James Orengo

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• 7 Nov 2019 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
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I apologise for interrupting. Congratulations for being in the Chair. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Kang‟ata is the Deputy Majority Whip. He is supposed to lead in many ways, including educating us on the Standing Orders. This Statement is made under Standing Order 51. I think he should leave the Chamber early to go and read that Standing Order, and come and give us a written answer tomorrow. view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: Is he in order to continue to be of disorderly conduct, because the Statement was made in accordance with the Standing Order? view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, let me thank Sen. Mwaura. Let me take note of the fact that Sen. Mwaura is a very distinguished Kenyan and parliamentarian in the two terms he has been in Parliament. It is not without significance that he has served both in the National Assembly and the Senate. In those two terms, he has distinguished himself as a fighter for justice. That fight for justice is not related to any particular group; it is related to the entire objectives, which are spelt out in the vision that is found in the preamble of the Kenyan Constitution. So, ... view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: India, I think most Muslims in the world are found in India. Then we have the Hindus and, of course, the other religions. view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: It is a fairly conservative country in terms of matters of this nature. When I saw that number of people, I thought we are so unkind to God‟s creation. We are so selfish. We think about ourselves the way we look and anybody who does not look like us is an abnormal person. In fact, this is the very basis of racism; that if you are not black, then you are not part of my space. If you are a white man and a white Caucasian, then you are alien or foreign. The way we relate to those who look ... view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I particularly liked a meeting which was held in Asia. Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura is right that what we are doing is kind of historic, but there have been many conferences bringing together intersex people or of international organisations. If I am correct, I think there was a significant one which was held in Malta in 2013. view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: Recently, just last year in February, 2018, there was a conference in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the first Asian intersex forum. I like the resolutions they came up with. They said the following in the preamble to those resolutions.” “We affirm that intersex people are real.” They are real in the form in which they are. That is why I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura, that we should accept them in the form in which they are and recognise that as part of humanity, without exception and distinction. view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when you go to antiquity, the incidents in old Greece and old Rome of antiquity, not the times of Julius Caesar, I am talking about 5,000 or 6,000 years ago, there were some divinities who were intersex. They were regarded as very powerful. It is just like the image of God; we do not really think of God as either male or female. I mean, God created us in His own image. The Church, as opposed to the Scripture, has behaved as if God having been said to have created man in his own image, then that ... view
• 7 Nov 2019 in Senate: If there was no stigma and we had done a lot more public awareness, the population of people who can be referred to as intersex are a lot more than what came out in the census. Probably after this legislation, it may be a way of encouraging them to come out. In the region, we live in a continent and society that is really conservative even on simple things and realities that people should accept. In parts of Malawi, Tanzania and even here in Kenya, there are people who believe in witchcraft. We still have got quite a bit of ... view