James Orengo

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• 1 Dec 2021 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
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: After many challenges and politicking in the country, eventually the Grand Coalition Government steered the national objective of attaining a new constitutional order to success. Madam Deputy Speaker, there was also the question of Vision 2030. The Vision came about during the NARC Government and partly during the Grand Coalition Government. I am mentioning this important declaration policy statements because in his speech yesterday, the President made reference to Vision 2030 and our new constitutional dispensation. It is, therefore, important in the life of a nation, that policies are established to guide the Government of the day and generally the ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: If you look at the Asian Tigers properly and do an analysis, they were strong in governance. In contradistinction to the other Asian countries, they were the points at which democracies started to emerge and survived. For example, South Korea was a dictatorship for a very long time. The economic miracle came about when issues of governance were taken very seriously. In Singapore and Malaysia, we have had some very strong leaders. The Prime Ministers of both Singapore and Malaysia were very strong political figures, but they never compromised on the issue of governance. In comparison with the other countries ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: China which was mentioned quite profusely by the President, from the old times immediately after the revolution after the Second World War, began to open up. When it did so, it grew in all sectors. Although being a one-party State, a lot of what has happened in China is because the country was opened up. If you remember there was a Chinese leader who was accused of being an advocate of capitalism rather than communism. He remarked that he did not care about the colour of the cat - whether it is black or white - so long as it ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: What am I trying to say is that even in our own country, we need to take firmly on issues of governance. If we can go firmly and say that Kenya is not a nation that is going to be ruled by the whims of an individual or groups of individuals, but be country of laws which are based on justice, democracy and human rights. I think once we make a choice to go through that trajectory, what has been said in the Speech by the President will be attained. Secondly, so long as we build our democracy and institutions, ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: it very difficult for the ordinary business people who do small enterprises, some of which even having records become very difficult. I think that went quite well in that speech. The interventions the President talked about were critical. Those are the interventions that he had spelt out during the Madaraka Day celebrations - in the tea, sugar and coffee sectors. These interventions made it possible for us to go through the pandemic with some damage, but it could have been worse. These are interventions which were listed out in the President’s speech. I hope that we will appreciate what has ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was not going to say anything about this, but I heard Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. talking about the Cabinet view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Secretary (CS) not attending the meeting this morning. I then hear Senior Counsel saying that the CS sent a written response which was presented by the CAS. I am worried about that trend. The more Parliament gets satisfied by junior representatives of the Executive, another day we will end up having an executive officer send to Parliament. The Constitution is very clear on the question of accountability. It is not the function of Principal Secretaries (PSs) or CASs. Anyway, CASs should not be talking to us because constitutionally, they are not recognized since they are not part of the structure ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Hon. Senator from Kericho whom I really respect has cast aspersions on the leadership, but I think he kind of corrected himself by referring to Chairperson. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can assure you; no CS has ever rung me on a question of any proceedings before the Senate. I want to be very proud about it because I think they know what my stand would be. However, I would plead that nobody should ever write to the Speaker. It is highly irregular. Nobody writes to a judge. You write to the Clerk and the Clerk will ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: So, I hope for Kenya’s sake, we stand firm on this question. view