Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 761 to 770 of 1732.

• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we referred that issue to the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. This is the subject of the Question by hon. Shebesh, which I hope hon. Ojode has undertaken to respond to next week. view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I addressed this House last Wednesday--- view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I was saying before I was interrupted by the hon. Member for Ikolomani, when I talked about the threats posed to our nation by drug trafficking and other aspects of serious and view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Mungatana asked about the agreements which have been signed between the Government of Kenya and other governments, and whether the agreements have been brought to the House for approval. He further quoted Section 69 of the Penal Code, which says that, any person within Kenyan territorial waters, or upon the high seas, who commits any act of piracy view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: is guilty of the offence of piracy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir that section was actually quoted by the parties to the suit in the case that has just been cited. The judge’s own view was that this provision, or section, is inconsistent with Section 5 of the Penal Code to the extent that it includes the high seas in respect of where the acts of piracy jure jentium are committed. Section 5 confers on the Kenyan courts jurisdiction over all matters under the Penal Code. All those matters were canvassed during the hearing of this particular case but the learned ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member should be specific because Kenya is a signatory to the International Maritime Organization. So, he should tell us which specific convention Kenya has not signed and we will be able to deal with it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Kapondi wanted to know the capacity of our navy to defend our territorial waters. He wondered why our navy is not able to effectively deal with this menace. I want to assure him that our navy has got the full capacity to deal with this matter. However, the national waters are very expansive. We ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: That is why we need global collaboration in this matter. That is the reason we got navies from NATO, Indian navies, and Chinese warships are all there, involved in this activity of trying to control the piracy menace. It requires a concerted effort. We are grateful to all these countries, who are working together with our own navy, in order to deal with this menace that is called piracy. Hon. C. Kilonzo wanted to know why the air force is not involved. I would like to confirm to him that our air force is actively involved in patrolling our territorial ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: The hon. Member for Tharaka wanted to know if piracy money is finding its way into our economy. Yes, the fear is that part of the piracy money might be finding its way into our economy here. There are some very artificial indicators in our economy. For example, you will notice that the property prices within the Nairobi City have skyrocketed. There are people who are coming to pay cash dollars to buy property in several parts of this City. This matter is being dealt with by the security agencies of our country. So, I do not want to deny, ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker I would like to invite the hon. Member to listen very carefully when I am responding. First, the pirates do not come from Kenya. They come from outside our territorial waters. He should know that the territorial waters are very expansive. We are talking in terms of 200 nautical miles inside the sea from the coast. But these activities are not confined to our territorial waters. They go right up down to the Gulf of Aden; that is where it starts coming down and it goes several kilometers. Some ships have been hijacked 300 kilometres off the coast; ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: The hon. Member for Lari wanted to know the protection the Government is giving to the Kenyan youths so that they are not drafted into this activity of piracy. The Government is very much alert and it is aware that attempts have been made to recruit Kenyan youths into this negative activity but most of them have been nipped in the bud. The Government is also warning Kenyans that piracy is a very dangerous undertaking. In the end, it does not pay and, therefore, we have warned our youths to desist from any temptation to be drafted into this negative ... view