Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are pursuing reforms beyond the Constitution. Work is going on with the Interim Independent Constitution Dispute Resolution Court which was established by an amendment to the Constitution to address disputes relating to the constitutional review process. The judges were appointed to this court by His Excellency the President on 6th January, 2010. They were sworn in on 15th January, 2010 and 26th February, 2010. The court has secured premises at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) and finalized its rules of procedure and registry. It has began receiving cases on the constitutional review process. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the voter registration and reform to the electoral process, the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) is currently undertaking a review of the voter registers, having undertaken voter registration between April and May view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have actually four because you said that Mr. Shakeel’s question was not a clarification. The Member for Yatta wanted a clarification about the visit of the Vice-President of the United States of America. The Vice-President of the United States of America is visiting our country at the invitation of our Government. So, he is our visitor. Being a visitor, we have accommodated him appropriately. However, sometimes, visitors have certain privileges which are accorded to them by their hosts. It is the responsibility of the host country to provide maximum security to the visitor. The visitor, of ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not imply that anybody who is not wearing green colour is opposing the draft. Even Mr. Speaker is in red. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: However, I just want to say that I am green outside and green inside. I am not a watermelon. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure hon. Yakub that this Swahili version of the Draft Constitution is already in the process of being distributed. There will be sufficient copies distributed. Also additional copies of the English version have been printed and sufficient copies are available. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I also want Members to understand really, this animal called civic education. Kenyans are not starting from the scratch. Civic education about Constitution has been done in this country for a long time. Prof. Yash Pal Ghai Commission started first by giving people civic education about the Constitution itself. What does the current Constitution say? How does the Constitution affect your life? That was a very comprehensive exercise before they went on to collect views of the people about the kind of the Constitution that they wanted. So, by the time Kenyans were giving their views about the Constitution, they ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to hon. Dr. Kones concern, there are usually several projects in the Budget, some of which are never implemented because the preparations were not on time. Rather than return those funds back to the Treasury, those funds are usually diverted to meet other more needy projects. I am not in a position to state clearly here which those projects were. But I am just saying that we were able through some savings within the Budget to divert funds in order to fund the Constitutional review process. view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Hon. Sambu is concerned just like many other Kenyans are concerned about some hate speeches; hate speeches coming through public rallies, pulpits, print and electronic media, which have the effect of trying to incite the population against each other. Those kind of speeches are banned. That is the reason we set up the National Cohesion and Integration Commission. That Commission has started working. It has issued some very stern warnings to Kenyans in general to desist from issuing statements which could have the effect of inciting communities against communities. They have identified particularly, vernacular radio stations as some of the ... view
• 9 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not even know that there is a Motion. Thank you for making that clarification. I wanted to say that it defeats any logic for the ruling to be made at this time when the case was filed over a draft which was defeated in a Referendum in 2005. But, be that view