James Orengo

Sen. Orengo On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not want to interfere with the contribution from Sen. Wamatangi. However, for him not to be seen as casting aspersions on our intelligence and capacity for understanding the English language, could he, probably, look at the report and...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to be as brief as possible, although 10 minutes is not good enough. I plead with both sides of the House. The Constitution of Kenya is clear on who exercises the authority of legislation in the Republic of Kenya; it is through the...

Sen. Orengo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to ride on what Sen. Khaniri and Sen. Ong’era have raised. I was looking for a copy of the Powers and Privileges Acts. There were very old provisions which are found in our legislation and in many parliaments in the Commonwealth.When...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand on a point of order to raise two or three significant issues relating to the business that has just been called out. I begin with making the point that one of the things that I have been very impressed about the Senate; and...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not on the order. Let me leave all that and come to the point. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not want to raise this point of order but when I saw you leave with the mace then I had no alternative but to...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been wondering why Sen. Wangari was a student leader at the University of Nairobi. Mark my words; I have not talked about Nairobi University. People who did not go to that institution call it Nairobi University. Today I got the answer why she,...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Murkomen knows what I think about him. However, when he spoke today, I could not make that reference. I think the party is better left that way. (Laughter) Sen. Orengoadjournment and includes any period during which the Senate is in committee.” That is the...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would seek the indulgence of the Chair to seek more time as we have met over this issue and it turns out to be complicated and requiring us to summon various Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) including the Attorney-General (AG) . We have done that but...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am reporting to the House what I was told. I spoke to some of them and those are the words they used. They were trying to make a point. If you are not seeing the point I am trying to make, then woe be...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With great respect to Sen. Orengo, can he confirm that he is talking about ‘anniversary’ and not ‘jubilee,’ for the sake of the HANSARD? ‘Jubilee’ has a totally different meaning from ‘anniversary’. Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am reporting to the House what I was told. I spoke to some of them and those are the words they used. They were trying to make a point. If you are not seeing the point I am trying to make, then woe be...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With great respect to Sen. Orengo, can he confirm that he is talking about ‘anniversary’ and not ‘jubilee,’ for the sake of the HANSARD? ‘Jubilee’ has a totally different meaning from ‘anniversary’. Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing...

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Sen. Orengo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am just concerned about the utterances by counsel when he makes a blanket accusation that most county governments have not… without any evidence before this Senate. He may have allowance to say a lot of things but he should...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope I will not be fishing. I want the Auditor-General to clarify a matter to me. He will agree with me that the head of the county treasury is the CEC Finance. Would he expect the CEC to be familiar with the legal regime...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am worried about the interventions which have been made by the Controller of Budget because the County Assembly of Nyeri as it should was relying on the power donated to the Controller of Budget under Article 228 (6) of the Constitution which states that...

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Sen. Orengo What of Counsel for the Governor?

Sen. Orengo You better, because you also know Volume IV is even bigger. (Laughter) September 14th, 2016 SENATE DEBATES (Laughter)

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Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you. As I was listening to the introductions, they were not proper because they were names in regard to particular persons or individuals, it was one name and there was no prefix; Mr., Mrs., Hon. --- We did not get all that proper...

Sen. Orengo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With due respect, I request that where counsel is referring to---

Sen. Orengo I thought that rules changed in my absence. September, 13th 2016 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Orengo On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In regard to what you have just said, the witness statement the way it appears is just a broad statement. It is not even evidence the way I look at it. The problem is that you will have to tell...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker Sir, since this is a quasi-judicial body, I would urge you that the witness do not just adopt the statement. This is because we are taking a very serious action on the power that we have been supplied with documents and some of them are not...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker Sir, That is not good enough.

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker Sir, That is not even good enough because it should have been a declaration under the Oaths and Statutes Declaration Act; something which he can be pinned down on because we do not want a situation where evidence which is being given before the Senate can...

Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine is partly what Sen. Ong’era has asked. I was looking through the material that we have been given from the county assembly. I was hoping to find some evidence of a notice to appear before the county assembly served on the Governor like we...

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Sen. Orengo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand under Standing Order No.98 (1) to ask that the Mover be now called upon to reply. I wanted to speak, but given what is coming from the Floor, the case has already been concluded. Would I be in order to ask that the...

Sen. Orengo Order, Sen. Murkomen! Let the Senate Minority Leader conclude and I will allow you to give examples from where you come from. Sen. Murkomen, you do not come from where the Senate Minority Leader comes from. That is the simple reason. (Laughter)

Sen. Orengo Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to add my voice. This Amendment Bill has been mistaken to be a women issue. It is in the Constitution that we all accepted.

Sen. Orengothe document for purposes of what was anticipated, there is always a process of give and take. That has been the spirit in this country that must continue for us to find common solutions to common problems.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if I remember my experience from the Serena process,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the time, the emotions of the country were high. People had taken positions that were very difficult to resolve. We were talking not to each other but at each other. In order to resolve this problem, something significant happened on Madaraka Day. Prior to that,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the views that were presented before us, I am glad to report that there were various allegations that were made, some of which were not in the form of concrete evidence but some were in terms of reports that were received from agencies including the...

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Sen. Orengo Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to add my voice. This Amendment Bill has been mistaken to be a women issue. It is in the Constitution that we all accepted.

Sen. Orengothe document for purposes of what was anticipated, there is always a process of give and take. That has been the spirit in this country that must continue for us to find common solutions to common problems.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if I remember my experience from the Serena process,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the time, the emotions of the country were high. People had taken positions that were very difficult to resolve. We were talking not to each other but at each other. In order to resolve this problem, something significant happened on Madaraka Day. Prior to that,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the views that were presented before us, I am glad to report that there were various allegations that were made, some of which were not in the form of concrete evidence but some were in terms of reports that were received from agencies including the...

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