James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: What I am trying to say here is that he allowed us to go even though we differed with the position that the civil servants were taking on the question of the extra judicial killing. When we convinced him, he agreed that we go to Geneva. He instructed us to tell the world the truth and what Kenya was going to do about it. view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: One of the things that I must say that happened to the late President Kibaki which probably President Uhuru does not have, is that his first Vice-President who was a brilliant Kenyan, the late hon. Wamalwa Kijana, gave him a supportive role. You could The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: call the President names out there, but he offered a supportive role at a time when he had suffered injury and was indisposed. Subsequently, after the death of Kijana Wamalwa, Uncle Moody Awuori took over and equally offered him a supportive role. He was not by any means a sycophant in the Cabinet. Then we had Vice President Steven Kalonzo Musyoka who had stood against President Kibaki, but he gave a supportive role. That is why Kibaki was able to achieve all the good things. When Raila and his team joined, with Raila as the Prime Minister, we had two ... view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: months? When trouble came, they had to go and sort out their problems. President Kibaki was the first one to tell them to go and get back when they had sorted the problem. Some of them never sorted their problems. Who did President Kibaki love more than Hon. Mwiraria? I do not think there was anybody who was as close to President Kibaki as Hon. Mwiraria. That is why he was made the Minister for Finance because of his closeness to President Kibaki. President Kibaki was watching what was happening at the Treasury all the time. He needed a loyal ... view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: confronted President Kibaki with a position and told him that he could not have it in a certain way, so long as it was right, he would listen to you. He was prepared to change his mind. Now if you have a leadership that cannot be advised, listen to reason or what the representatives of the people like ourselves are saying and they are the ones who wield Executive power, then that is the beginning of the end for any nation. view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this great man is lying in State in the precincts of Parliament. It takes a long time to find a gentle giant like him who is a great listener and who would rule, not with a cartel. He would not weaponise the presidency to settle scores. He wanted to do justice for the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, many great men of this country whom we never honoured have gone. It is very bad that in this country, unfortunately, we tend to honour leaders such as President Kibaki who make it to the top. view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: We have many great leaders who suffered for this country. For people like J.M. Kariuki, we remember them when it is necessary in an occasion or when we want to politicise his life for our own good. We have families of people like Hon. George Anyona who really suffered. There was also Hon. Philomena Chelagat Mutai who was in Parliament when it was difficult to say the kind of things she used to say. No Kenyan would ever remember her. Not even in the corridors of Parliament here would you see a picture of Hon. Chelagat because we forget. At ... view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope one day when the people from Bungoma County walk along the corridors of this Parliament, they will see a photograph or painting of Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. or Sen. Wambua who wants somebody to be number two, who has made a difference in a few years. view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me say something about it because the late President Kibaki was also a number two. At the end of the day, the exercise of presidential powers rests on the President. To treat the presidency as an arranged marriage is wrong. Arranged marriages never really work. Do The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Apr 2022 in Senate: not force yourself into a marriage. Never! It would be like being forced into a marriage like Marie Antoinette whose mother arranged a marriage between her and King Louis XVI. Later, she found out that he was not really a man. I will not go into details. Arranged marriages are just like that. I believe that when you are a gracious lady and you want to enter into a union, you make some kind of choice. view