James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4181 to 4190 of 4273.

• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is being unfair to me. The report may be there for record purposes but, at the end of the day, if the parties have gone to court, I cannot enter into the dispute without being invited either as an arbiter or as a party to the dispute. Let us await for the decision of the court. If they think that the court has taken 38 years to determine the case, they can withdraw the case and come to us. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Land Parcel No. Subukia Block 13/1584, (KIANWE) previously held in the name of County Council of Nakuru, has been transferred to a private developer by the said council. Since it is the County Council of Nakuru that effected the transfer, I am unable to take any action. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, my hands are tied by the Local Government Act which states that every local authority is a legal entity. They have a right to own, transfer and deal with property as they deem appropriate. I am also aware that no local authority can dispose of any interest that they have on any asset without the consent of the Minister for Local Government. I am trying to liaise with the Minister for Local Government to ensure that before we can transfer any property of any local authority, that particular local authority provides evidence that the Minister has ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think we already have a standing rule in the Ministry, that any public land which is not available for alienation cannot be transferred or sold, if it is a road reserve or land meant for any public utility. We are taking a very firm decision that no such land can be transferred. However, if there is anything that relates to what happened in the past, we are looking at them on a case by case basis. We have revoked title deeds for public utilities in Mombasa and other places that were corruptly or fraudulently transferred to ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, not all title deeds, as the Member presumes have sanctity. If a title deed was issued fraudulently, the Titles Act states very clearly that its registration can be questioned. So, I think the hon. Member is wrong on his first premise, that every title deed, no matter how it was obtained, has the stamp of sanctity. However, in places like Nakuru District and the Coast Province where we had problems of double allocations and registration, there has been a need to have a general caveat as we deal with those cases to ensure that ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am grateful to the hon. Member and I hope that hon. Bett was listening to what you were saying. First of all, let me make a definitive statement, that letters of allotment are not documents of titles. They are just an invitation to treat. Therefore, no one should treat a letter of offer as a legal document or contract that is binding on the Government of Kenya. I have talked to the hon. Member about the case about the case of Londiani Town Council where land was alienated or allocated fraudulently. It was not land that ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, any sub-division that is undertaken without the sanction of the Commissioner of Lands cannot be proper and legitimate. In the past, there has been a lot of malpractices where public utility land which had been vested in the hands of the local authorities was used by some elements in the local authorities to give to individuals who eventually use it for purposes of speculation. However, I want to assure the hon. Member for Embakasi Constituency that if he has any specific cases involving sub-division of land which is described as public utility, then he should come to ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. If Mr. Okemo cannot chew gum and walk at the same time, he cannot assume that the Acting Minister for Finance cannot consult and hear him out. That is what we were doing. We were consulting about what Mr. Okemo is talking about yet he is making the presumption that we are not paying attention. Is he in order to assume that? view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Mwicwiri Farmers Company has not been issued with a title deed for LR.No.9620 which it has owned for the last 38 years. (b) The Commissioner of Lands will issue the title deed once the court cases involving two sets of directors for the same has been concluded. view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the parties have chosen the forum of the courts as the basis for settling their dispute. If the Commissioner of Lands or I intervened, then we would be caught up in the law of contempt of court. If the parties are willing to withdraw the cases in court, I am quite ready to intervene like we have done in some other cases; to try and bring the dispute to an end. Sense should prevail because 38 years is a long time. So, the hon. Members should talk to the November 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3519 parties. If ... view