James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have seen where we come from. Sometimes we endlessly blame the courts, the DPP and sometimes the EACC. The problem lies with those who are given these monies to spend. It is at that place where this money is being spent that strict application of the law should be executed to make sure we do not go through this rigmarole year after year. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: The success of the counties or the devolved system will depend on how they manage their resources. All around, if you talk to the ordinary person in the streets and the villages, they are not particularly happy about how their resources are being spent. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while we do not want the devolved systems and the counties to be destroyed on account of governors and county governments not doing what they should, but the governors and the county governments, including the county assemblies, must also make sure that at that end, they spend the resources the way they should. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: The governors and their representatives in the executive should also try to be humble. When governors want to replicate their counties as small fiefdoms by replicating 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 Nov 2019 in Senate: what they see at the national level, this is the beginning of power getting into the minds of people at that level. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will end it there. As a word of encouragement to the Chairperson Sen. M Kajwang’ and his team, I appreciate their work. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I also wish to thank Sen. (Dr.) Langat for bringing this very important Motion to the House. It shows that we are one as country. The fact that Sen. (Dr.) Langat from Bomet County thought about the tribulations of the people in West Pokot County, that is a demonstration that when we have national problems and disasters, we must be patriotic and think as a nation especially we Members of the Senate. I know that the Senator for West Pokot County is not here for a good reason. Madam Temporary Speaker, climate change and global warming are ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: they go to a place like West Pokot County, it must be in an organised fashion. There must be activity to be seen. The first responders should be people like the police, the army and fire fighters among others and they must be trained at both the county and the national level. We should not be parading them during national holidays, but we see very few of them when it comes to national disasters. The Deputy President looked a lonely figure and looked helpless in a private helicopter. Could we have state resources taken there? This is a question that ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: This is because they are taxpayers, they are Kenyans and must get the services of the national Government when a situation like that happens in that part of the country. Thank you, Sen. (Dr.) Langat, for bringing this Motion. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We need some clarity in this matter. If you were here in the last Senate, there were people like Professor Anyang’ Nyong’o, who were dressed in this kind of attire, and issues arose. He was allowed to dress in the category of dressing which the Standing Order that you read categorises as religious attire or such other dressing as may be approved by the Speaker from time to time. Where we are getting it wrong is that we should go back to the rulings that the Speaker has made, which has ... view