Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 831 to 840 of 1732.

• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Mbadi wanted to know the steps that are being taken to reinforce the force that is being deployed by the Government to police the forest. It is not because the force is inadequate in strength or in terms of capacity, equipment and so on, it is more because of laxity or in terms of indiscipline, particularly with regard to one particular force. We have a multi-sectoral force in the forest; we have forest guards, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers and the Administration Police in the area. Where we have seen weakness or laxity, we ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Mungatana was concerned about the Water Towers Trust Fund. He rightly said that the Fund was gazetted in August. We have just begun the month of November and I think it is too premature to begin talking about profit and so on. To my knowledge, I do not think that people have been recruited apart from the skeleton staff initially. I had mentioned that the Government had initially put Kshs2 billion to start the Fund and an appeal has gone out to various donors to contribute towards the Fund. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, knowing the bureaucracy within the donor ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sitting next to the Minister for Lands. So, I do not need it. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Let me begin with the last question of the hon. Member. First, I never said, and I could never have said, that the lives of those Kenyans were inconsequential. What I said was that I did not know the cause of death. I said that many people die on a daily basis in this country. That is all I said. The hon. Member did not adduce any evidence to show that the deaths were associated with the Mau Forest. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Regarding the second question that the hon. Member has raised, we are in a new constitutional dispensation. Kenya has started a new journey. Kenya was born anew on 4th August, 2010, when the people voted overwhelmingly to approve the new Constitution. We have said that we want to implement this Constitution to the letter. Therefore, the hon. Member has nothing to worry about. What I am concerned about is trying to personalise this exercise. We are not doing this to punish any particular individual, least of all former President, Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. So, I want to use this opportunity ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Baiya asked the question regarding carbon trading and what arrangements the Government had made in order to do a trade off to get the carbon credit for the work that is being done in the Mau. I would like to invite the hon. Member to understand that carbon trading is a very complicated matter. It is not as simple as the hon. Member might think. Until presently, it was not possible to claim carbon credits when you were trying to afforestate an area which was not a forest before 1997. The area we are dealing ... view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to inform the hon. Member that a Statement is coming tomorrow to the House regarding that topic. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 3 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to give an assurance and inform the hon. Member that there is commitment to uplift the standards of soccer in this country. It is a pity that every weekend Kenyan youths and people spend more time watching the English Premier League of the United Kingdom (UK) and that they know more about Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal and so on. They know who is leading in the English Premier League and yet, know nothing about Ulinzi, Sofapaka, Mahakama, AFC or Gor Mahia. So, the Government would like to see the Kenya national team go ... view