James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3001 to 3010 of 4273.

• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what we are saying is that there will be a fund established as contained in the statute. This is a function of the Commission. This board of trustees will be chaired by the Chair of the National Land Commission, although that is not very clear. But it is clear from my amendment that the Chairman of the Land Commission is a substantive member. There reason is that contrary to what the Chairman is saying, settlement programmes are not for emergencies. We are dealing with a historical situation where the need to resettle the poor and ... view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, before we come to the new clause that is proposed by the Committee, there is no conflict. That is coming in as a new clause, but if the two of them are going to co-exist, then we have a big problem. So, it is either my proposal or their proposal. But I think that in the vision of this Bill, we wanted this function to go to the Commission. But we thought that for the Commission to carry out its work effectively, then you need to bring the mainstream Government in the process. This is ... view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, thank you, Mr. Minister. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I withdraw my proposal and when we come to the new clause, then we will incorporate it. All that we want to do is to create a mechanism for these relevant Ministries to be involved and not create a trust as it were. My proposal under sub-clause 9 reads:- “There is established a board of trustees---” Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, so we will delete that “9” when we come to the new clause, so that we do not create another board. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am withdrawing the entire amendment. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to say that this new clause is very important because the Constitution requires us to have legislation spelling out how one category of land can be converted to a different category. In the original draft there was no such provision. In fact, I brought up this matter with the Committee right at the tail end of the workshop in Mombasa; I am glad that the Committee has come up with acceptable provisions for conversion of one category of land to another. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: ( Question, that the new clause 8A be read view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this is a very important provision because it lays a basis for dealing with expired leases. There has been some controversy on this. It states that any holder of lease or lessee would be entitled to pre-emptive rights in regard to an allocation of an extension, so long as the land is not required by the national or county government, and then certain conditions have to be fulfilled. So, it fills a very big vacuum in the law as it exists today. So, I support it fully. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: It is not a new clause. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support but I want to move further amendment at the end of--- view