James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to this Bill. First of all, I wish to express my discomfort with an omnibus Bill of this nature. The Miscellaneous Amendment Bill is a vehicle through which, many times, legislations come through the back door and we live to regret it later on. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: It has been a standard practice in the Commonwealth and in Kenya that where a Bill deals with substantial portions of any legislation, it should be made through a separate substantive Bill instead of having an omnibus Bill which involves several Bills. For example, in this one, there are more than six or seven Bills which are dealt with at the same time. As they say, the devil is in the details. In a Bill of this nature, looking at the details becomes extremely difficult. In fact, I am in the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights and ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: amendments, for example, deletion and insertion. They are detailed and substantive amendments. In our fight against corruption, the procurement sector has come into focus. We need to fully understand the tenor and effects of these proposed amendments. Therefore, I hope that as we debate this Bill, in future, the National Assembly where these kinds of Bills come from will see it fit to ensure that where there are substantive amendments in relation to any particular Bill, they are made through separate Bills. For example, if you look at the preamble to this Bill, it reads: “An Act of Parliament to ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: forthcoming. I hope that the Committee will call those who are concerned with betting and gaming to explain what informed that decision. We cannot on one hand say that betting, lotteries and gaming are reprehensible activities while at the same time allow them in a way that only a certain sector of society will take part. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that the proposals by the Committee in this regard will be followed by the House when we go to the Committee stage so that these amendments are made appropriately. There is the amendment that is to be made in ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: and decide that today, we are making this minimum intervention; and that minimum is not defined? These provisions should be looked into carefully. If they are to be left the way they are, then the participation of the CoGs and counties should be provided for. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Section (m) is on the question of building capacities in urban governance, urban authorities, project management, resource mobilisation and monitoring. These are not just limited to policy; they are direct interventions and actions which intrude into some of the exclusive mandates and jurisdictions of the county entities. Therefore, I entirely agree with the Mover of the Bill that those provisions should be looked at carefully. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Coming to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, I am really hoping that the Senate, at one point or another – and I think I will probably take the responsibility, on my part – needs to look at this Act very carefully. This is where counties and procuring entities fail us. Together with it, juxtapose the Public Finance Management Act and amend them together. This is because if you amend one without looking at the other, you are at cross purposes, and then the budgeting process that you would find provisions in the Constitution--- The County Governments Act also ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Motion and particularly, thank the Committee led by the distinguished Senator for Homa Bay County. Generally, this Committee is doing very well. In fact, if you look at the reports we are dealing with, comparatively going to the past, we will be talking about reports of accounts of seven or eight years ago. I think we are catching up and this reporting omnibus is also enabling us to deal with these reports in a more effective manner and faster than we would normally do. I thank the Committee and ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: putting into effect our role of oversight and ensuring the people’s resources and revenue are not put to waste. Also, those who have the control of these appropriated funds are made accountable. Therefore, in doing this work the way they are doing, I hope that we, as a Senate, will continue to show that we are not protecting counties just by ensuring that they get more resources, but ensuring that the resources that go to counties are used in accordance with the directions of Parliament as a whole and more particularly, the Senate. While at it, there should be no ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: I would like us to remember what former President Kibaki did to ensure that those who managed public resources were able to do so at the places the resources were. That is the point at which we should stop corruption. This is because by dealing with the enemy when he or she has already struck is just getting involved in a recovery process. view