Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need to be heard and not heckled. Hon. Isaac Ruto, Member for Chepalungu, could you, please, be patient and listen to what I am telling you? view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that the Board of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) was supposedly disciplining the Chief Executive Officer by ignoring their recommendations to purportedly cancel this contract contrary to the laid down procedures. I have also said that the Board acted without authority because the matter had still not yet been concluded by the Cabinet. Therefore, I have ordered the reinstatement of the Chief executive and I have also given directions that he should not be molested until this matter is concluded by the Government. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us all agree that there is separation of powers: That the Executive cannot do the functions of this House and neither should this House try to manage the Executive; to show the Executive how to do its functions. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, oversight is a very different matter from being the Executive. So what we are trying to say is that the Executive has a role and powers conferred on it by the Constitution just like the House has powers conferred on it. The House should not be seen to be intruding--- view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Legislature should not tell the Executive how to discipline its officers, how it should deal with its PSs or how it should deal with other officers within the Executive just like we do not tell Parliament how to deal with Members of Parliament on how to handle issues which are purely legislative. I was just saying that there was clear separation of powers in this particular matter but Parliament can make recommendations. That is why a number view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) According to records held by the police, about 1,500 heads of cattle were stolen between October, 2008 and February, 2009 within Samburu County. This prompted the Provincial Security Intelligence committees from Rift Valley and Eastern provinces to conduct a joint operation to recover the stolen animals. A total of 1,434 animals were recovered and returned to their owners between 2nd March and 6th March, 2009. It appears that a section of the affected communities remain dissatisfied with the manner in which the Provincial Administration dealt with the problem. Consequently, I have directed ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that it appears that the information that is available in the Ministry is not consistent with the realities on the ground. That is the reason I have directed that the matter be revisited by the Minister, so that he can come and give a more substantive response to the House; on the issue of restoration and also compensation for the members of the community. We do not run a segmented Government. This is a Coalition Government and that rules apply across the board. We have only one President of the Republic of Kenya; there ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is asking the same question twice. I have already told Mr. Letimalo that I am not satisfied with the information which I have received from the officers concerned with this matter. That is why I have also said that there is already a Parliamentary Committee report which was adopted by the House. I have directed that recommendations made in that report be implemented immediately; I have, therefore, said that the Minister in charge of internal security and provincial administration is going to report to the House in due course that action has already been ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that it is not me who is contradicting myself. It is the hon. Member who has asked the same question twice; this is the one which he has asked. I said, and I can repeat it, that consequently, I have directed the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to revisit the matter in the light of the report by the House Committee on Administration and National Security which the House adopted on 29th September, 2010. The review of the matter will also deal with the question of compensation to the affected communities. ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to the information available, we are already past that stage. So, we have a report by a Committee of the House, which report was tabled in this House and approved by the House. So, there is really no need for the Government to go back again and revisit the exercise. We are now at the stage of implementing the recommendations of a report of the House. view