Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 931 to 940 of 1732.

• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Dr. Khalwale wanted to know what the Government is doing to avert a repeat of the 2005 Referendum when our Cabinet was split right in the middle leading to the violent referendum of that year. I want to say that unlike 2005-- - view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Dr. Khalwale wanted to know what the Government is doing to avert a repeat of the 2005 Referendum when our Cabinet was split right in the middle during the violent Referendum of 2005. The Referendum of 2005 was not violent. Secondly, I want it to be known that unlike 2005, this Draft Constitution was prepared by the Committee of Experts (CoE) based on the input by the people of this country. When this House endorsed the Draft Constitution, the President and the Prime Minister were present in this House and they both stood up here to endorse ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Once that had been done, the President has been on record publicly declaring full support for this Draft Constitution. The Prime Minister has done likewise. A number of other Ministers, including the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, the Minister for Energy, the Minister for Industrialization, Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, Minister for Lands and Minister for Medical Services just to mention but a few, have been on record publicly endorsing this Draft Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 2005, ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Dr. Khalwale asked why we cannot advise the clergy in our negotiations that there is still a window open even after the referendum. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had said I was not going to divulge the content of our negotiations. However, now that hon. Dr. Khalwale has pointed to one of the areas we have been addressing, I want to confirm to the House that we have made it clear to the clergy that the referendum is not the end of the world. Constitution making is a process. It is not an event. This is going to be one stage. We will have a new Constitution. Then the process of changing it will start. If you remember the American Constitution making, within ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: But we are not opening negotiations with a view to saying that we want to delay the process. I have said that the process cannot be delayed unless you just want to completely scuttle it and we have no Constitution. I am sure the hon. Member fully understands this fact. If you read the Constitution of Kenya Review Act together with Section 47(A) of the Constitution, it is impossible to stop this process at this stage. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Magerer was concerned about untruths which are being peddled by some hon. Members out there. I know that in ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Some hon. Members have also said that people will own a maximum of one acre of land. This is also propaganda. However, I would like to assure the hon. Member that civic education will start soon. The referendum will be preceded by civic education where members of the public will be taken through the Draft Constitution, particularly the contentious issues so that they fully understand the implications and do not just live on the propaganda food fed to them by politicians. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Eng. Maina wanted to know what will happen if there is a 51 – 49 ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Dr. Nuh actually revisited the question that had been asked by Eng. Maina, about an almost 50-50 vote. The way the law stands right now, it is a 50 plus one which is required for a “Yes Vote” to pass and vice versa. So, in as far as the law is concerned, there is totally nothing wrong with that. It will basically only show that Kenyans are almost evenly divided, but, at least, one side weighs slightly more than the other. He also was concerned about a possible low turn-out at the referendum. In ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: The members of the public have not fully understood that the last register was scrapped and that it went home with the last Electoral Commission of Kenya. Therefore, there is need for every person to register afresh. The impression that I have received from the field is that, that matter has not been fully understood. So, I will really urge the Members of Parliament to use this time to urge their constituents to turn-up and register. We hope that we will get a reasonable number of people registering by the close of the exercise. Hon. Linturi was concerned about education ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Bw. Naibu Spika, ningeomba Mbunge wa Cherangany--- view