James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3681 to 3690 of 4273.

• 22 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank hon. Maalim for that question. There is only one settlement scheme which is ongoing right now, which is in Mpongwe, in Witu, which started in the year 2009. I have told my officers that before anyone is issued with a title deed, I am going to interrogate the list to make sure that those who will get title deeds in that scheme are indigenous people from Lamu County. We may have some discretion, because the general policy is that 60 per cent of the land in a settlement scheme should go to the indigenous people, ... view
• 22 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: should be very happy about all that we are doing in Lamu. The only thing that remains to be done is to make sure that the local people, including the Bajuni, get their titles in whichever form they want. Hon. Shakila should also get her title deed. The question of when this will happen arises because these communities do not want individual titles. They want a title to be given to them as a community. So, there is a lot of planning that is going on to identify common resources like grazing land, water resources; all this is taking place ... view
• 22 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, not the whole of Lamu is a world heritage site. There are sites in Lamu which have been declared heritage sites like the sand dunes, mangrove swamps and some conservancies which exist where there is wildlife and forests. Those have been gazetted and nobody can interfere with them. view
• 22 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think that a committee is necessary. I am saying that a lot of this land is being given away by local leaders. They go and apportion themselves an area; then they get people to settle on this land even without titles. It is a law and order issue for people to go and settle in areas where they are not supposed to encroach on like forest land. Those are law and order issues. As far as I am concerned, there is no titling of any piece of land other than that, that exists in ... view
• 17 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am in a rather unfortunate circumstance. Yesterday, when this Question was called, hon. Dor was not here and as a consequence, it was dropped. To my amazement, I have just noticed that the Question is on the Order Paper. If it may please the Speaker, could it be passed for another ten or 15 minutes? I will be able to respond to it then. view
• 17 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 17 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: (a) I am not aware that that the land meant for Busia Airstrip has been sub-divided and allocated to individuals. In fact, the position is quite the contrary. Busia Airstrip was planned to be developed on the land, which is privately owned, in anticipation of having the land acquired through The Compulsory Acquisition Act, Chapter 295, of the Laws of Kenya. view
• 17 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: (b) The acquisition process was initiated and it is yet to be finalised to place the land to the Government. The Ministry of Lands is merely acting as an agent. The Ministry of Roads and the Ministry of Public Works and the Clerk to Busia County Council, have been notified of the requirements. view
• 17 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to repeat that the land on which the airstrip is located is privately owned, and that the Minister for Lands was merely required to act as an agent for the purpose of acquiring the land through compulsory acquisition. To that extent, it is probably the Ministry of Transport which can source for funds. Our role, as the Ministry of Lands, is to ensure that there are funds with which to compulsorily acquire the land, before acquiring the land compulsorily; and that the purpose for which the land is being compulsorily acquired is public ... view
• 17 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are ongoing negotiations between the relevant Ministries and the county council. As you know, Busia is growing into a bigger town. The County Government is going to be there. In that airstrip, there is no room for parking of any aircraft, or building a small terminal. So, discussions are going on as to whether or not it would be sustainable to spend money and expand that airstrip, or whether to acquire a larger piece of land, which is comensurate to the growing town of Busia. We can then use resources to build a better ... view