James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1791 to 1800 of 4273.

• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for travelling the journey and looking at the Constitution as a whole; and, more particularly, on elucidating. If you had more time, we would have had the privilege of learning from your wisdom. That statement, once again, including the previous one, should go into a booklet which will not only guide this Senate, the National Assembly and the county assemblies, but the country as a whole. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to the extent that this is an interim report, I think they have tried to do what they could in the space they had. However, I want to urge the Committee that the way this report is written 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
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: and the way the recommendations have been made does not answer to the urgency that was required by Sen. Dullo and the Senate as a whole. The way it is crafted, this process can be endless. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I propose that they must, first, have a report with findings because their observations are so general. The nature of the recommendations is that they still want various organs or Cabinet Secretaries to do something so that they can come back to it. I think they already have enough material to make specific findings and not just make recommendations, but ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. If what the Chairman is giving to us is not contained in the Report--- I am trying to go through the Report and what he is saying is at variance with what is in the Report. Can he present to us the document which he is reading? What he is reading is not the same --- view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will speak from here. I request that the commentary from the Speaker‟s Chair on the last point that you made of creation of jurisprudence that may guide us especially on making a determination whether a matter concerns counties or not, not to be made obiter dictum. I want to find a mechanism for generating a request from the Chair so that if the point arises again, the excuse will not be given that it was obiter dictum and therefore not binding. Without generation of such a request, somebody can also come with the argument that ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why we think you are moving on the same direction even without prompting. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya relates to the Bills. However, all matters that have been advanced on this question relate to Bills. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: If you look at Article 123 of the Constitution which relates to the decisions of the Senate, it also distinguishes that there are two categories of matters which can come to the Senate other than by way of Bills. If it is a matter which is not by way of a Bill, the Speaker of the National Assembly would not be involved. This is because it is a matter which is exclusively in the jurisdiction of the Speaker of the Senate. There are some people who believe that we should just confine our discussions and debate on matters which concern ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: obligated to follow it. To that extent, I anxiously await your decision or pronouncement on this matter. view