James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2041 to 2050 of 4273.

• 18 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Petition by the hon. Senator for Samburu. The Petition reminds me of the old days when the former President of the Republic of Kenya and the then Minister for Local Government would go around the country declaring certain markets to be cities, urban centres and municipalities. I remember when the late Hon. Oloitiptip, who was a good friend of mine, came to my County of Siaya - then Siaya District - and in one day declared five markets to be urban centres and municipalities. They were Yala, Ugunja, Ukwala, Bondo and Ndori. ... view
• 18 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this Bill. There are a lot of gaps and lacunas in the law and I think it begins from the Constitution itself. The fact is that there are provisions of the Constitution that we need to look into because they do not provide answers to situations that may arise in the conduct of public affairs in the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill talks about a very important Constitutional Commission, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). It is important that the law is clear, because Commissioners, for a very good reason, hold specific ... view
• 10 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am rising in support of what I have heard from the Senator for Nandi County and the Senator for Narok County say with regard to this Petition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, probably now you will be allowed to enter the Port of Mombasa because you are the Speaker of the Senate. However, if you go there as an ordinary Kenyan, you may not be allowed to enter. I have tried to go through the ports during the time the road through Makupa Causeway had a huge traffic, but it is not easy even if you ... view
• 10 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The distinguished Senator for Bomet County has not understood some of the tools of Kenyan politics. If you are the Speaker and you are stopped in Kisumu, you know what to do, and you will be cheered. view
• 10 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Statement and we commend the distinguished Senator for Turkana County. Sometimes resources like oil, as he has said quite rightly in his Statement, can be a curse. If you look at some of the countries with the greatest resources in the world, they are not necessarily the countries that are doing well. There are some countries without mineral resources or even commodities that could be sold in international market which are actually not doing well. However, there are countries which are just based on providing services and communications and they are doing ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senator for bringing this important matter. You realize in our Constitution there are provisions to do with land use and land use planning. Those provisions were put there out of the realization that land was being acquired and used anyhow and this should be a wakeup call to the citizenry: That land use and land use planning would be part of our development component. In Nairobi during the colonial days, there used to be a master plan. In 1948, this city had a master plan. Had we followed that master-plan, this city would be ... view
• 3 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With your permission, I beg to move that the Public Participation Bill (Senate Bills No.4 of 2018) be read a Second Time. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to support the Statement given by Sen. Khaniri and commend him because Sen. Khaniri does a lot of research before he says anything or presents anything in the nature of a Statement like the one we have seen. Before touching on the content of that Statement, I think we have got a bigger problem. I am also surprised that the Leader of Majority is talking the way he did. If he does not know, then who is supposed to know? We are beginning to get into a situation where the operations of the Senate are ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in Senate: I will not make heavy weather from what Sen. Murkomen has said, particularly when he paraphrases his comments by saying I am his mentor. So, the use of the word “cunning”, I am sure that he is going to think about it twice now that the Attorney-General emeritus has talked about it. Having said that, I think the problem is not just with the counties; the problem is with the national Government. The national Government should begin to realize that when there are functions which belong to the counties, if they want to make an intervention at the policy level, ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate for a Member of Parliament to be punished before listening to what he said. I listened to him carefully. An allegation is different from a statement of fact. What he said was not even an allegation or a statement of fact. He said; “If the President” and we can confirm from the HANSARD. We have freedom of expression and if you begin to curtail it in a House of Parliament, then the Kenyan democracy will die. I think we are being overly sensitive. We must speak truth to each other. In order to have ... view