James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Feb 2020 in Senate: 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
• 10 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is another time, about seven years ago, I was also shocked when he was taken to Nairobi Hospital I think for about two weeks. As I went in there, one of his sons John Mark came and told me: “ Mzee wants to see you.” So, I went back and spent about 20 minutes with him alone and he asked me a lot of questions. I never thought that he would have time and space to talk to me because we fought so hard against him at the time. We are mourning a statesman, a Pan-Africanist ... view
• 10 Feb 2020 in Senate: 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
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my understanding, according to the directions you had given, it is that once the Governor’s case is closed, the County Assembly will proceed to make their closing statement. They cannot now respond to a case which was being put forward by the Governor. The case that we have just heard from the Governor was in response to their case. In all fairness, we should go to the closing statements. The County Assembly should go first, followed by the Governor. The only direction that you need to make is whether the County Assembly has a right of reply ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Gathenji should not put on record something false and inaccurate. Mr. Gathenji is not a senior counsel. We have only three senior counsels in this Chamber, and they are on this side of the House. view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Looking at the rules, there is some justification from what has been said by Senior Counsel, Sen. Omogeni as well as what the Senate Majority Leader has said. The only confusion that is arising is that the counsels for the Governor have termed what they are doing now as a preliminary objection. However, what I understood them to be doing is making a response to the case that has been laid out by the County Assembly. view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: 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
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: If they are presenting or reacting to the case that has been presented by the County Assembly, then the Governor should not be shut out. There is going to be another opportunity when the closing statements are going to be made. Each party will only have 60 minutes each to close which is a very short time. The advocates for the Governor are doing the right thing but calling it the wrong name. For example, in the preliminary objection, the advocates say that we have no jurisdiction; they should not be heard saying anything else other than talk of the ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is the point that I have been trying to press. I said that the best procedure is to read the charges and proceed to voting. We cannot have a situation where somebody is moving the Motion without urging the Motion. If the Senate Majority Leader has conflict, he should have surrendered to somebody else to move the Motion. The Senate Majority Leader should be calling and urging the House. However, he cannot go contrary to the Motion because this is a House of decorum and integrity. Whereas I agree with everything ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I equally agree that we have been given is a constitutional and statutory task, both in terms of the Constitution of Kenya and the County Governments Act. Therefore, I am fully in agreement because the decision we are going to make will either affirm the elections that were held in 2017 for the position of governorship of Kiambu County Government or upset the decision that was made by the people of Kiambu. So, it is a weighty decision because the consequence of the decision we are going to make will overturn the votes that the people of ... view