James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1401 to 1410 of 4273.

• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am also very delighted to see the Governor of Kitui here. As you know, the Governor of Kitui was at the forefront in fighting for this new Constitution of dispensation. To the ladies who are here today, I have said before in the Senate that I am looking forward to the day when the majority of Senators will be ladies. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: The gentlemen are not applauding! We should have as many female governors as possible and we thank her for being here. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Speaker of the County Assembly. Kitui County has a unique leadership, because the Speaker of the County Assembly in Kitui was a Minister in the national Government. He performed wonderfully when he was in the Cabinet. I know that as a matter of fact. Last but not least, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the former Provincial Commissioner (PC), Sen. Musila, is here. I do not know which title we should use for him in retirement; although politicians never retire. I do not know whether we should call him the PC, the Minister, ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I, therefore, do not know whether they should keep all those titles. Even more importantly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kitui has produced some of the best brains and leaders in this country. Talking as a lawyer, the first black Chief Justice and Solicitor-General, Kitili Mwendwa, came from this great county. The second Chief Justice under the current Constitution also came from this County. This County has produced one of the Vice Presidents who is my boss in NASA. Therefore, it is a great County. In fact, if I keep on mentioning these dignitaries, I will be on my feet for very ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I kept on going, until I almost gave up. Let me not say anything more than that; we are happy to be in Kitui. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are glad you are back here in time. I hope we are going to have a very robust debate here in Kitui and I thank the County Assembly also for building and erecting such a magnificent Chamber. I think we also have some business to learn from the way they operate here in Kitui as a County Assembly. I think the Speaker and his team have done a very good job. Without ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware that the Bill has already been assented to. It is now our duty to proceed with the next step because that Bill was talking about the sharing of revenue between the two levels of Government; that is horizontally. The next step is allocation of revenue horizontally amongst counties. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: However, having said that, this Message is coming to you a little bit too late because there should have been additional information to the Senate that the Bill has been assented to. This is because the legal situation is completely different between a Message coming from the National Assembly that the Bill has been passed; in relation to a Bill which has been assented to. Secondly, we should have assurances from the National Assembly that the Mediated Version of the Bill is the one which they passed. However, it is now public knowledge that the Bill that has been taken ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I plead with the Senate that, as Mrs. Obama said during the campaigns; that, ―When they go low, we go higher‖. The counties have been suffering. We have to go higher to make sure that devolution is not killed. The thing I have a problem with - I must state it despite the fact that I have come to accept the fact that we should go to the next level - that when you allow one illegality to take place, that is the beginning of impunity and we must talk about it. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: The mediated version that was passed by the National Assembly was in compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya which relates to when a Bill comes into force. The version that was passed by our mediators and which we passed in this Senate had Clause 1 - which is now Section (1) of the Act – it had a commencement view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: period where the Bill was coming into force immediately upon gazzettement. However, it has now been backdated to 1st July. When a law is made to apply retroactively or retrospectively, there is a good reason it is being done and it is normally that somebody wants to validate what has taken place before. I do not know whether we understand each other. view