James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3181 to 3190 of 4273.

• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I do not know where this is coming from because the normal practice here, or in most jurisdictions is that normally a Bill should have a title if not a number. I think for each Bill to have a distinctive character it should have a title and a number, if need be. Otherwise, you may have Bills without reference; I think this is very important. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, again I want to plead with hon. Ngugi that how the Bill progresses, the basic structure is in the Constitution actually. So, I think it is better to have it here. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am only commenting because the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government said that we should reflect. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think it is should be remembered that the governor is elected on a mandate. He should have a team who can work with him. That is the principle. The members of the Executive are not elected. They are not even called before a panel for interview for a job. So long as they meet the qualifications, the governor appoints them and then the assembly approves. Now, if he acts capriciously--- If you look at the Bill generally, you will find that a rogue governor can either be disciplined by the county assembly or he ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think there are resolutions which do not bear penalties. If by a resolution, you are punishing, like in this one, by a consequence of removal, the threshold is normally higher. But if it is an ordinary resolution, then the majority vote will always carry the day. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to seek some help, particularly from Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona. I have had a situation where I have gone to a court of law--- In fact, I was representing FIDA. We were using formulations of these words “gender equity” and “gender equality”. They were saying that is really a principle which is not scientific or mathematical. So, in a situation like this when you are making legislation, probably, I would go by what Mrs. Shebesh said, why do we not put something that will guide the county assembly in terms of numbers? Why do ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: You know the clause that deals with qualifications is sub-clause (3) and it is very clear. You do not want a situation where you read one clause and there is a qualification referring to another clause. The qualifications are there and are clear. Dr. Otichilo, let us leave it the way it is. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I really want to support this very strongly. Under the old Constitution, there used to be a definition of Cabinet as consisting of the President, Vice-President and other Ministers, which created an impression that so long as there are those two and another Minister, then you had a full Cabinet. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Now in the situation that we are talking about, it is very easy for the Governor to ensure that the majority of the Cabinet is not there, and make very critical decisions. I think it is something we left out actually in spirit of the new Constitution. We should have had provisions dealing with quorum, because it is Government by Cabinet. So, I strongly support this position. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman--- view