James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3251 to 3260 of 4273.

• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to commend those who have contributed to this Bill, more importantly, hon. Kimunya who seconded it. He was talking from a position of experience. He was in that Ministry when some of the changes that are being addressed by this Bill, particularly, The National Land Commission Bill, were initiated and triggered through various commissions such as the Ndung’u Land Commission. I also commend hon. Karua. I think the suggestions she made are quite in order. I think when we get to the Third Reading, a lot of what she suggested concerning one or ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for me, this is a very important stage of this Bill. I look forward to the Committee Stage or subsequent stages of this Bill to address all the matters in terms of content to make this Bill much better and much more perfect document. view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: With those few remarks I beg to move. view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Land Registration Bill be now read a Second Time. view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will notice that this Bill is a consequence of a directive given by the Constitution under Article 69 which requires Parliament to revise, consolidate and rationalize existing land laws. On other issues that are found in the same Article, if I may just site some of their requirements that may be addressed either in this Bill or the Land Bill or has already been addressed by the National Land Commission Bill. The other command by the Constitution to Parliament is to revise sectorial land use laws in accordance with the principles set out in ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: So, five existing statutes will be repealed and together with the Land Bill, we are going to repeal several legislations in matters relating to land. This particular Bill, the purpose for it is to, as I have said, revise, consolidate and rationalize the registration of titles to land. This is specifically the main thrust of this Bill to revise, consolidate and rationalize the registration of titles to land. With every statute or Bill that comes before this House, the principle of devolution in land registration has also been brought on board. Again, this is to address some of the criticisms ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: You have two minutes. view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate all the comments that have been made and assure the hon. House that in the plate of the amendments which have been proposed from every Member including Mrs. Milly Odhiambo-Mabona, we will bring them on board and the Ministry also has a cocktail of amendments to move at the appropriate time. With those remarks, I beg to move. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion. But just to mention that in preparation of these Bills, we took the extra step of engaging hon. Members at a workshop to look at the Bills. Subsequent to the workshop, the relevant Committee headed by my friend Mr. Musyimi looked into these Bills. The outcome of that workshop in Naivasha was considered in the Bill. So, I think hon. Members will not be confronted with these Bills for the first time. I beg to support. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for bringing this Bill. I am just going to make general remarks because we have been taken through the Bill by the Deputy Prime Minister. Under the Constitution, the main organs for enabling or implementing legislation is the Kenya Law Reform Commission, the Constitution Implementation Commission (CIC), the Office of the Attorney-General and to some extent the line Ministries. However, the point here must be bid that specifically looking at the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and Section 261 of the Constitution, the duty and functions of ... view