James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 4273.

• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I had talked about several issues in the few minutes that I had yesterday. I have the benefit of looking at the report of the Committee. Some of the notes that I had made in relation to the Bill are covered in the report. To that extent, it will make my work on the contribution to this Bill a lot easier. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: There was something that I was dealing with yesterday. First was the question of the role of the Executive in appointing the Board. My observation was that the Executive was responsible for the appointment of the board through nomination of the chairperson by the President. The appointment of the rest of the members of the board is by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) of the National Treasury. The other appointments are statutory appointments that depended on those holding certain positions in the Executive. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: I have since looked at the report by the Committee, and I largely agree with their recommendations, including the one that I talked about yesterday on the Council of Governors (CoG) wanting people to be represented. It has been reduced to two persons. I am hoping that as we appoint the board, there must be a role to be played by the Senate. Having seen what happened with the formula, this is the other entry point for the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: Senate in trying to determine matters that relate to the Equalization Fund, which is very important. During the debate on the formula, I remember that many of the people said that we can pass the formula as it was and wait for the passing of this Equalization Fund. This meant that this Equalization Fund was going to address some of the issues in relation to areas that were marginalized, and so on, and so forth. Therefore, it is still my belief that the board must have the approval of both the National Assembly and the Senate. If not the two ... view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: the stability of the country is critical in many ways. Modern governments that are based on democracy operate very well when institutions work the way they should work. Whenever I read British history, I am normally very excited about the rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone as prime ministers. Those were probably the two greatest prime ministers of the modern British era. People think that Churchill was the greatest Englishman that ever lived and others think it is Shakespeare. Some people say Shakespeare was not because of some of his views in his plays like Merchant of Venice, which was characterized ... view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: In British politics, the view between the Tories and the Opposite party led by the Disraeli and Gladstone were democracy at work. All we are doing even in passing this Equalization Fund Bill is that there will be contrary opinion and there should be contestation. Things tend to move very smoothly so long as those contestations happen within democratic structure and framework. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: I think we are reaching a stage where we have to think twice. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, we must try to determine whether this House will stand rather than fall. The greatest challenge now is that when the House in Government is divided, it brings a terrible situation in the life of a nation. I want to say this without fear of contradiction, you can have a country with a very strong opposition, but so long as intuitions work, it will stay intact. In Kenya, we have a situation where the Government in power is divided. I think ... view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: The debates we have here, including the one on this Equalization Fund Bill, are very important. We want to talk about ideologies and principles. Nowadays, even where we go to churches as politicians I do not think anybody is talking about the idea of the Big Four Agenda, yet, that is a central objective of the Jubilee Government. The question of this Equalization Fund finds its place in relation to the Big Four Agenda. I think the primary principle is to make life affordable, take development where it is required and so on and so forth. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, without taking too much time, God gave to us together this ‘temple’ called Kenya. Let not one Samson with a Delilah bring it down. I do not know who is Delilah or Samson, but they all were responsible for bringing the house down. view
• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: I like my son here called Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. When he has a point of view, he will pursue it passionately. When we sit with him and there is disagreement, I accept it because he has nothing behind it, but just to let ideas win. If I differ with anybody even in business, you can dissolve a company. If there is disagreement in the Government, you can dissolve it and restructure it. I do not know how you can dissolve and restructure in the current constitutional arrangement. If it reaches a situation where people within that Government are attacking ... view