James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3081 to 3090 of 4273.

• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: I agree with Mr. Kioni that the management of public land, as Dr. Otichillo will tell you, is not simple business. You do not want to create jobs for people in the management board. We are thinking of a Kenya of tomorrow, so that if an investor wants to come from the United States of America (USA) or China and he is going to have a conversation with the board, the board will be able to address all the issues that an investor will raise at that particular county on planning, resources and so on. We need people who have ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, even in dealing with things as they are today and as amended by the Committee, sub clause 5 of 18 reads as follows:- “The appointment of members shall be approved by the county assembly and shall take into account the national values referred to in Article 10 and Article 232 of the Constitution and shall reflect gender equity and ethnic diversity within that county.” What is better than that? If you are in Nyanza or Migori, the Kurias must be there. If you are in hon. Ogindo’s county, you must not leave the Suba out. It ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Charlady, the amendment by the Committee has brought in Article 232 of the Constitution on how you recruit people and it talks about competitiveness, men and women, ethnicity and all that. So, what you want to bring in there has been covered by the Committee by bringing Article 232. So, it will be surplus but it is already there. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, within six months of what? We should qualify it. Is it within six months after the commencement of the Act or after the appointment of the members of the Commission? view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I agree with the amendment subject to that amendment. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have a problem with the amendment to the extent that the Constitution requires that if you want to punish anybody for an offence, then that offence must be defined and specified. You cannot say “any violation of any provision is punishable”. Clause 35 creates specific offences, but in Sub-Clause 2, you are saying “any violation of the provisions of this Act is an offence.” That would be unconstitutional because “violation” would mean anything that is provided here. I cannot think of an example off-head but “any violation” of an Act of Parliament cannot be an ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: you want to punish somebody, the offence must be specified, so that every citizen is on notice. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: There is a provision of incorporations of commissions and independent offices on Article 253. This is the basis upon which Dr. Otichilo withdrew his amendment. It says each commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a seal and is capable of suing and being sued in its view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: corporate name. So, I think we should be consistent. In all these constitutional commissions instead of repeating in a different format the provisions of Article 253, we better remain with the provisions in Article 253. I do not know what Mr. Kioni will think about that but it is already there. I am suggesting that we leave it out. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, first of all, I think the LSK, and quite a number of us are members of the LSK--- Almost in every Commission, the LSK is represented. So if they miss one out, I do not think they will really--- This private sector alliance, the Gender and Equality Commission and the Kenya National Human Rights Commission, you will get some LSK members in these statutory commissions. But I agree entirely with Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona except that representation of the Cabinet Secretary is important because this is the implementing Ministry. All the other commissions where there is an implementing ... view