James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to second this Motion. As has rightly been pointed out, the power to impeach is with the county assembly. The Senate has no role at all in the power to impeach, but the power as an impeachment court lies with the Senate. The trial actually takes places in the Senate. These two powers are divided between two constitutional bodies; the county assembly and the Senate. This is a demonstration that issues concerning impeachment are considered serious enough to the extent that constitutional bodies are the ones which are assigned to ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: national level. The President knows that certain tools can be used and that they are effective because there are people in the highest offices who have been dealt with in accordance with the law. In the State of Rio De Janerio, we are told, that three successive governors are serving jail terms leave alone the issues of impeachment. In Kenya, we must use these tools effectively to ensure that accountability is invoked whenever possible. However, at the end of the day, it should not be a matter of politics. That is why our history is good because we have tended ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what you have said is so germane. I want to convince my colleagues that Senate is a very important institution. You cannot just bring papers and throw them around the Senate. Even in a court of law, you cannot do that. I cannot go to a court of law and say that I cannot produce Sen. Wetangula because he is in hospital. The court will expect me to do more than that. More importantly, I remember when the issue of the powers of the Prime Minister and the President were in contention on the question of ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Very well, Senior Counsel, Sen. Orengo. You have said what I was trying to say in many words. I cannot be the one who sits here to preside over this House, trying to manufacture an injunction against itself, which is not there. In the first place, there is no injunction against the Senate. As we speak, there is no injunction served on us. I am a Lawyer, and I write so many letters. My letters are just letters. You cannot bring a letter here and say there is a court order. That is a lawyer’s letter. I cannot be the ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Two hours! view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also wish to commend the Senator for Kericho for bringing this important Motion in which we are celebrating our own sons and daughters. Mr. Eliud Kipchoge is no longer just a champion. He has become a phenomenon. He is rising to be a great statesman by his utterances whenever he speaks before or after winning races. He is a phenomenon because as I travelled last week, almost everywhere I went to people were talking about him even before the race. In fact, outside Kenya and East Africa, he is, probably, the best known ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: the feat established by Mr. Eliud Kipchoge. However, he has become so good that he is not racing against fellow humans. He has done that many times and proven himself. He has proved that a person can race against time and win. He won that race against time. I hope that some of us in fighting the various problems that we have in the country, will not just fight in order to resolve them. We should always have the issue of time at our back because it never waits. Mr. Eliud Kipchoge has proved that in instances where human excel, ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Yes. Thank you for reminding me. We simply took the best Kenyans for the races and they won. There was a particular point in time when I thought that the Ethiopians would beat us because they are also good at marathons. We have people like Abebe Bikila, Haile Gebrselassie and many other men and women. It was always a contest between Kenyans and Ethiopians and Eritreans at times. We also had a famous Ugandan marathoner called Kiprotich. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: I am simply saying that we should copy what is happening in the world of athletics by simply taking the best people for the races. They have shown that they can do it and they are doing it for Kenya. The only time we seem to be unanimous that we have great Kenyans out there is when these young men and women do us proud by simply winning the races. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: In the world of politics and public service, we are disgrace because we never take the best. I think Kenyans can do better even in the world of public service just as we do very well in athletics. That is not to take away at all anything that these great Kenyans have done to make us celebrate across the country. Sen. Wetangula talked about Brigid Kosgei breaking Radcliffe’s marathon record. There was a time people thought that that record would never be beaten because it stood for a very long time. Hardly two days after she broke the record, Brigid ... view