Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not discussing the Report of the Implementation Committee of the House. When that time comes, we will deal with that. Sheikh Dor wanted to know about the Government programme on irrigation. The hon. Member was here on the Budget Day. He should have heard the kind of funding that the Government has put in irrigation schemes this financial year. When we took over, we found that a number of irrigation schemes had collapsed. We have since revived quite a number of those schemes; namely, Bura, Hola, Mwea, Kano, Ahero and Perkerra. All these have been ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, only two months ago, I was in Turkana. In fact, I was in Mr. Ethuro’s constituency. I was in Lodwar. He refused to come with me when I invited him. I addressed a rally in Lodwar Town itself. I was in his constituency after April. Therefore, the hon. Member needs to be more generous with the truth. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I went to Todonyang’. But why did I go Lodwar? I went to Lodwar because that is also my responsibility. That is the reason I was inviting him so that I should not go there without him coming. He would have come and heard what I was told by the people, which is very different from what he is saying. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the information of the House, I am going to table now a list of famine relief food allocation per district for this month of July. I have a similar list for ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: I am saying that every effort is being made by the Government within the means that the Government has. The World Food Programme (WFP) is complementary to our efforts. The International Community of the Red Cross is equally also complementing our efforts. All we are saying is that we are not shunning our responsibilities. We are doing what we can do within the means that we have to deal with this crisis and we will not run away from it. Ms. Karua asked how the Kshs5 billion that was allocated in the Supplementary Estimates for the year was used. That ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, initially, it was supposed to be one and I had said that I will deliver this other one next week. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. On the first question on the failure of the Executive arm of the Government to recruit staff for the CIC, according to Section 18 of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution Act (No.9 of 2010), hiring staff is a matter entirely at the discretion of the Commission. The Executive arm of the Government does not and cannot recruit staff for the CIC. The Executive may only second staff to the CIC on request as provided for in Section 15(3) of the Act. In line with its mandate and following a request ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this regard, the allegation that the Executive arm of the Government has failed to hire staff for the Commission is not true. (b) I now want to address this question of lack of accountability for funds allocated to the CIC in the Financial Year 2010/2011. As hon. Members are aware, no funds had been allocated to the CIC in the financial year 2010/2011. This is because the Commission was only constituted in December 2010 long after the Budget Estimates for the 2010/2011 financial year had been approved. However, during the same Financial Year, the Government allocated ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is talking about the disquiet, correspondence and disagreement between the CIC and the Head of Public Service. I have already stated in my response the genuine concerns of the Government about levels of remuneration. That is because the money that is being paid by the Government in form of salaries is public money. We are concerned because, as you know, the new Constitution has created so many other commissions. We did not want to create precedence, where other commissions are going to come and say: “We want to be paid as commission A, B, ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the letter has already been written by the Chairman of the Public Service Commission to the Treasury. I have already stated that we have given instructions that the Treasury moves forward and implements the contents of the letter from the Public Service Commission. view