James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3281 to 3290 of 4273.

• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: The final point that I want to make, unless Kenyans are prepared to live together sharing the territory called Kenya, resolving conflicts in land will continue to bog us from centuries to century. We cannot live in a situation where some people in this country, let us say in Taita Taveta, own 90 per cent of the county and the rest of the community is confined to 30 per cent of the land. When you go to Taveta Constituency itself, you find about three or four individuals owning more than 95 per cent of the land in that county. The ... view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Minister is aware of Circular Letter No. CLR/R/2/52 dated 31st October, 2011 by the Commissioner of Lands suspending the functions of all Land Dispute Tribunals and Land Appeals Committees in the country. This is not premature because it is based on Environment and Land Court Act, which established the Environment and Land Court in accordance with Article 162(2)(b) of the Constitution as enacted by Parliament in August, 2011. The Act commenced on 30th August, 2011. Section 31 of the Environment and Land Court Act repealed the Land Disputes Act, 1990. This ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no problem with the interpretation that my learned friend is giving. However, the reason why these tribunals and committees were suspended - you can see from that circular, the operative word is that their activities have been suspended - was because this Act was meant to deal with the mischief that it was dealing with. There were many complaints made against Land Disputes Tribunals and Lands Appeal Committees. It was felt that now that there is a new Act in place, the establishment of the Environment and Land Court would be expedited. If the hon. ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said at the beginning that I agreed with the interpretation of my hon. learned friend. However, I said that the continued operation of these tribunals, even within the Ministry of Lands is causing us a lot of havoc because everywhere these tribunals have been established they go beyond their mandate. That is they deal with matters that are not within their mandate. However, I agree with the hon. Member that his interpretation is correct but the solution is to expedite the process. If the hon. Member would know the concerns I have had on this, as ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the law, you will find that the request should be put before the Chief Justice. I think those provisions were read clearly by my hon. Friend. That is Section 32 of the Act. However, I am saying that having these tribunals in place will be at an extra cost to the Exchequer. We have not been paying them because we do not have the money. After we establish the superior courts they will be remunerated by the Judiciary. They will have a Judicial Fund. I think it is more cost effective to have ... view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: but creating more log jam in our judicial system. view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, although the Attorney-General is not up on his feet, he wanted to give information on this because he has been working more closely with the Chief Justice. He will give--- view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, I was saying all that as a preamble. I was not giving--- view
• 13 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the simple answer to the simple question was that I will not rescind. view