross-cutting issue. It is an issue of climate change. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the heavy rains are also hampering the harvesting and delivery of crops in the North Rift. There were reported drowning cases in Muhoroni, Kisumu County and Namanjalala in Trans Nzoia County. The rain forecast for the month of December indicates that the western sector of the country will continue to ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Odhiambo-Mabona is concerned about the plight of people who have been affected by floods in Lambwe Valley. I want the hon. Member to know that it is not just the residents of Lambwe Valley who have been affected by floods. There are quite a number of people in other parts of the country who have been affected. In fact, Coast is worst hit. The other parts are in North Eastern, Nyando, Eastern and so on. The Government is doing what it can within its ability to deal with this. We have a Disaster Response ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to hon. Kigen’s question, we have a very ambitious afforestation programme being rolled out by the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, together with the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources. We know that to increase our forest cover, we need to plant many trees. At Independence, the forest cover in our country was 12 per cent. It has dropped from 12 per cent to now 1.7 per cent. We have a programme to increase that. It requires that we plant 7.6 billion trees in order to increase the forest cover to 10 per ... view