Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 1732.

• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Shebesh, yes, there is a provision for one-third of gender at every level. I want her to appreciate that we are in transition from the old Constitution to the new Constitution. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, we need to also have a cultural change. It is not just a matter of prescribing laws or writing constitutions. There is need for us to carry out education, so that our people are made to believe and understand gender equity or equality. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is still a group of our people who are still living in the past. They have not quite accepted that change has come for the better of our country, and that women are equal human beings who need to be given acceptance. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: We know where we are actually coming from. In the old days, the man was everything. I remember when I was growing, there was a Congolese musician here who actually sang a song and it was actually recorded and sold in music stores. It says:- “ Akili ya bibihaiwezi kushinda ya bwana . Akili ya bibi ni sawa na ya mtoto mdogo .” So, that is where we are coming from. We must appreciate that we are now here and things must change. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: So, the point I am trying to make here is that unless we actually promote women to be elected at county assemblies and not be dominated, we are going to end up with very bloated Assemblies. This is because there is a requirement that they must be one- third. The more they are elected, the better. But if we do not have even a single woman elected as a councillor, then all of them have to be nominated. So, the cost of running those assemblies will be very high. That is the reason why as members of political parties, we ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: I agree with hon. Musyimi, politics need to be peaceful. You cannot have democracy without democrats. That is reason I am talking about cultural change in our attitudes. We must accept that in a democratic society, political parties are the instruments which are used to change Government and leadership. Political parties compete on the basis of ideologies and idea, not on the basis of age. You can be old, but you have got very young ideas. You can be very young, but you have very old ideas. You wake up and you only think of smoking bhang, drinking yourself senseless ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, we need to accept in a competition, there will be winners and losers. If you are defeated, then you bow out gracefully and allow the winner to continue. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Langat said structures need to be there. I was posing the question, do we need to duplicate? If we are going to have a county government and a Governor, do we have to build a new structure, when we have got the DC’s Office or PC’s office there? My view is that it would be a waste of resources. We should use the existing structures for the purposes of administration. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, there have been cases where people have been saying, “we will only accept this county, if the headquarters will be in this centre and the county assembly will be in another centre”. That will be duplication of resources. It will be very expensive. That is why we have to agree that we will make good use of the limited resources that we have at our disposal. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: I think I have addressed what was raised by hon. Mungatana; what will be in place when we go for elections. If we are only preoccupied at this moment with electioneering, we will forget the most important aspect of our duties; to set up structures for incoming Government. Immediately, after the next elections, things will change completely. We will have a Governor coming into an empty office. There is not even a clerk. There is not even a sweeper. We will start from the scratch. Our view is that we should begin to develop this capacity now so that when ... view