James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2231 to 2240 of 4273.

• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I am very happy that when I am addressing you on this point, even the leadership on the opposite side is listening very carefully. I am speaking for the purpose of the record. Could you tell us what we have done? 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 Nov 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir. I have decided to make this point because we are all in a learning process. I plead with the Senate Majority Leader that this constitutional question must be resolved in the manner in which the Presidential Memorandum comes to Parliament. We are using the language of the old Constitution, introducing and casting it into the new Constitution. That is where the problem is. Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, if you look at Article 115--- view
• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: I wish the Clerks-at-the-Table could allow you to listen to me. Article 115 talks about the President making reservations. What we should be dealing with in the Senate are the reservations by the President and not his recommendations. In fact, the word recommendation is found in the old Constitution. If you read the old Constitution, it is quite clear what Parliament was required to do. However, this current Constitution talks only about reservation. The problem that we have is that, if you look at the order that we have been dealing with which is Order No.8; its substance is found ... view
• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir. A word contained in the Constitution of Kenya cannot be semantics. It cannot. The moment we begin to think of this document in terms of semantics--- view
• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: No, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir. What you have said has gone on record. You said the difference between reservation and recommendation is semantics. That is a grave travesty coming from the Senate. I hope you will clarify that point for the sake of future generations looking at the proceedings. 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 Nov 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. If what we have just witnessed happened in isolation, I would understand, but a pattern has emerged. In the first vote, which was more or less a scientific vote, there was no voice vote because votes were being recorded electronically. However, when the result of manual voting was first announced, they were opposite of what the actual results were. At that moment, we took it as a mistake. I would like to remind the Senate Minority Leader that what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was saying was not that the Chair was fraudulent. ... view
• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: Clerk, let the Temporary Speaker listen. view
• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the reason I am saying this is because I have been having a discussion with the Senate Majority Leader, one point that I emphasise is that the authority of the President to give presidential assent or deny, otherwise a veto, is an important constitutional contravention which we cannot do away with in our modern Constitution. I emphasise that this is an authority that the President has in every democracy. That is why partly we are a Republic. If you want to know what a republic is, go back to the days of Julius Caesar. Mr. Temporary ... view
• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: That is very gracious. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just want to give the distinguished Senate Majority Leader an example of men without conscience. Those who killed people in Paris were human beings without a conscience; without sense of right or wrong. The people who massacred six million Jews were people without a conscience. The other example is that of the Garissa University attack. The people who steal elections are also people without a conscience. view
• 17 Nov 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As said by the Senate Minority Leader, I urge the Chair to look at the old Constitution where the issue of Presidential Assent and the exercise of veto power were done under very different circumstances. This is because then the President was part of Parliament. The Parliament of Kenya consisted of the President and the National Assembly. The current Parliament does not have the President as a component of Parliament. The second more important issue particularly on this issue of coming up with new clauses under the new Constitution is that ... view