Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 821 to 830 of 1732.

• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Dr. Khalwale has talked about poor evictees who were evicted in Phase II. I said that the restoration of this Complex is divided into five phases. Phase I is what we call Likia and Marioshoni which were excised but were never settled. They were repossessed and rehabilitation work commenced immediately. Phase II is the South West Mau. This is still a gazetted forest area. In other words, the people who were asked to move out were those who were moved inside a gazetted national forest. They had cut trees, ploughed the forest and constructed shelter. These ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other people that the hon. Member has talked about are in Phases III and IV. In my Statement, I have said clearly what the Government plans to do when we reach at that stage. That is where we are right now. So, we could not have dealt with those people because they were not in Phase II that had been affected. Those under Phase II were people who had moved inside gazetted forest. There are others who are in forests excised by the previous regime and title deeds were issued to those people although they ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Konchella wanted to know how much money is from the donors. I do not know why the hon. Member did not listen to my Statement because I stated very clearly the sums which have been donated by various donors. However, for the hon. Member’s information, I said that the USAID had provided Kshs18 million for survey and demarcation of forest boundaries in Trans-Mara and South West Mau. The European Union (EU) had approved Euros2.3 million and the USAID is also implementing a US$7 million project which is known as pro-Mara in support of rehabilitation of ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Konchella also talked about the task force recommendations. The task force was set up after a consultative meeting that the Government held with all the stakeholders in the Mau Complex. The task force spent quite a bit of time moving around to consult the affected people. Thereafter they prepared a report and submitted it. The hon. Member has tabled the report. However, for his information that report was tabled in this House debated and approved by the House. Thereafter the Government set up a Secretariat to implement the recommendations contained in that task force report. That is what we ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I table this correspondence in order to substantiate what I am saying today and to say that what has been said in the past is, to the best of my knowledge, incorrect. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: The hon. Member has tabled a list of people who have died. People die in the whole of this country on a daily basis. So, I do not know what point the hon. Member was trying to make here. We are conscious of the fact that there is need to help the other people who are needy, and this is what the Government is doing right now. This is an issue which should not be politicised. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some hon. Members have made it their responsibility to use the Mau as their fighting shield that they keep on ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have understood and that is the reason why I am making this Statement. I explained the steps that the Government is taking and we are considering some of these people as landless people, just like we also consider the IDPs landless. The Internally Displaced Persons have also been on the streets longer. Why is he not talking about these IDPs? view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you are talking about people who are landless, there are some other people who were evicted from Mt. Kenya Forest and who have been on the sides of the roads for nearly ten years! view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: What I am trying to say is that let us not try to use this for cheap political campaign. The way you are talking about “our people,” I want the hon. Member to understand that every Kenyan matters. To me, it does not matter whether he is a Giriama, a Pokomo, an El- Molo, a Turkana, a Somali, a Mkamba or a Jaluo for that matter; they are Kenyans! view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: We will deal with them as Kenyans. Therefore, let us, in this national august House, be true representatives of the people of Kenya. view