James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2741 to 2750 of 4273.

• 21 May 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When you refer to Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you should not call him Sen. Bonni. She is also not Sen. Daisy. I think if you are on first name terms, it should apply generally then we know from which--- view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion:- THAT, knowing that Section 17 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution requires the national government to restructure the system of administration commonly known as the provincial administration to accord with and respect the system of devolved government established under the Constitution; Noting that the provincial administration continues to operate in circumstances that have affected the exercise of certain functions and operations of the county governments; appreciating the doubts about the constitutionality of offices linked with the provincial administration, including provincial, regional and county commissioners as established and ... view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Motion has been approved by the Speaker. The Speaker, in his wisdom, would not approve a Motion, unless he knows it is properly before him. Before any matter comes before this House, it goes through the Rules and House Business Committee. Those objections can be raised at the time of proposal and debate of the Motion. In any case, if the hon. Senator had a look at the record of the last Parliament, he will realise that if legislations and Motions were left to particular committees, nothing would come out of it. I have just seen ... view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: It is not listed twice. The other one is an appendix. view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, arising out of these points of order, I need to make a full disclosure. The last time I talked to you, you said you were still looking at the Motion and that it would come at a subsequent stage. I was still in the process of consulting with hon. Senators, including Sen. Mugo, so that at the time of approval, if I had sufficient notice, probably, the membership of the committee, as proposed, would have been quite different. But I thought that is a matter we can deal with because the House lacks business. The other position ... view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I may also be allowed to comment that, indeed, this is a matter that has been brought to my notice by some constitutional bodies. I was looking at the many laws, for example, under the Agriculture Act, there are more than 25 statutes. That function is now going to the counties. If you look at the statutes, the Governors and the county governments will not have a role. They may try to do something because the Constitution says so, but the laws say different things. If you look at the health sector, again, there are more ... view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: Am sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me conclude giving the notice. The penultimate sentence before I come from the list says: The Senate resolves to establish a select committee comprising the following Senators to inquire into all existing legislation that may undermine the authority, mandate and functions of the county governments with the aim of drafting appropriate legislation by Parliament- 1. Sen. James Orengo - Chairperson 2. Sen. Beth Mugo - Vice-chair 3. Sen. Moses Wetang’ula 4. Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki Kithure 5. Sen. Murkomen Kipchumba 6. Sen. Amos Wako 7. Sen. Hassan Omar 8. Sen. Judith Sijeny 9. Sen. Kiraitu ... view
• 16 May 2013 in Senate: Indeed, you are quite right, Mr. Speaker, Sir. At the time of the substantive Motion, I was actually going to make that request formally so that, you know, you have taken the main doubt in the right scales. view
• 15 May 2013 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Before I forget, I want to thank Members of the Senate for passing the Motion that I moved earlier today. I also want to congratulate Sen. Musila for bringing this very important Motion. If you did not know, and I wish to remind the Senators, that many parliamentarians have lost elections on the issue of roads; that certain roads have not been done or the condition of the roads in a particular constituency are not up to standards. Indeed, the only hon. Member of Parliament who I have ... view