James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Kshs3,000. If Members of the Committee did not visit the prison, he would have suffered for one or two more years. The late Kenneth Matiba had climbed Mt. Kenya and Mt. Everest, but he was imprisoned. I plead that we have a positive approach like the Committee did. We should have a prison system that emphasises reforms, so that people who are taken to prisons go through a reform process and come out as people who are ready to play their part in building the nation. We should not make prisons places where people go and expire. I was imprisoned ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when the Chairperson of the CPAIC was talking I picked that there was governor who wrote a dossier and after submitting it, he said he had nothing more to add. That is a governor who is completely misled. The powers that have been cited by Sen. Wetangula under Article 125(1) talks about Parliament or any of its committees having the powers to summon any person; and that refers to even the President. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: The CPAIC can summon the President because looking at the definition of who a person is from all the statute books; that person is a biological person. The Committee can call any person of any nationality to appear for purpose of giving evidence and providing information. It is not the information that they choose to give, but it is the information that a Committee of Parliament wants from them or that particular governor. I, therefore, urge the CPAIC to use some teeth and bite hard. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. It is good to mention the work of the Committees and what they have done. Indeed, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve was in the process of giving a report about the work done by the Committee on Education. However, it was going to be a very long story and we have only an hour. Madam Temporary Speaker, Standing Order 52(1) is futuristic; it does not give an account of what you have done. It deals with what is coming next week. That is the intention of Standing Order 52(1). Otherwise, if it was Standing ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: On a point of order Madam Temporary Speaker. Yesterday, the Speaker gave specific directions and the adjournment was to allow consultations. Thereafter, on resumption of this debate, it was agreed that an amendment will be made to the Motion. I plead with the Chair that it is about time that we deal with that amendment because the Motion as it is was bringing a lot of controversy that just seeing the names as they are and the Motion as it is, I think we are still attracting the same kind of controversy that we had yesterday. Madam Temporary Speaker, would ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to thank everybody who contributed to this Motion and also the robust debate that took place yesterday that had ended up in amending the Motion. The critical amendment has been the number of days that they should report within 45 days. This is because if we do not have a report within 45 days, then we may have to be in a situation where we go into December recess without a report. That will put that report into jeopardy and a delay will also raise a lot of questions. Finally, while this Committee is doing ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to move this Motion on behalf of both the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leaders. THAT, AWARE THAT while Health is a devolved function, Article 6(2) of the Constitution states that: “The governments at the national and county levels are distinct and inter-dependent and shall conduct their mutual relations on the basis of consultation and cooperation” FURTHER AWARE THAT, there is no existing comprehensive legal framework to guide the consultative and collaborative process between the Ministry of Health (MoH) and County Governments; COGNIZANT THAT, when the Managed Equipment Services (MES) project was ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: entered into arrangements with five foreign firms for the provision of specialized medical equipment worth Kshs38 Billion; NOTING THAT, according to the Ministry of Health, the project is aimed at improving health infrastructure and enhancing the capacity of counties to provide specialized healthcare targeting non-communicable conditions such as cancer and renal conditions, as well as to promote diagnostic, radiological and critical care services; CONCERNED THAT, the Council of Governors (CoG) has voiced opposition to the project on the grounds that county governments were not involved in the tender-procurement process, the monies are debited annually from the accounts of the counties ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: – Member view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: 2. Sen. (Dr.) Abdullahi Ali, CBS, MP, – Member 3. Sen. Seneta Mary, MP view