James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2181 to 2190 of 4273.

• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I just wanted to add that a decision made by the President exercising his powers under the Constitution--- view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Sen. Muthama, I was listening when you were talking. You should now listen to “Siaya.” The President, when truly exercising his powers under the Constitution or any law cannot be a subjective matter. This is because the powers of the President and the authority of the President are not things to be imagined; they are defined. That is why somebody can go to court and say that the President exceeded his powers, whether or not, it is written. I am worried by your statement that a decision is something that is subjective. That would mean that it will be impossible ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you have made a ruling. What is happening right now is that your ruling is being undermined. You have to assert the authority of the Chair. This is because whenever you are held to be in contempt by anybody who is excising legitimate authority, that contempt must be purged before you can proceed to try and rationalize what the Senator is trying to say. In any case, if the Senator had used the word “lucid” only, it would be understandable. However, he has used it conjunctively with the word “moment.” This is something else. When he is ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it looks terrible because I can read here that the meaning of lucid moments is fluctuating awareness and dementia, coping with emotional moments. In fact, it sounds worse than the way it was said. If he is a gentle man, he should just apologize so we can move forward. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I was a bit taken aback by what Sen. (Prof.) Lesan was saying on this matter because he seemed excited about an invitation to go to Meru. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: I thought I would be more excited to go to Meru than him because of the political reasons that the Sen. Hassan knows. In this Constitution, if you look at the hierarchy of institutions and State organs, it is the people first, Parliament, Executive and then the Judiciary. We should not forget the order in which State organs are set up in the Constitution is not by accident. That order is very deliberate. In the old Constitution, the order was the Executive, the Judiciary and then, finally, Parliament. However, this was changed totally. It is not only in the provision ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir. The Senate Majority Leader does well in giving us a Statement every Thursday about the Business of the House in the following week. However, he does not do the converse which is equally 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
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to request the following Statement from the chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations. She is not here. However, there are Members of that Committee here who could give me an indication as to when the Statement requested will be responded to. The request is; 1. Will the Chairman confirm whether the Government is aware that there have been numerous instances of members of the public being fatally shot or injured by gun fire from the police; particularly, the Administration Police in UgunjaTownship and the surrounding areas in Siaya County. ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand because the Chair had already directed that the statement be made today. Therefore, it is not a matter of pushing the issue back to the Committee. The Speaker should order that particular Chairperson to be ready with the statement at the next sitting which will be on Tuesday together with an explanation as to why he walked out without excusing himself. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am quite satisfied with the ruling from the Chair but Statements when sought are not property between the Chair of the Committee and the person who requested the Statement. It becomes the property of the House. There are sub-statements which are very important in which the entire House has an interest. Whereas the person who requested the statement may be given a copy of the response to interrogate it, for the purposes of the rest of the House, for us to have an intervention that is effective, it is important that ... view