Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 811 to 820 of 1732.

• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You have rightly said in the days when you were practising law. This country has gone through an evolution. There was a time when we had a policy of protecting infant industries in our country. When you opened a factory in this country and you could produce to satisfy the local market, you could apply for protection and you would be--- view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will take from hon. Imanyara. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know about law, but I am talking about business. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was an opinion and not a point of order. We have gone through an evolution. We reached a stage where we said that we must remove the incubator because that was a period of incubation, when we were trying to bring up Kenyan entrepreneurs. A time reached when protection against imports was removed when the economy was liberalized. So, a number of companies survived and some collapsed. I know that there are certain privileges that if you want to get, for example, exemption from taxes for a certain period of time, you cannot get them unless ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to issue a progress report on the conservation and restoration of the Mau Forest Complex. As Members already know, the Mau Forest Complex is the largest closed canopy forest ecosystem in Kenya. The complex comprises of 22 forest blocks. When gazetted in 1932, its total area was 452,000 hectares. Between 1932 and 2001, approximately 35,000 hectares were excised. In 2001, an additional 61,000 hectares were excised. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: The current gazetted area, therefore, is 324,955 hectares. Within the remaining gazetted area, approximately 65,477 hectares have been settled. The gazetted area that is not settled, therefore, is now down to 289,000 hectares. This is a loss of 36 per cent since this complex was first gazetted in 1932. The forest complex is the largest as I have said of the five water towers in Kenya and the single most important water catchment in the Rift Valley and western Kenya. Through its ecological services, the Mau supports key economic sectors, including tea, energy and tourism. The Government began replanting the ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: The Government is also working on the resettlement of families that moved out of the Embobut Forest in Marakwet. Additional funding will be required for the resettlement of families that will evacuate the critical water catchments during the Phase IV and V to be implemented in 2011. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have detailed the interventions that the Government is making in the Mau Forest in this small document which I will table. Copies of this document will be available to all hon. Members in their pigeon holes, so that they can see the progress that we have made, where we are and where we want to go. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has identified parcels of land to resettle the people affected in Phase II and III. As I said, Treasury has been instructed to avail funds for the purchase of the said land. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you. view