James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3641 to 3650 of 4273.

• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: The other thing that Members of Parliament need to understand is that under the Registration of Titles Act, the Ministry of Lands does not keep original title deeds. The title deeds that are kept by the Ministry of Lands are, in fact, photocopies of the titles. The legitimate owner of the land keeps the original. I do not want to defend the Ministry. However, there is a lot of fraud that has been taking place in the Ministry, which we are trying to deal with by computerizing and updating our information systems, so that what you are holding is consistent ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can give an example of a case that took place here in Kenya where a gentleman was seeking damages for a contract of the Duty Free--- view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not a fair point of order. I can allow him to have his day in Parliament, but that will not change the facts that I am putting before you. More importantly, I am trying to say that when you do a land transaction, please, be careful and carry out due diligence because somebody may give you legal currency, but what he is actually giving you may not be legal currency. So, you have to be conscious of that. Hon. Imanyara asked about the steps that are being taken. A lot of the revocations that we ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I dealt with it, but probably he wanted me to mention his name. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the Bill of Rights, there is a process under which if you feel aggrieved; or if any of your rights have been violated, you can take certain steps in order to enforce your rights. But Article 40(6) is very clear. It is not talking about a court of law. Article 10 of the Constitution requires every public officer, including the Minister for Lands, who is making policy decisions or taking any action, to comply with the Constitution. If I find that a public land has been unlawfully acquired, then the Constitution allows me to take those ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I quite agree, but that is because there is limited time. One of the things that may be an indicator as to whether we are losing revenue or not or people are afraid is whether revenue collection in the Ministry has gone down. In fact, it has gone up. Even in this financial year, it continues to go up. The second thing which has happened particularly for banks, they are now reading the conditions of these leases. For example, there are people who know where there is vacant public land and apply for it. They get allocations ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have now advised all our land registries that if one wants to carry out a transaction relating to public land, they have to get authority at the level of the Minister, so that somebody is accountable. If it is land belonging to the Kenya Railways Corporation, for example, the Minister for Transport has to give his consent. If it is land belonging to any local authority, the Minister for Local Government has to give his consent. So, this only applies to public land. If it is private land, you can do anything you want with it. ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: If I may add, the same Member for Limuru brought a Question here, seeking revocation of public land which had been grabbed in Limuru. When I did it, he thanked me. So, I do not know what he is fighting over. He was broadcasting how well I had done. If he now wants me to give it back to the grabbers, I can do so but doing so would not be right. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the answer is fairly simple. If you give out land belonging to you to a tenant, or you let out a house; if the tenant does not pay rent, you can take possession of the property. If the tenant raises no objection, the matter ends there. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I accept the information. view