James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3581 to 3590 of 4273.

• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I promise to institute forfeiture for proceedings, which is in place. Unfortunately, the hon. Member should give support to Maziwa Traders to ensure that they are properly represented in court. This is because the court cases that have been filed, heard and determined in relation to this particular property, have been ruled against them. So, we have those rulings also to contend with. I am trying to use other provisions in the law to try to make sure that public land, I am not really interested in Maziwa Traders alone, but I am interested in ... view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (a) Under Article 65 of the Constitution, non-citizens hold land on the basis of leasehold tenure, which lease cannot exceed 99 years. In this respect, any non-citizen holding land, whether freehold or for more than 99 years is deemed to be holding the land for a maximum of 99 years. Article 65 (4) of the Constitution provides that Parliament may enact legislation to make further provisions for the operation of this Article. The Ministry of Lands is co-ordinating the formulation of the said legislation for enactment. But that notwithstanding Section 8 (1) and (2) of the Sixth Schedule of the ... view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: “(1) On the effective date, any freehold interest in land in Kenya held by a person who is not a citizen shall revert to the Republic of Kenya to be held on behalf of the people of Kenya, and the State shall grant to the person a ninety-nine year lease at a peppercorn rent. view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (2) On the effective date, any other interest in land in Kenya greater than a ninety- nine year lease held by a person who is not a citizen shall be converted to a ninety-nine view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: year lease.” view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, further enabling provisions for the conversion of freehold titles held by non citizens to 99-year leases will be guided by legislation enacted under Article 68 within the 18 months provided for by the Constitution. view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: The expiry of any Government lease held by an individual means that the land automatically reverts to the Government. Article 62 (1) (c) of the Constitution provides: “Land transferred to the State by way of sale, reversion or surrender;”shall be public land. Public land will be held, managed and administered by the National Land Commission in accordance with the Constitution. The Ministry of Lands, again, shall prepare an inventory of all public land that shall be vested to the National Land Commission. view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (b) There is no provision under the Constitution that requires non-citizens to surrender titles. What the Constitution provides for is the conversion of any interest in land held by non-citizens to a maximum of 99 year leases or term. view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (c) The disposal of public land is provided for under Article 62 (4) which states: view