James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 751 to 760 of 4273.

• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: The functions of the CEO vis-à-vis the functions of the board members should be clearly spelt out. You have some boards where the members effectively become the organization and the CEO and others are just in the periphery. Looking at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), that balance must be worked out very carefully. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because of these experiences, and Sen. Farhiya and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. are in the House, I beg you that at the appropriate time, when these functions are delineated and established properly, we should have some amendments coming from the Senate to ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: Suffice to say that the effect of the enactment of this Bill will be the revocation of the guidelines, which are in place. I think that is a good thing. Again, those guidelines were for the benefit of the National Treasury and the Executive. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other thing that will be repealed is Section 18 of the Public Finance Management Act. That is good. We should look at more carefully what Section 18 is saying. Where there is some relationship between the Public Finance Management Act and the Equalization Fund, we should make it very clear in the provision of this Bill that where there is conflict, the Equalization Fund Bill, when it becomes an Act, should prevail. The long and short of the Public Finance Management Act, and the way I look at it--- This is where I agree with ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since you had said that we have very limited time which is five minutes, I am rising on the foot of Sen. Wambua. He was a member of the Committee. He probably knows more than we do because we have only the report to go by. If there are any factual contradictions, the Mover can react to them when replying. However, if every time somebody says something another stands up and says that it is wrong when the whole evidence is not here--- They should have carried the books here. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, I second this Procedural Motion. One of the reasons I am in support is that, I have some things to say-- - view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are lots of heavy things that have come across the Floor that have motivated me to speak today so that we resolve this matter today. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: We have a lot business to do which is pending, but this matter has also been pending for a whole year. I second the Motion and beg that we conduct business until conclusion of this matter today. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to congratulate this Committee. It did a wonderful job. If you look at the membership, there are Members of this Senate that I really respect. By some coincidence, nearly just under half of them were lawyers. Therefore, in giving my comments, I want to put that factor in the background. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I must confess that I have never seen a report for a long time in this House of this magnitude. If it is for size, they did a good job. If it is for annexures, they did a good a job. If ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Sen. M. Kajwang’ has also reminded us that we have been appropriating, if that is the right word, funds to go to this project. When it comes to making accusations, we also stand accused. The Executive also stands accused. If I look at this project, it is more than Kshs38 billion. We should have been told that there was some Cabinet approval of a project of this magnitude. When the Senate is looking for additional Kshs5 billion to go to the counties, we cannot get it. However, suddenly for this project, the billions were ready even without the Governor’s asking ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: who appoint local agents because a lot of these companies we are told they were local agents of these international companies. This report is not coming out with a proper indictment of these international companies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I must confess that if you read this Report, it shows what is wrong with us. That is a proper study of this Report. It is not an accusation against these particular individuals. This is an accusation of how Kenya operates. If you are really to evaluate it, everything; even what is going on in Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) now--- Forget ... view