James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3101 to 3110 of 4273.

• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Land Bill be now read a Second Time. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my task is a little easier because over the last 60 days, the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources has convened several working sessions and gone to various parts of this country to talk to people and stakeholders. As a consequence of that engagement, they held a session in Mombasa about a week ago which I attended. We literary went through, not only the Land Bill, but also The National Land Commission Bill and The Land Registration Bill. I think there was a broad consensus reached on the content of all these Bills. I believe ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: I want to thank the Committee most graciously, especially the Chairman, Mr. Musyimi and all the Members of that Committee. At the last meeting all the chairmen of all the Departmental Committees of parliament were invited and most of them attended those sessions. These included the Chair of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee or the Parliamentary Select Committee on the implementation of the constitution. The thing that was attractive was the passion. I know the word “passion” has some relevance in this House. The way hon. Members approached this whole issue was very impressive; they were working overtime in order to ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, without having to repeat what I said during the second reading of the National Land Commission Bill and the Land Registration Bill- -- Indeed, what I said during the National Land Commission Bill should be taken as part of the record in this debate about the reforms in the land sector. It will be mere repetition in the records of this House if I went through that process while examining the history of land, and the development of legislation relating to land since the turn of the last century. The challenges that have confronted the ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: The other very important document is the Constitution. What we are doing in enacting this law is on the authority and mandatory directions given by Article 68 of the Constitution on what is required of Parliament. I will come to that a little later. Again, I invite Members of Parliament to carry out an audit of the Land Bill as against or in juxtaposition to the Constitution as promulgated on 27th August, 2010. I believe that if you do that you will find that quite a lot of work has been done in fulfillment of the directions of the National ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: The other very important consideration on this matter, which we must keep in focus, is the issue of devolution. It is a framework and structure of governance that we have now not only enacted; but by the Bills that you have enacted in this House on matters to do with land, you will find that the county governments and communities are going to play a critical role. So, again, as against the principle of devolution, these Bills, including the Land Bill, can be audited to find out whether, indeed, the land law that is envisaged by these three pieces of ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: With those remarks, let me just say a few of the matters that I need to highlight view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: what I have said about the Constitution and the National Land Policy. The National Land Policy lays down some very critical issues which the Constitution dealt with, and also the Land Bills have dealt with. I do not want to go through them in terms of clauses because that would take a long time. As I promised I just want to highlight some of those issues for purposes of debate. The National Land Policy addressed a number of constitutional issues, which are about seven. If you read the Constitution generally and the Bills you will find that we have made ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the current law, which is the Land Acquisition Act, there are no similar provisions. The Commissioner of Lands and the Minister for Lands merely act as agencies for an entity in Government to acquire compulsorily, and the determination is for me particularly as the Minister for Lands. So, when it comes to my desk, the only determination that I am required to make in law is that money is available for that acquisition. But I think this now puts an extra responsibility in the spirit of accountability of ensuring that public land is not ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other responsibility which I think I should point out - although that was not a constitutional issue in terms of the national land policy - is generally the issue of settlement of squatters, the poor and landless. You will find that, that responsibility will now largely fall in the hands of the commission. The management of that process will now fall in the hands of the commission. So, the department of Government responsible will be reduced to issues of policy. But when it comes to executing the process, from the outset to the end, ... view