James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to support this Statement. Coming from the Senator for Taita-Taveta, I am reminded of an incident where, one time we went campaigning for votes there. The old men there told us that since we protect the animals more than the people, we should go to the park and campaign to the elephants to get votes from them. It is important for him to ask this question because Taita-Taveta has got enormous mineral wealth; probably unimaginable. All those who extract that wealth are the people who know how valuable that county is. This goes across ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason why Kenya went for devolution was not just sharing of political power. We are now talking a lot about sharing of political power and so on, but we do not hear so much about sharing of resources. In fact, in that report, there is a lot of input about sharing of resources including these types of resources. We are more focused on politics and the political power but when it comes to the things that really matter like resources, we do not concentrate. I thank Sen. Mwaruma for bringing this particular Statement because several Senators ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am worried about what has come from the Chair. The prosecutor may ask for a record of proceedings, because you are giving concurrence and corroboration that he has changed. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: May we declare that the Senator for Nandi is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow? view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, knowing what has happened in the last hour on other Business, I would have actually called upon the Mover to exercise Standing Order 54 and the guidance of the Speaker to withdraw this Bill from the Floor of the House. Look at how your authority is being undermined. We have passed many Bills, including those that have been brought here by the Senate Majority Leader, and messages have been sent across to the other House. I agree with The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. that the authority of this House is being undermined every day. There is something like compounding an offense; if we continue acting like nothing has happened, then we are compounding the infraction of Article 110(3) of the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appeal that the Speaker invokes Article 110(3) of the Constitution, for which we have proceedings before the Court. The current Constitution requires everybody and all the institutions to abide by the Constitution and the rule of law. The area of ethos, as covered in the Report of the BBI, is a repetition of ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Yes. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: At least there is one instance where the Senate Majority Leader has shown that he is fearless. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: What Sen. Wetangula is saying is that it should not be an isolated event. The time is now and we will support his position because it is the position of the House. With the concurrence of the Speaker, I think we can take this war where it belongs. 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
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view