James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 4273.

• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having made those points, although I am one of the persons who is not happy with what has happened in Nairobi, if my opinion was sought, I would have done it just a little differently, especially on the area of public participation which should have come before. The fault line is that reading this Act, it does not say so. In fact, Section 29 that my learned friend, Sen. Murkomen, referred to comes after the substantive Section 26. Of course the law must be read holistically. In fact, it says that public participation under this Part ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: The other fault line is that when there is transfer of power from the national Government to a county government, it is the National Assembly which is informed. When it is from the county government to the national Government, again it is the National Assembly which is informed. There is nothing about the Senate. So, there are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: three Articles of the Constitution which seem not to be in consistence because if the President was exercising powers for the suspension of the county government, the role of the Senate is set out clearly in that regard. Even during impeachment, the role of the Senate is set out clearly. In this regard, the role is not properly set out in this Act. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: If this matter is taken before a committee, my view is that, looking at this Act, the Committee should juxtapose it with the County Governments Act, which requires the Senate to play an important role. When the Senate is involved, the decision of the President can be vetoed any time. Under these provisions, we do not have those powers. So, it is the fault line in this legislation that we should look at. Having said that, my last point would be for the future and the public out there. Being the Governor of Nairobi, a Governor of a City like ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: We have to think very carefully next time when electing people to head these county entities. I am saying this--- view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: I am not commenting about the person who is there. I am talking about the City. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Any country can make a choice. In Ukraine, we have a comedian who won the election. Probably I do not have the proper word. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: They come in every way. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what choice would you have in dealing with the question we have in Nairobi if you had to exercise the law? Would you rather suspend the entire county government, impeach the Governor or keep quiet and say let Nairobi County burn? In this circumstances, anybody who was acting rationally had to look for a manner or a way of dealing with the problems in Nairobi so that people can get services. Part of the difficulty that created this problem, and you made a very comprehensive ruling here was people trying to ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I like people who, even if not well informed, when you get well informed, then you do the right thing. People are getting more informed because when addressing issues about the problems and when a vacancy arises--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Part of the problem is what we are dealing with now. We are dealing with it by verbalizing our frustrations. The courts could have made a proper ruling. There are things sometimes which happen that they go a bit out of the way and not like fully as you did. For the Nairobi County Government case, I fully support this agreement. Both the Senate Speaker and the President were passengers who were just watching. The partners there were the Governor, one of his Member of the County Executive Committee, the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) ... view