James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2431 to 2440 of 4273.

• 2 Oct 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree with your thoughts on this. I also thought that since Order No.8, as the Senator for Mandera said, requires the matter to be referred to a relevant committee of the House and is something that in any situation should happen as a matter of course. In fact, if he wanted to be economical with the time of the Senate, then we should vote and then go to Committee of the Whole regarding the Bills. The arguments we are making that one is a procedural Motion while the other is a substantive Motion at the ... view
• 2 Oct 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the five minutes. I support this Motion and will begin from where the Senator for Kiambu has left. If we, as a Senate, need help before we resolved these problems, then we need to seek that help first. We have postponed the issue for a long time such that the decisions that the Senate is making are being taken for granted. There is an authority that flows from the Constitution which is not legislative. There is a mistake that people are making that the functions of the Senate and Parliament, for ... view
• 24 Jul 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The problem is even more compounded if you are coming in and leaving more than once or twice. Yesterday, I drove in and out about four times. Every time I came in, my details had to be written in a book and the car had to be inspected. We need some clarity on this so that we do not interfere with traffic along Parliament Road. Sometimes when they stop people at the gate, traffic along Parliament Road is also interfered with and disrupted. That, in itself, can be a source of ... view
• 24 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I was getting to the second part of my remarks. Basically, I was talking about comments that had been made by the Senate Majority Leader to the extent that if anybody had any issues in matters to do with governance or any problems that needed attention by the Government, then we should use the institutions that are in place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, when institutions or governments are left alone, they can sometimes be the problem. I did point out that, in fact, under the old order, before we had the new Constitution, ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would not have risen, but the comments made by the Senate Majority Leader may lead us into more dangerous territory. This is because the Constitution itself has already established the boundaries between counties, and it is so stated. What we and even the Cabinet Secretary cannot do is to alter boundaries. In fact, Article 188 is about altering boundaries and not about establishing boundaries. Those boundaries already exist and they are described and defined. So, I do not think that we should go out there with the impression that there is anybody who can now ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in Senate: It is in the Schedule. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in Senate: If you look at the Schedule and read it together with Article 188. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the First Schedule on page 176. Those counties already exist and are defined in a statute. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the number of counties, but they are based on an existing statute. In fact, those boundaries are not described only in terms of just lengths and so on, but even their descriptions. Where there is a river they mention it and so on. There is information there which can guide you. That explains the point by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.; that if you need to know the boundaries, they already exist. What you cannot do is to alter. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in Senate: You have been gagged by the Standing Orders! view