Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 1732.

• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: I do not need the information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir! view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have changed my mind; I will receive the information! view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if he has that information, he could table it here because I do not have it. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Affey was wondering why Kenya is the odd one out in the region, operating without a substantive Minister for Foreign Affairs. I know that the hon. Member knows why we have an Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs. In keeping with the normal practice, when a Cabinet Minister is indisposed or is unable to perform his functions for any other reason, the President is allowed by the Constitution to appoint another Minister in an acting capacity. The reason as to why our Minister for Foreign Affairs is not able to discharge his functions is known ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister is not able to continue with his functions until his matter is cleared by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). That is why we have an Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs. We do not know how long this is going to take because KACC is an independent authority, which functions without direction from any other quarter. So, until that matter is resolved, we will continue to have an Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, whether the absence of a substantive Minister is hurting the image of the country or not, that is a matter of personal opinion. I do not want to get into that. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: I agree with hon. Baiya the Member for Githunguri, that times are hard. Hard times are, indeed, very difficult. These are times for frugality. They are times for belt tightening. We should curtail not just expenditure on trips but expenditure generally, so that we only deal with what is absolutely necessary. However, I hope the hon. Member will appreciate that, in the old days, when there was famine, people would travel to where there was food in abundance to ask for assistance. The world will not just come to Kenya’s assistance unless Kenya goes out to ask for assistance. That ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: . Four years ago, while in New York, that city was preparing for the New York Marathon. There was an American champion who was going to compete in that marathon and he was asked: “How do you rate your chances tomorrow?” His answer was: “It depends on how many Kenyans are going to be in the race. If it is one, I will be number two. If they are two, I will be number three”. So, there is nothing to prevent us from establishing a Kenyan marathon. In fact, we have got the Lewa Marathon, which is developing very fast ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to Dr. Otichilo’s clarification, the Konza Information and Communications Technology Project is one of the projects under the Vision 2030. We want to set up a model city so that we can benefit from the ICT. It will be a centre of excellence in the field of the ICT. It will also be a centre for research in this field, because it is a new area, where technology moves very fast. For us to be able to leapfrog in terms of technological development, we need to identify a very special area, and we ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Ogindo wanted us to share the experience that we learnt in Zimbabwe. As I mentioned, this was an invitation of party to party. We were invited by the MDC as Members of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). So, I do not know whether our experience will be useful to Members of other political parties. I have already shared it with the ODM and I do not know whether it will be relevant to PNU, Safina, NARC(K) and so on. What we have learnt is that political parties, of course, do compete for space. Therefore, there is need for tolerance. ... view