James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3071 to 3080 of 4273.

• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: No, Madam Temporary Deputy Chair; I disagree because the amendment to the marginal notes does not refer to the subject matter of the provisions. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: The subject matter of the provisions has to do with consultations. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, I agree, but I want to re-enforce the point which hon. Karua made and I think I better re- enforce it that the whole concept is that even if there is national land which vests on the national Government in Bomet, the national Government through this structure that we have has also to consult the county government. We do not want the national Government to say that this is their land and, therefore, make decisions without consultations with the county governments and vice versa. Just like oil has been discovered in Turkana, in the definition of ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On the marginal notes, I am in concurrence. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I just wanted to give an example of the Speaker of this House. He is elected by the House but he is an ex-officio Member of the House. I do not know whether that clears the air. They are not substantive members; they are not voting members. That is the idea behind it. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, you know that the problem is – Dr. Ottichilo will help me in this – that in a lot of areas in this country, if you look at our towns and urban areas, they are in a terrible situation as far as planning is concerned. Now, we do not want people in county land management boards, who are not going to be guided to make sure that our space is planned appropriately. That is why we thought, you know, instead of us just having a management board without some people who have not only knowledge, but ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Sawa! view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: First of all I want to say that in most counties 90 per cent of land is either private land or community land or both. If you look at public land, as matters stand now, a lot of land that we are talking about is either community or private land. Private land includes even a lease for one year from the Government. That is private land. The starting point is that we cannot imagine that there will be so much public land that is going to be managed by these county land boards. There will be a very tiny fraction ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, the provision that all these appointment will be subject to approval by the county assembly, is the redress. If the National Land Commission appoints anybody, including somebody from that county that the assembly does not want, then the county assembly may say no. It is in Clause 18, and even in the amendments. The appointment of the members shall be approved by the county assembly and shall take into account national values and so on. That is there. I think the devolution card must be played but it cannot be played to absurdity. Very soon we will begin to ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: The redress is there by the county assembly. If the representatives of the people say yes, the Deputy Speaker is fit to be in the committee, then they should not be stopped from doing that. But it is for purposes of managing a very small piece of land, but not in Bomet where there are tea estates and so on. That is my take on this. view