James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: the Senator of Machakos, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, had sold out Machakos. Woe unto that Governor because Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka is taking Kshs1.4 billion to Machakos instead of the Kshs42 million. The Council of Governors (CoG) should act with a lot of introspection. I want to congratulate the Governor of Mandera, because he said there is no shutdown in Mandera. I hope that one of these days, I will hear a governor who has said because the breadwinner in the family cannot make ends meet, he will shut down his family. I hope one day, I will hear a governor who ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: I have several press statements here from last year. Governors and Senators moved to court for the revenue Bill, to protest over cash impasse last year. Governors did not have any friends in this Republic and they depended on the Senate to go with them to the Supreme Court. I am glad that, that decision of the Supreme Court has played a role in the decision that we have made today. Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the reasons we are winning all the time--- I want Senators to listen to what Hon. Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga said on the ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: I want to commend the Members of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget and the Mediation Committee. I photocopied part of the record of this House and I want to table the debates we had in June, 2019, on 11th and 17th September, 2019. If you read what every Senator said that time and if the governors had read what we said at that time, they would not have allowed the allocation to be less than Kshs350 billion this year. However, we have done better than them and increased the allocation for the next financial year to Kshs370 billion. ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: I also thank my party leader because without his interjection, probably getting there would have been extremely difficult. I say that without fear of contradiction because it reached a moment of trying to find out what we should do. I said at the beginning that we were quarrelling over a squirrel because we had Kshs316 billion to divide. My proposal was that we should get Kshs400 billion. The governors failed to get one shilling more, but the Senate has been able to get Kshs53 billion more. Siaya County will get more than Kshs1.1 billion, more. Next time the view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: Senate calls governors to come here for accountability, they had better come running because the money that we give to them is not for them to use the way they like. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I was trying to find out. Each county has a Fund and an account at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) because it is provided for in the Constitution. The Judiciary also has a Fund. Do you know that Parliament is supposed to have a Parliamentary Fund, but it has not been put into effect? We do not have such a Fund. We are just getting money anyhow. In fact, that constitutional arrangement is not complete until we get a proper Parliamentary Fund. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: When we wanted funds for oversight, we did not go on strike or shut down our operations. I cannot believe that a governor who has five vehicles and five homes can tell us that they will shut down because they cannot get extra money. Now they have got COVID-19 money on top of the money they want us to give them. I think governors have a lot of explanation to give. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: I hope that in the time to come, the question of accountability will be taken as seriously as the question of allocation. I have CPAIC reports about governors in volumes. Every time they do not get some little money, they run to the Senate, but when we want them for accountability, they say they cannot come. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: There are governors who said they will shut down their counties. It is only the Governor of Mandera who said he will not shut down. That is a Kenyan patriot. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: I thank you. view