James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: Having said that, I want to remind the House that the county assembly is a constitutional body. It is not a statutory body; it is a constitutional body, just like the 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: Senate. I want to add that if you look at Article 176 of the County Governments Act in relation the composition of the county government, it says that there shall be a county government of each county consisting of the county assembly and the county executive. In the hierarchy of our constitutional architecture, it is the body that represents the people that is higher. Just like in the order of hierarchy of the Constitution, Parliament comes before the Executive and the Judiciary. So, when a constitutional body approaches another constitutional body, there is a legal principle; the principle of committee ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: This is what they had to say on the burden of proof. They said that the burden of proof shifts throughout a trial. That once somebody has made an allegation, then it is the other side now to provide a rebuttal. You are required to make a rebuttal. view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: The county assembly brought a series of allegations, which should have been rebutted. Now, I am amazed. In fact, one of the things that I have found very unfortunate – and I really wanted to be of assistance – is that however much you discount the evidence that has been brought by the county assembly, there was no rebuttal at all. You cannot invent that evidence; it cannot exist in your mind, because that would not be useful. There is a process under which the Standing Orders say that we should conduct the proceedings. When one side has presented evidence, ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: Now, when you have been charged with such a serious offence, the first thing that you do when you read the charges is to collect the evidence to rebut the evidence that has been made available before you. That is why under our rules, we are required to give the other side that evidence that has been presented to the Senate. They are given the entire evidence, so that, that evidence can now be rebutted either through the hearing or in the documents that have been filed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I found this case to be very unfortunate because under ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: I know that some people can be very happy being in Mombasa and in Naivasha. We support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in Mombasa and in Naivasha, you go--- Here, you have got to take a stand for posterity, and in accordance with the rules. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I am saying in support of this Motion, is that the Senate does not have a case to present; the Senate does not have a case to rebut. Ours is to hear the evidence that has been brought before us. I agree with Sen. Wako and Sen. Omogeni that we need ... view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Leader has finished in a very high note; when it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it is a duck. Did you realize that at the end of his presentation, he did not move? Just that word; so, the duck--- view
• 29 Jan 2020 in Senate: No, no, he did not move. view
• 28 Jan 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Jan 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we had no notice of this application that is being made. We did not have it in our documents. The notice we have in the application raises four issues. Since we are time bound in the work we are doing, if we are going to have preliminary objections one after the other, and suppose each is going to take 30 minutes, if we go by Standing Order No.13, would it not be better for the counsel for the Governor to give indication how many preliminary applications he is going to make? view