James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3401 to 3410 of 4273.

• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the spirit of these special seats is that they are not based on one person one vote. The system is proportional representation. You should have your potential Members of Parliament or nominees well before. It is not a list that you provide post election, so that the party members also feel represented. That is why in the ANC, they have a list according to seniority and they give as many as there are seats. So, when it comes to allocating seats, they just go back to that list which is based on proportional representation. This idea ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you look at Clause 35(7) and (8), the list submitted to the Commission shall be valid for the term of Parliament. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: All of it is there anyway. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to support this amendment because the Constitution in Article 104(1) - Right of Recall says:- “The electorate under Articles 97 and 98 have the right to recall the Member of Parliament representing their constituency before the end of the term of the relevant House of Parliament. (2) Parliament shall enact legislation to provide for the ground on which a Member may be recalled and the procedure to be followed.” view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: There is nothing in those provisions which say that you can stop that Member from running for elections. So, you cannot put a prohibition which the Constitution does not provide for. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, there is an additional problem that we have to deal with. Article 97 of the Constitution has created 290 seats. The Constitution says in Article 97(2) that:- “Nothing in this Article shall be construed as excluding any person from contesting an election under Clause 1(a)” So you can do everything with any other seat but the 290, you cannot. This is because they are political rights and all that. So you have got to find something else. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have done a lot of elections petitions in my legal career and there are times when what a printer publishers borders on criminal libel and for that, he is responsible. So, the name and address is important and it is a good practice. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I will invite the Committee Chairman to put particular regard to one very important component of this offence, which reads as follows: “Makes or publishes before or during any election for the purpose of affecting the return.” view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This means if you make any statement that does not affect the return, then it is not an election offence. I can tell you that I did an election petition one time in Mandera. A PICK candidate made allegations that the KANU candidate had defected, and the court found that his statement actually affected the return of that particular election. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. My point of order is this--- view