James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I answered the question. However, since he offered an opinion, I also offered an opinion in return. He said that it was in his opinion; it was not really a question. He said in his opinion, the land should be given to the molasses plant. I said since the molasses plant has not asked for that land, that opinion is extremely trivial in the circumstances. view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could I give my opinion on that question! view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was with a light touch! The tradition in this House has been to have a fair share of expression of opinion. The question being asked by the hon. Member for Lari is extremely important. Allocations of land must follow the proper process. I can guarantee him that the land will not go into the hands of a land grabber, but to those who need it in accordance with the statute. view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not find it necessary to give a cocktail of all the breaches. However, they are quite a number, including the breach that the hon. Member has mentioned. However, he had better wait until we conclude the forfeiture proceedings. Since these will be judicial proceedings, we cannot predetermine what the court will say in the matter. view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to apologise for the fact that this Statement has been in demand for quite a bit of time. However, I think it is a very important Statement, as it depicts the whole issue about land grabbing and the problems that we have about it. Mr. Mbuvi raised five issues relating to purchase of the pieces of land. If I can deal with them issue by issue, the first and second were parcels of land which were reserved for the Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Production Institute (KEVEVAPI). The plots were, however, allocated to individuals in 1995 on ... view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second plot, again, was allocated to the same company on the same day and on 26th May, it was sold to the NSSF for Kshs225 million. The third plot also went to the same company on the same day and on the same 26th May, it was sold to the NSSF for Kshs225 million. The NSSF has caused the subdivision of the land into 371 portions with an intention of selling them to the public. As a Government body is involved, which has applied workers contributions totalling to Kshs675 million, the Ministry is considering the steps ... view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thirdly, there were parcels which were public utility plots, planned for a hospital and vested to Nairobi City Council. The same were, however, transferred by the Council as follows: L.R No.36/VII254 was transferred to Penjinia Enterprises on 24th January, 2007 at a consideration of Kshs44,000. The same was later transferred to Computerian Enterprises Limited for a sum of Kshs5 million. view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: In May, 2010, the same, again, was transferred to Almiramin Investment Limited for Kshs10,200,000. LR.No.36/VII255 was transferred by the Council to Sunrise Reprographics for Kshs44,000. The same was later transferred to Jamaa Musa Hussein for Kshs5 million. LR.36/257 was transferred by the council to Lydia Wanjiru Mutambai and Vesta Furniture Matt for a sum of Kshs1.1 million. Nothing, so far, has been done on those pieces of land. The above transactions clearly indicate the land was being transferred for speculative purposes as the transferee immediately transferred the same even before developing the same. The Ministry has put a stop to ... view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the issue raised by Mr. Mbuvi, we even placed a restriction before we were requested by the KACC to revoke the title deed. We are in a Catch 22 Situation because the purported owners of this property went to court. They are in court together with the KACC and they have a judgment in their favour. Therefore, it would be inappropriate for us to proceed without seeking some advice from the office of the Attorney-General as there is a clear order by the court that the status quo of the property should ... view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the second issue, probably, what we should do is to give an update to Parliament on what we have done so far, in dealing with various properties which have been mentioned in the Ndung’u Report where we have placed restrictions, where we have revoked title deeds and so forth. I think such an update would indicate to the House that we actually have done a lot in recovering a lot of public land. If you ask the Judiciary, all over the Republic from Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru and Mombasa, they will tell you that we ... view