Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 741 to 750 of 1732.

• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the questions by Mr. Mbadi and Mr. Chachu were identical and they relate to the mandate of the taskforce vis-a-vis Parliament. The way that we have operated in the past is that most legislation originates from the Executive and then comes to Parliament. What the Minister for Local Government has done is to set up a taskforce consisting of experts on devolution. Those experts are going to go round the country collecting views from people and professionals and prepare a memorandum which will be translated into a Sessional Paper. That paper will finally come to this ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Njuguna wanted to know the status of CDF. There are several other devolved funds. There is also LATF and bursary fund but since the new Constitution clearly wants to ensure that the Executive has its role as well as the Legislature; that Parliament makes laws and the Executive implements the laws, the devolved funds will all go to the county governments. The county government is going to be the one that is going to use those funds for purposes of development in the counties. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Baiya wondered why I decided to talk about devolution. That does not mean that we are neglecting any other aspect of the Constitution that needs to be implemented. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: We are doing many other things as you can see. We are dealing with issues of judicial reforms. We have just set up the Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) and it is going to initiate the process--- It will be in charge of the implementation process of the Constitution. However, the aspect of devolution that I brought before the House is something that has to do with the responsibilities of hon. Members as leaders in the country. That is why I brought this aspect here for discussion. It is not that I was trying to transform Parliament ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Ogindo talked about time lines and that is going to come out of the report of the taskforce. But let me say now - as I conclude - that we have a strong and good Constitution. This Constitution is going to transform the lives of the people of this country. That will only happen if we are able to anchor this Constitution properly. We had a good Constitution from Lancaster House. That Constitution was bastardized by Parliament. It is important that this Parliament does not become like the First Parliament; that this Parliament protects the provisions of this Constitution ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: In that Parliament, so many amendments were introduced in the Lancaster House Constitution. Sometimes, they were able to change it within a matter of hours and say: “Parliament is sovereign; we have the power to change it and we are changing it today!” I am quoting one hon. Member. If you go to the HANSARD of 1982, you will see who that Member of Parliament was. They changed it. They introduced Section 2A. The rest is now history. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, they introduced detention without trial upon the first appointment. They did away with devolution around that time. That ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member would wish to know that in the Government we have given Ministries responsibilities to generate policies which are relevant to them. Within the Government, a devolved Central Government falls under the Ministry of Local Government. That is the reason the Ministry of Local Government has been given the responsibility to do this. The structure of devolution itself is in the Constitution. In other words, the Ministry of Local Government is not dealing with the structure, but how to operationalise that structure. That is the responsibility of the task force. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to make a Statement on the new dimensions of international terrorism. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our country suffered yet another act of terrorism last Monday. A Russian F1 hand grenade exploded while being carried by a passenger who was undergoing inspection while boarding a Kampala bound bus. The passenger in question is of Tanzanian nationality. He was killed by the explosion. The casualties included 22 Kenyans, five Ugandans, four Sudanese, six Burundians and one Tanzanian. Two victims remain unknown. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the threat of terrorism has been alive in our country since the early 1970s. ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Lari wanted to know about a Kampala bound bus that was arrested at the Busia Border, whether any Kenyans were arrested and what has happened to them so far. That issue was responded to by the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security in the House and he gave the full details. I am not in a position to give those details right now. Hon. Kapondi wanted to know about funding of our security agencies to make them more effective in dealing with these issues. I want him to know that ... view