James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Turkana to Bomet up to Kisii and Nyanza, we will have a lot of oil discoveries. At the end of the day, you will just have one representative of all counties. I do not think that makes any sense. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that I have found very mischievous which has something to do with what has happened in Turkana – Sen. Wetangula probably knows this better than I do – what happened in Nigeria is that the communities where oil was found – and this is a general principle everywhere, even in Libya and Sudan where ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Again, this is a replica of what was happening in Nigeria. You try to raise an issue about a problem in the oil belt, you are warned that you will be in for five years or you pay Kshs20 million. There is something mischievous about provisions like those which are found in this Bill which is otherwise very commendable. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Madam Speaker --- view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are three ladies looking at me. I apologise. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am in an unfamiliar territory. Normally after 5.00 p.m. we are used to having the panel of ladies on the Chair. I am so sorry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these punitive measures are not there to encourage transparency. There should be a lot of transparency in the oil sector. Then, there is this question of the petroleum fund. It is a good idea but you will find in certain cases, unless stringent provisions are put in place – this Clause says that the applicable law will be the Public Finance Management Act – you would ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: national Government. Midstream and downstream, you can find some responsibilities being given to the county government. If you are running oil operations which are worth billions of dollars and you tell the County Government of Uasin Gishu that you can issue licences to petrol stations, what are you saying? This is what we are trying to say in this Bill, that the operations that matter, you do not involve communities and the county governments. The county governments must be involved from the beginning; upstream, midstream and downstream. Then, we will be talking serious business. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also ... view
• 20 Sep 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Motion for Adjournment is a matter which is under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly. That does not stop us from talking about it. However, because the matter is live in the National Assembly, in the spirit of bringing harmony, we need not bring the Motion at about 5.00 p.m. because then we will be seen not to be acting in conflict. It is due to respect but--- view
• 20 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Majority Leader is misleading the House. This matter is in the Order Paper; you either go by the Order Paper or not. There is no Order Paper that can be put before the House unless it has 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