James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3631 to 3640 of 4273.

• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government will be looking into allocations dating back to 1963 when Kenya attained Independence. The Government will only revoke titles that were irregularly or illegally allocated. Titles with multiple transactions will not be exempted from the exercise of revocation as there was no legitimate or local interest to be conferred to the allottees. Multiple transactions cannot legitimize an irregularity. Individuals and companies who bought land without the knowledge of the illegality of the title can seek redress through the judicial system for the recovery of their investments. The primary aim of the Government is to recover ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the emergence of the new Constitution and the National Land Policy, the Ministry has continued with the process of revocation of titles for illegally acquired land. The revocation is undertaken through a legally informed process. The titles for land which are lawfully acquired are not protected by the Constitution within the meaning of Article 40(6) which inter alia provides that rights under this Article do not extend to any property that has been found to have been unlawfully acquired. Article 40 guarantees sanctity of titles but deny any form of private ownership to land that is ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is consulting with other Government agencies and Ministries to ensure that the due process is followed in the revocation procedures. The consequential legislation contemplated in the Constitution will create a more elaborate procedure and framework to deal with all aspects of land tenure or interested land under the auspices of the National Land Commission and the established courts or other mechanisms for the determination disputes involving land. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry that I may not give that assurance, but I will try. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: First of all, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want Member of Parliament to have an understanding that the general framework of the Government Land Act which is found in many other legislations. For example, if you look at the Kenya Railways Act, Kenya Airports and Authority Act. The basis of legal framework is that if any institution is given public land, including private individuals, if you have nothing to do with it, and in particular, if you are given for any specific purpose, the law would require you to return back to the public. I can cite sections of the law, ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: On the transactions that follow an illegal act, we cannot claim any legitimate right, if the original transaction was illegal--- view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can conduct a search. For example, what happens is that somebody goes and manufactures a title deed and introduces it in the system. In fact, this is the problem that we have with double transactions, double titles or triple title. There can only be one title that is legitimate. You cannot have three title deeds over the same property. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: There are circumstances, where somebody has had an original and he goes and does a search and that search is either inconclusive, or he finds that some illegal transaction has taken place. Somebody who has manufactured a title deed can actually go and do a search, and find out that, indeed, that land is available for that particular transaction. Many people are being conned on negligence basis. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Let me give a practical example. There is a family that came to the Lands Office and bought land after they had done a search. The owner of that land was a company known as Biva Properties Limited, if my memory serves me right. Somebody had gone to the Companies Registry and replaced that particular file with another file, with a new list of Directors. So, when the mother came to the Ministry of Lands, since we do not keep a list of directors, when the search was done, it was found to be legitimate according to the records. However, ... view