James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I listened very keenly as Sen. Kihika, the Senator for Nakuru County, sought this Statement and rushed here to put in a word. I appreciate what the Senator is saying because this is not a light matter particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries that are looking into ways of rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine are drawing a clear road map ahead of procuring and deploying resources in order to make sure that people get vaccinated. In our country, the most likely scenario which will emerge will be a repeat of what we have seen in many ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I listened very keenly as Sen. Kihika, the Senator for Nakuru County, sought this Statement and rushed here to put in a word. I appreciate what the Senator is saying because this is not a light matter particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries that are looking into ways of rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine are drawing a clear road map ahead of procuring and deploying resources in order to make sure that people get vaccinated. In our country, the most likely scenario which will emerge will be a repeat of what we have seen in many ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: by never presiding in any. He may have attended one or two harambees after he became the President but it was not in his habit. The current president, H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta has also done well in discouraging harambees because you do not see him too much in harambees . The exhibition of wealth in harambees is a „Mobutist‟ tactic. That is what Mobutu Sese Seko used to do in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: by never presiding in any. He may have attended one or two harambees after he became the President but it was not in his habit. The current president, H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta has also done well in discouraging harambees because you do not see him too much in harambees . The exhibition of wealth in harambees is a „Mobutist‟ tactic. That is what Mobutu Sese Seko used to do in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: DRC is the richest country in Africa, but because Mobutu made the state part of his infrastructure by taking away the resources to the DRC and then going back to give people money every time he wants to have his way in election. I supported Hon. Koigi wa Wamwere at the time he brought the Bill to discourage view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: DRC is the richest country in Africa, but because Mobutu made the state part of his infrastructure by taking away the resources to the DRC and then going back to give people money every time he wants to have his way in election. I supported Hon. Koigi wa Wamwere at the time he brought the Bill to discourage view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: by speaking to the issue of corruption. The biggest problem to fight against corruption are the politicians who determine what the Kenyan state is like and the problem is the Kenyan state. If you talk to an ordinary Senator in the USA about the kind of monies we give out in harambees, they would be surprised. One time, a friend of mine from South Africa who was very senior in the South African Government after serving as a Minister there for over 20 years, visited me and I took her to my activities over the weekend. She was taken aback ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: by speaking to the issue of corruption. The biggest problem to fight against corruption are the politicians who determine what the Kenyan state is like and the problem is the Kenyan state. If you talk to an ordinary Senator in the USA about the kind of monies we give out in harambees, they would be surprised. One time, a friend of mine from South Africa who was very senior in the South African Government after serving as a Minister there for over 20 years, visited me and I took her to my activities over the weekend. She was taken aback ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senator of Trans Nzoia for bringing up this issue. I must declare that at some point, I was involved in this matter. The reason I rise up is that we should not look at this Petition in isolation. If you look at it globally, we can find that one of the reasons our economy cannot progress in tandem with other economies in similar situations--- One of the key elements of production is availability of land as an asset. The Government of Kenya and statutory bodies like Kenya Railways and county councils at one point ... view
• 17 Feb 2021 in Senate: You find that what would have been available to the public for purposes of development and growth, had already been grabbed by speculators. Therefore, as we address things like the debt issue and the question of taxation, we must look at some of the assets that are being wasted by the Government and the public institutions by giving away public land and then using it for purposes of speculation. For example, this particular piece of land that Sen. (Dr.) Mbito is talking about was land that was given to a very good school, with a large campus, developed during the ... view