James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2811 to 2820 of 4273.

• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to join my colleagues in saying a few things about Mr. Gichohi. To me, out of the four Clerks that I have worked with in this House, Mr. Gichohi far surpasses the rest in terms of his performance and commitment to parliamentary democracy. The only other person I could compare to him who did not rise to that high position is Mr. Gicheru. I would like to tell Mr. Gichohi that he owes us a book because he has seen this House in good and bad times. I value his ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (a) There are no plans to evict 50 farmers and their families from land they have occupied for close to 15 years by Egerton University in Mpeketoni, Lamu. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (b) The University owns about 170 hectares for agricultural research allocated to the university by the Commissioner for Lands following recommendations made by the District Development Committee (DDC), Lamu. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (c) The land was allocated to the Egerton University by letter of allocation Ref. No.2099163D of 30th November, 2001. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just for purposes of record, I want to table a copy of the letter of allotment together with the relevant correspondences between the university and the Commissioner’s Office, and a copy of receipt for payment made by the university to the Commissioner of Lands. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are two questions here; the first is about the letter from the DO threatening evictions. That is irregular and unlawful. The DO has no such authority. Once the Government has allocated the land, the person claiming ownership is the only authority which can attempt an eviction. That eviction must be done in accordance with the law. So, I would ask the hon. Member and the people involved to disregard the letter from the DO. There is no such authority unless it is backed by a lawful order. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, Egerton University itself also cannot carry out an eviction without following the law. There is a law in regard to the question of adverse possession. If the residents want to claim such a right of ownership, then the law is also clear that they can use the law of adverse possession. On record, what I can say before the House is that it looks like the University has not gone ahead to process the documents of title deed. They do not as yet have the documents of ownership. Until they actually get those documents of ownership, which is what ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, institutions of higher learning are advised to procure documents of title deed. There are some of these institutions which sit on land without securing title deeds. They presume that once they get a letter of allotment, then that is a document of title deed. That is the case with some of the institutions, for example, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI). So, I would want to use this forum to communicate to them that they must secure title deeds for the parcels of land. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, despite the form of government which will be in place after the elections which gives certain categories of public land to devolved governments, I want to assure the hon. Member that if you look at the sections dealing with land in Chapter 5 of the Constitution, it is clear on which categories of public land are assigned to the county governments. So, land which is already in the hands of the institutions of learning as part of national Government cannot be land that will be in the domain of devolved governments. view