James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1431 to 1440 of 4273.

• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that, instead of talking about a lot of constitutional amendments, one of the amendments - I think for jurisprudence in order to enable me to argue why it is necessary for the President to appear before Parliament once or twice in a year - I would ask the Deputy Speaker, being a law expert to give me all the arguments and comparative jurisprudence. This is because the President in a democracy, cannot just be an imperial power out there. He should have a body where he can appear and be accountable to. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Shamelessly, today when the DORA Bill was being signed, it is not by accident that our Speaker and the leadership of this House was not there. We found the leadership in the other House, from the Speaker to the Majority Leader were all trooping there. I think, probably after they had signed, they had a cup of tea or something better. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: They were saying how they have managed the Senate. That one, we are going to demand---. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: In fact, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the County Assembly here is going even well with the Senate because behind the Chair there, I have been able to have a cup of coffee which has given me a little bit of energy. However, I think it was not tea. It could have been something better which the Senator of Embu would be better placed to tell the House. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the bad manners of governance---. Sometimes we are having a lot of difficulties because of the bad manner of governance. That is why this job is so difficult. In fact, Sen. Wetangula said the principle is that, some counties are growing at a slower rate than the governors. He said some counties, but I think it is a general principle. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: If we took an analysis of how every governor is in every county in comparison to the county, we will find that the governor is growing faster. For example, if someone was a driving a Probox Car---. Some of them became governors through their political parties. I know for Bungoma and even in my county, without the political parties, they would not have managed to be in those positions. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: For example, now we are governors‘ best friends. They are asking for Senators all the time. However, when they are asked to appear before Committees of the House, they are dodging and disappearing. This they must be told. I have even seen it in public meetings. Of course, here, we use the same public address systems. However, when you appear in a public meeting with a governor, especially when he is the resident governor and you are given a microphone, as soon the governor is about to speak, they change it. Even for the President of the United States of ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I tried to have an argument with them but it was a difficult conversation. Governors should help us to help them because we are protectors of counties and not of governors. Their bad behaviour should not make our job difficult. Finally, I urge Members not to regret because of what we have done. This is like Solomonic jurisprudence. That is a study in law where you go for substantial justice. We are looking at the counties and their needs and the people. For example, this morning, we were told about a hospital that was closed. It ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I feel duty bound to say something about the amendment of the Short Title. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I just want to go on record on this particular amendment. If you remember in the Division of Revenue Bill, the National Assembly has played mischief to say that the Act will be deemed to come into force on 1st of July. This is a contradiction of what has been done in the Division of Revenue Act. In this amendment, what is contained in the Bill is that this Act may be cited as the County Allocation of Revenue Act, 2019. However, it does not have provisions as to view