James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1921 to 1930 of 4273.

• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: I hope that beginning with the interpretation clause and Clauses 2 and 3, for obvious reasons which have been dealt with by other contributors to this Bill, will not see the light of the day in the final product that we will have. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: When it comes to clauses on criteria for assessing value for compulsorily acquired freehold land, we should know that people out there are really suffering because of the complicated process of particularly compulsory land acquisition. We have communities that have been affected by compulsory acquisition of land. For those who buy land or have land for purposes of speculation, there are times they fight in tribunals and courts trying to seek rewards in form of compensation. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: Clause 6 of this Bill will make the process of compulsory land acquisition for purposes of the ordinary citizens of this country extremely complicated. In fact, in my view, if you look keenly at the proposed amendment to Clause 6 by insertion of a new Section 107A of the Act, you will find that those who seek adequate, full and fair compensation will be in extremely difficult circumstances because this Bill sets out a full multitude of issues that will not be considered or ignored in terms of arriving at the land value index. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: The other thing is that there is no provision for it being updated. You may find yourself in dealing with an index that is 10 or 20 years old. For communities living in corridors that attract acquisition by the Government in terms of infrastructure such as Narok, Kajiado, Taita-Taveta and other counties with huge chunks of territory, if these particular portions of the Bill are not reworded, redrafted and made simpler for purposes of people getting their share of compensation, it will cause a lot of disruption. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I know of a case in Kajiado County where communities at the end of the day, had to go to the President. The matter was in court and people were fighting in Kajiado and Narok counties over this compulsory land acquisition. Part of it was in relation to the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the other one with power lines. Even with the kind of parameters that the Deputy Speaker was talking about, you will find that those were not followed and the World Bank in itself as a provider of some of the funds, said that ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: I would ask the Mover of this Bill, particularly because I think he is the one who has to pilot this Bill to conclusion, because I support it. However, in terms of Clause 6, it is so complicated. If I was a bureaucrat, I could make it possible, for example, for land which somebody is claiming Kshs1 million, I can easily bring it down to Kshs50,000. That may be an ordinary man living in the village. Somebody who has obtained this land The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: for purposes of speculation can fight. Some of them can fight forever and they do not lose a thing because they have acquired that land for purposes of speculation. Madam Temporary Speaker, imagine those who acquire land from generations of communities having acquired this land. It is the only jewel they have as a family and as a community and then they are told the value that will finally be adopted or considered under Clause 6 of this Act. I can assure you that communities, instead of using this procedure, will ask their Member of Parliament to go to State ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: extent, this was dealing with the difficulties in the past or land to be acquired for use for building infrastructure, roads and the like. You would see in neighbouring jurisdictions like in Ethiopia, Tanzania and many other counties, it is much easier for Government to acquire land and at reasonable prices. To that extent, then infrastructure ultimately costs less in those countries as compared to Kenya. view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: Indeed, if you look at the SGR compared to what they are doing in Tanzania where the SGR that is being built is along the same corridor with the central line. So, the question of acquisition of land does not arise except in very unique circumstances. In Ethiopia, acquisition of land for public use is much easier and much more direct. That has made both Ethiopia and Tanzania save a lot of money and resources in carrying out major infrastructure developments. In fact, I wonder why in Kenya we decide to build our SGR elsewhere rather than building it on ... view
• 14 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, at the end of the day, we find that in Kenya, carrying out major infrastructural development is not so easy because of the speculation and the high cost of land. view