James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3371 to 3380 of 4273.

• 8 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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
• 8 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Finally, on this point, during these long rains, if, at all, you are on Peponi Road, you will see the consequences of people grabbing riparian land. That is because it translated into massive floods in those areas. Some of the owners of those buildings are now regretting because some of them were brought down. They were subject of land grabs and some of them were done by religious organizations. So, I think we better wait until we are able to computerize and all will be well. view
• 8 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Olago, at least, I can speak for Mr. I. Ruto. When we were down in Chepalungu, we agreed that we are in a pact of reconcilliation. We even prayed together, ate together and when he was asked what is his political party, the word “U” would not come out of his mouth. So, I realized that my honourable friend is being very serious about this issue of reconciliation. I hope that by the end of the year, he will come back to the right path. That notwithstanding, I have not lamented. I have offered solutions through the National Land ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a matter of direction, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is a lot of interest in this matter for very good reasons. I am reminded by an English philosopher who was asked to define an orange and his definition was that an orange is the simultaneity of roundness and greenness. But a bishop said that the best way to prove that an orange actually exists is that you may either kick it or eat it. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Now, there are allegations here which are undermining the authority of the entire Government if you can separate facts from fiction the way I have known in the many years I have been in this Parliament--- The Prime Minister has given a very comprehensive Statement, that if you think that, that Statement is not accurate--- All the evidence from the World Bank and ILO has been put before this House, and the information has come from the Government. If there is an allegation that some money has disappeared and there is no satisfaction with the answer that is being given, ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not accept because he is going to be more confounded. Even the last information he sought, he did not find a response. It ended in nothing. So, I want information of value. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the National Assembly. We have been given a role by this Constitution to audit, oversee and supervise. So, if any hon. Member has evidence of any sort which is not covered by the Prime Minister’s Statement--- He has even talked about the money which is actually lost in terms of integrity and where the questions should be asked. So, the Member for Saboti, who has been speaking about this all over, should come with that evidence and say: “I confront you with this information.” Otherwise, if this forum is going to be turned into a ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: But, Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have done very well to bring emotions down. Let the public be given proper information. So far, and I know hon. Wamalwa very well, when he has got a great point, it does not take him so long. But, today, he wobbled, procrastinated and, at the end of it, I did not know what this is all about. view