James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1741 to 1750 of 4273.

• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the history about amending Motions and reports is as old as this Parliament. Do you remember the JM Kariuki Report? Do you know that I was here? The Report that was agreed by the Committee was not the one that was presented in the House. The same applies to the Kennedy Kiliku Report. We can go to so many of those reports. Historically, they are very important, particularly when the Chairperson is Sen. (Prof.) Kamar who will decide that being a Senator is being a scholar. I have a Report here of a commission of inquiry on ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: No, I am just saying. He was not there. Faithfully, minutes of every meeting of the Committee are attached. Where are the minutes of this other meeting? This is what we are asking so that in the future, we will not be judged harshly. It is still there. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy with what the Senate Majority Leader has said. I want to make it clear that when I was reading this Report, I was very excited about it. I think that they did a very good job. I was coming here to commend the Committee for the work they have done only to arrive and be confronted with the amendments which are not supported by the Report. Otherwise, nobody should mistake me in terms of the product of this Report. Knowing the Members of this Committee, it is not without a reason as to why ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: could still debate this Report tomorrow. I agree that the farmers have been waiting for a long time for this Report to be considered by the Senate. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: And not in a general way! view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have a lot of sympathy with what is coming out from the House. However, there was a Chinese leader who said that he did not care whether the cat was black or white, so long as it can catch mice. That was the secret behind why China is slowly becoming the biggest economy in the world. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: I think the most important thing to realise is that probably we will never be able to resolve it; it will just be lamentations. I think we should look at the fact of the matter that in the last year up to now, there are only three Bills from the Senate that have gone through the National Assembly. Only one Statute for the whole year that has originated from here has become part of the law of Kenya. The only Bills that have become the law of Kenya concern the allocation of the revenue and all that. The electronic version ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: I think it is better to look at the bigger picture. Probably, this should go back to the SBC to a have a final word on it. However, I am pleading with the Senate that we better look at the bigger picture. Such sibling rivalry is all over the world. If you look at what is going on in the United States of America Congress there is constant rivalry, where people are fighting for space. Parliaments have fought for space even with the executive. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Most of the times we better look at what the people need out there. If they are crying for something, and because of rivalry, we are not able to provide it, then I think we will lose the---. We have lost the script already. People out there think that Senate is the one that is sitting on everything, and all we can do is just thump our chest and say that we are the bigger House. The courts have decided, but Bills go to the President and he assents without caring whether it has passed through Senate. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Sometimes it is better to be pragmatic instead of saying---. The whole of this year, I can assure you that there will be only three Statutes that will be passed by this House and become part of the Law of Kenya. The leadership of the Senate should sit with that of the National Assembly and the Executive and resolve this matter once and for all. In fact, it was said out there that we are generating more Bills, but not a single one has become part of the laws of Kenya. The problem is not about this Bill but this ... view