James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 701 to 710 of 4273.

• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: Let the Counsel bring their question then the witnesses give their evidence because we have the last work not even the Speaker. It is us, Senators, with the last word. I ask that we proceed in a more orderly fashion. view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I agree with Sen. Cheruiyot that any documents that the county assembly or the Governor wants to use in prosecuting their case must be documents that are before us. If they are before us, they should refer us to those particular documents. If they are having a discussion between the two of them and we do not have those documents, it is highly irregular. I think that in the future, any document we receive must be stamped to signify the fact that they came to us. Part of the problem is that ... view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since we do not have time, let them cross-examine the witness to the extent that they can and that level, the witness can be stood down only for that reason tomorrow, so that we do not open the witness again to other matters. view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I am just beginning from where I started. You have said 40 minutes for the two witnesses. The planning was that you give Nairobi City County Assembly the time they need to prosecute their case. The question of two witnesses is not good enough. They should be told the time they have to prosecute their case whether they are two or three witnesses. We are revising and reviewing our position so many times. view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, if we conduct these proceedings in the manner we are proceeding, where all the sides have to avail their documents is to curtail the time we spend in giving evidence and cross-examination. Otherwise, we will just call witnesses, they speak and we do not know what they are going to say. This process requires that everybody has to file their statements in advance. In fact, I want you to borrow from what they do in the election petitions. They normally ask: “Is this is your statement? Do you adopt it?” Then they sit down and cross- examine ... view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: 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
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: I think the right way to go is to tell the County Assembly that, “you do not have 40 minutes for two witnesses”. Give them time to present their case, whether it is 40 minutes, one hour or two hours. Also, give the other side. I was proposing that if you give each witness 20 minutes, then you can tell them how long they have to cross-examine. view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, one of the things that I was taught---. If there is any lawyer we have in the House who has got experience is the lawyer called Mr. Nyamu. In fact, in matters Petitions relating to impeachment he has contributed to the relevance of the law, to two impeachments. He has argued these cases to the Supreme Court. What is worrying, is the counsels for the governor. My starting point if I was cross view
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: 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
• 16 Dec 2020 in Senate: examining this witness is to show her the statement and say: ‘What you are saying is not in the statement but an afterthought’. These are all material for cross-examination. The moment you stand up and down the story is lost and even your case is lost. If you want to create an impression to us---. That is why I am saying if she is relying on the statement, that is where you begin: ‘Janet, I have your statement, did you include the evidence you are saying now in your statement? Why did you not include it? Is it an afterthought?’ ... view