James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: It is also possible that the family of Mr. Olando Ong’udi has undergone frustrations on the face of the records showing that the land belongs to Salim Mupelele Said’s side. Once the Ministry resolves the issue of the alleged transfer to Mr. Said, the frustrations will come to an end. view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you give me 30 days, I will be able to do that, one way or the other. So, Mr. Salim will be given 14 days to do that and then, in the next 14 days, we will take appropriate action. view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Let me thank the hon. Member for welcoming me to his constituency in such a powerful way. Keep it up. view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: In fact, there is somebody who has already been convicted in relation to that matter and served a sentence. Mr. Olago, only added to an ongoing process because the history of that particular land is full of illegal activities. It was not just on the time when there was a transfer between Mr. Mupelele and Ong’udi, but even subsequently. That is why I have come to a firm belief that the whole process was shrouded with fraud. view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the records, it looks like even the green card that we have that was introducing the system is not the original green card. The activity that led to those unfortunate circumstances is one that we keep on appealing. I am glad that the relevant Parliamentary Committee, even as you read the report on Syokimau, says the only end to this kind of fraud is not just convictions, but introducing a land information system that is going to bring all these things to an end. view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: We are hoping that Treasury will read this new situation and give the Ministry the requisite funds to create a land information system that will not require any kind of human intervention. So, whereas I agree to some extent that there has been a problem from within, all that is happening because whenever you have human intervention, then records, whether in courts or immigration, tend to offer an opportunity to those who do not want to do things the right way. The way forward is to have a land information system that even from your office, your house or from ... view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a totally different question. But whenever an issue like this has been brought to my notice, even Mr. Olago Aluoch is a witness---. If you give information and I find the facts are true, without thinking about the consequences so long as a title deed is based on fraud, I always oblige, especially if it is a Member of Parliament, by proceeding to expunge such kind of title deed from our records. I can tell you - and I want to plead with you - that a lot of fraud--- In fact, if you ... view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will allow me to say this. I want to invite all hon. Members to a workshop in which I want all Members of Parliament to look at all the land legislation which we have drafted. I do not want it to go the Cabinet or to any other institution before Members of Parliament look at it. I think here is how we are going to resolve that problem. When we send letters to you, please come. I think if we resolve the land issue, a lot of our problems will have gone. The workshop will ... view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to jog Dr. Khalwale’s memory. When somebody grabbed a plot along Mombasa Road, he came to me and within a month, the land was back in the hands of the public. The Ndung’u Report is just a small component of how to deal with the land sector. In that workshop, I will present to Members of Parliament how many acres of land we have recovered by trying to implement the Ndung’u Report. But ithout a statutory framework, there are many problems that we are confronted with. Some are to do with natural justice. ... view
• 8 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: We have an ongoing programme of trying to computerize certain registries like Kisumu, Thika and Mombasa and some of the busy registries. So long as we have to deal with manual records where registration and transactions require human intervention--- If that continues to be the obtaining situation, it is going to be very difficult to deal with land problems and fraud in the land sector. I want to assure Mr. Olago that we are going to have a land registry in Kisumu that is computerized. Short of that, Dr. Otichillo will tell you - because he has worked with us ... view