James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2301 to 2310 of 4273.

• 24 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate ourselves and particularly the Mover for being consistent in promoting devolution from all directions and aspects by ensuring that resources are properly shared. This, together with the Bill on revenue sharing, puts the stamp on legitimacy that this Senate is committed to devolution. view
• 23 Jun 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. If you look at Article 131 of the Constitution, the President is supposed to safeguard, protect and defend the Constitution. Therefore, when a matter like this reaches the President, it is not just a question of looking at the Bill and the content of the Bill, there is also the question of the President ensuring that the Bill was enacted in accordance with the Constitution. There is a whole chapter or part of the Constitution dealing on how Bills that come to Parliament should be enacted. ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in Senate: Yes, I agree with you that he is the President of the Senate. 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
• 23 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I begin by commending Sen. Elachi for moving this important Motion and setting out the tone as to why we need this Committee. The first point to emphasize, even by looking at the constitution of this Committee, is that it is bereft of politics. This is a bi-partisan process which needs to look at the Constitution, particularly with regards to the authority, power and functions of the Senate. This is being done in good faith to ensure that the institutions, the makers of our Constitution and the founders of this nation will be at peace, so that ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I associate myself with the views expressed by the Senator for Kakamega County and the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Wetangula, in the sense that the Constitution presumes that already defined counties exist. Often times, we have been quoting Article 188 as a basis for demarcating or establishing boundaries between one county and another. However, under Article 188, addresses instances where you want to alter the boundaries. The mandate of the Commission is not to determine where the boundaries are. It is only when you want to alter the boundaries of a county. To that extent, the National ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In fact, you have taken words out of my mouth. You can only be faulted when the matter is not abundantly obvious. On the matter concerning the Senate Majority Leader, if one is not aware of what has happened, then that person is not aware of the battles that the Senate is fighting. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in Senate: In this regard, I think the reason why this matter was so obvious to you, is that when it comes to the issues of the Senate, its independence and constitutional authority, you do not need to be convinced. That is why we went to the Supreme Court. Therefore, the Senate Majority Leader will stand by the Speaker at any time as one House. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, the problem is that – I have a lot of sympathy with Sen. Mugo – sometimes when you make regulations, there is a structure whereby one regulation may be dependent on another. If you begin to cannibalise the regulations piece by piece, the result of what you have done may not make a lot sense. For example, from what I understand from what Sen. Mugo said is that the question of pictograms is one way of controlling the tobacco industry and products. If on that very issue you have annulled a regulation and, to that effect, ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, if you look at the Schedule on page 1160, it is anchored on several rules or regulations. This means that in coming out with that Schedule there was consideration of all those regulations together. But now if on account of one regulation, which is annulled, there is a Schedule which is dependent on several regulations, then the final product will not make sense. It will become irrational and not at all reasonable. So, I think we should hear the suggestion by Sen. Mugo, particularly to do with this issue of tobacco. This is because there is ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Clerk read the next order too fast. I had already indicated that I wanted to rise on a point of order. Just as a matter of cleaning the record of the House, normally when Members comment even when they are not on their feet properly, what they say sometimes gets on the HANSARD. Sen. (Dr.) Zani had clearly indicated that Sen. Ong’era was the one to second but then there was another Senator who was shouting “gender, gender”. Can that record be cleared so that in the future somebody reading ... view