James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 May 2019 in Senate: In conclusion, this is a Bill that should be favourably considered by the House subject to amendments. I beg to support. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also join the distinguished Senator for Bungoma County in expressing my condolences to the family of the late Oduya Oprong‘ and the people of Busia. I thank Sen. Sakaja for hosting us to see the family of the late Oduya Oprong‘. It was quite a visit. The comments that were made by the family and friends were touching. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there was a true Kenyan patriot, the late hon. Oduya Oprong‘ was one of them. It is in this House that Jaramogi Oginga Odinga talked about the release of Jomo Kenyatta. ‗No independence without ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Hon. Oduya Oprong‘ did not say anything in Machakos. When he came to Parliament that afternoon, he rose on a point of order, like the distinguished Senator for Bungoma rose today, and castigated the President and the Vice President for embarrassing the MPs by calling upon them to contribute to a harambee without notice. In fact, he criticised the idea of harambees. People did not imagine that Hon. Oduya Oprong‘ would say anything against Mzee Jomo Kenyatta or Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: There was another incidence when he had an exchange with a Minister whom I shall not mention. Hon. Oduya Oprong‘ had alleged that he saw that Minister give another MP money in one of the toilets in Parliament. He came to the Floor of the House to say that money was being given out to MPs. The Minister protested and when the matter was taken to the Speaker, because the two of them were honourable Members, the Speaker said that he would leave that issue for the House to decide what to make out of those allegations. Without doubt, he ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to give my support to this Bill and congratulate Sen. Pareno for coming up with a well thought out Bill. I hope that useful ideas will come from the plenary and the 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
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Committee of the Whole House that will make this Bill better. However, without a doubt, it is a much better product in terms of the subject matter that we are dealing with. Madam Temporary Speaker, I salute Sen. Pareno and those she has worked with to come up with this Bill, which is not a short Bill. It deals with various themes and topics on the areas of cohesion and national integration. The transformation from mere integration to peace building is a qualitative leap. This is because we want to deal with peace building at all times, and not only ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: There was another Commission in 2008 which was dubbed the ‗Waki‘ Commission. This was after the elections in 2007. This was an international Commission because in it there were commissioners who were recruited internationally. The purpose of that Commission was to deal with ethnic violence and, more particularly, the post- election violence and the underlying causes of that violence. In fact, our road to The Hague emanated from the report of this Commission. If you remember, it is the Waki Commission that required us to have a local tribunal, which we opted not to have. Instead, the violence that arose ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: of human rights from Independence to 2008. The mandate included dealing with economic crimes, illegal acquisition of public land, marginalization of certain communities and the issue of ethnic violence. If you look at the reports which have never been published – the TJRC, the Waki Commission and the Akiwumi Commission reports– they contributed largely to the creation of the NCIC, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and the National Land Commission (NLC). This was fed into the Constitution that came later in 2010. Madam Temporary Speaker, having said all that, there was an underlying cause why there was ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: applicable laws or regulations with regard to discrimination. In the current Act, there is no provision, like I have seen in this Bill by the distinguished Sen. Pareno, that provides for gender parity. When you look at clauses dealing with discrimination, you will find that any appointments made in pursuance of affirmative action will not be considered to be an act of discrimination. That specific statement in this Bill is a great achievement. There are exemptions, for example, when it comes to employment, where there are issues of special skills or where there is need to employ people of a ... view