Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1732.

• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that the matter, as the hon. Member admits, has come before this House and the Minister did give a response. The hon. Member may know that the hon. Minister was invited by KACC to answer some questions, and that investigations are ongoing. I want to assure this House that this Government does not condone acts of corruption, even by Ministers. view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Could the hon. Member, please, give me time? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to be on record here saying that we will not condone acts of corruption whether by the Ministers, the Prime Minister or the President. Action will be taken against any individual who will be found to have engaged in corrupt practices. view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Having said that, I would like to add the following; let us allow the institutions that we have established here in this country to do their work. This House is doing its work and I am on record as having said that Parliament has a very important duty to do; oversight work. I have also said that there are other institutions which are charged with the responsibility of carrying out professional investigations. We should also apply the same standards that we demand of the Executive, as Members of Parliament. I assure this House that action will be taken against any ... view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has actually answered his own question. That is because he says that the Report view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform the hon. Member that investigations were already carried out with regard to the award of the RVR contract. So this is an issue--- view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Nyamweya has now been in the House for a long time and he should understand the Standing Orders of the House! view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to inform the hon. Member that with regard to the award of contract to RVR, it was not just the Government of Kenya affair. It was a joint affair which also involved the Government of the Republic of Uganda. The matter has been investigated and appropriate remedial actions have been taken with regard to that particular contract. view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very much in order! It is not the first time that, that question has been asked here. I said that with regard to those two Ministers, there was already a report that was out. There was a report by the internal audit with regard to the Ministry of Education and there was a PriceWaterHouseCoopers Report regarding the maize contract which had mentioned, for example, the Minister for Agriculture. That is why I asked them to step aside. I did the view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya; not the Prime Minister of ODM. view
• 24 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Members of the Cabinet know that when it comes to discharging my duties, I do not discriminate that these Ministers are from my side of the Coalition and the others are from the other side of the Coalition. They will tell you so! I have said that I deal with each case on its own merit; the way it is. If the hon. Member may be in the partisan cocoon; I am not. I will act in accordance with the Oath that I took to discharge my duty to defend and protect the Constitution of this country. I have ... view