James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4051 to 4060 of 4273.

• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am taking the issue of the larger Meru as a special problem area and, in the next month, I will be visiting the area not only to try and put measures in place to expedite the process but also to ensure that the problems that have beleaguered the process in the larger Meru are dealt with. I ask the hon. Member if he has any information about any public officers who are interfering with the process, to come and see me with specific cases. I will be able to deal with them directly without waiting ... view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to anticipate what is in the Budget. However, the hon. Member will remember that when I was moving the Vote for this particular Ministry last year, I complained that, in spite of efforts that we have made to be given sufficient funds in order to process land adjudication, we were not able to get even 30 per cent of what we had asked for. view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: As I speak now, the Ministry of Lands is part of a larger component which includes the Ministry of Agriculture. So, the money is not given particularly in relation to my Ministry. We are treated as part of a component. We wait to know what allocation the Ministry will get when the Budget is read. view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with respect to hon. Mungatana, I think he is sleeping on the job! That amendment has already been made. It is what has enabled us in Trans Nzoia and some areas of the Coast Province, where the process translates into title deeds being issued. In fact, in Kwale, in two or three weeks, we will issue more than 15,000 title deeds. This is specifically because these provisions have been reviewed. The problem is no longer there. We only have financial constraints. view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that sometimes we are let down because a certain counsel fails to turn up or has not prepared the briefs correctly. We have no way of monitoring since the matters are being handled under the Office of the Attorney-General. I also agree with the hon. Member that there are some areas, particularly Malindi and parts of Kilifi, where 90 per cent of the problem has been caused by officials within the Ministry of Lands; some of whom have retired. The problems we deal with are not from those who have land claims in ... view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Indeed, in Malindi, I have put in place a process where we are looking at certain lands which were allocated to a particular person in various names, who is a lawyer and, I shall not name him. But 90 per cent of the problems in Malindi and Kilifi have occurred because of this single person. Nearly all the prime land in that area has either passed view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with the hon. Member and that is why we have sought, so many times, to have this Parliament and the Government as a whole, give us a bigger allocation. For example, last year, we had asked for Kshs7 billion and we were given something around Kshs2 billion, despite the fact that, outside the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Ministry of Lands collects more money than any other Ministry. We were only able to get Kshs2 billion with which to carry out all the programmes under the Ministry of Lands. Therefore, this is ... view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issues of corruption, I will ask the hon. Member to bring specific cases to me. I will not say that those cases are not there; they are there and there are ongoing investigations and prosecutions with regard to corruption. I am not going to carry the brief in trying to defend what has been a subject of many reports, including the Ndung’u Report. But I would urge hon. Konchella that, in Trans Mara, most of the time, we have a problem with the leadership. After the elections, when the leadership of the area changes, ... view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not talking about this specifically, but I am saying generally that, in that part of the world, the leadership of these group ranches tends to change whenever there is a change of political leadership. So, what was agreed during the previous leadership is not necessarily what would be agreed in the current or the subsequent leadership. So, we have many of those group ranches where, while we are just about to complete the exercise, a new scenario emerges that if you proceed and issue title deeds--- For example, there are one or two group ... view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did tell the hon. Member that I have a schedule here. I do not want to read it through but in Akirang’ondu, there are about 5,209 objections. Those objections need not delay the exercise. I would urge the hon. Member that if he has any name of a lands officer - because they are not entitled to allocate land to themselves--- Even if they are using the name of a relative or a friend, if you can give me those names, that would be dealt with as soon as that evidence is received. view