James Orengo said : “The task is now before the 47 county assemblies and one can say without doubt that we will marshal more than the 24 needed to transmit the Bill to Parliament,” “There is no uphill task in passing BBI in Mt Kenya region by the county assemblies. The region’s supporters of the BBI should not be worried after the assemblies have passed the Bill”

standardmedia Wednesday, January 27, 2021 12:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Idi Amin ) : “The president is only great if he works for the people and ensures justice. Even Idi Amin was president. In Angola people fought for 20 years, in Central Africa Republic there was an election two weeks ago but the capital city is now surrounded by people who want to take over government. You should be careful of a leader who is obsessed with power and passionately pursues it without logic,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We have received an assurance from the DCI that the DP will be made to record statements,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Article 33 of the Constitution says that you have the freedom of expression, but it also adds that the reputation of every Kenyan must be respected. That right does not extend to propaganda, incitement to war or racial hatred or to falsehoods that you may want to propagate as a politician,”

capitalfm Friday, January 22, 2021 3:50:00 PM EAT

James Orengo aliongeza : "Natumai hii serikali ya Uhuru haina mipango ya kuomba mikopo zaidi. Tumeomba ya kutosha na ni lazima tujifunze kuishi kwa njia tunazoweza kugharamia,"

tuko Sunday, January 17, 2021 12:03:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "As ODM, we made a choice to support and work with the government. But we will only do so when they are on the right track. If they keep on provoking us, then we are ready to go to the trenches for the sake of Kenyans who are looking up to us,"

tuko Sunday, January 17, 2021 9:49:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : “I want to repeat here and now that the Senate together with the National Assembly, we want to bring a Motion of impeachment to kick out DP Ruto from office,”

standardmedia Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:18:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “If we continue to talk about 2022 without talking about what is defining Kenya today, we will bring this country down,”

standardmedia Sunday, January 10, 2021 6:53:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The DP took an oath of office to abide by the principles of the Constitution but his ambitions go contrary. If he is tired, he should call it a day and join his new political outfit but I know he won’t because he thrives in distractions and animosity,”

standardmedia Sunday, January 3, 2021 12:31:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I believe that we must revise the rules, amend the County Government Act in relation to the impeachment. I want to persuade the House that a committee process is probably better,”

thestarkenya Wednesday, December 23, 2020 8:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “This is the only power we have that has remained constant and we should assure the whole country that when we are presented with impeachment cases, we not only give them justice but also follow the principles of an impeachment,”

capitalfm Friday, December 18, 2020 3:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There are those who continue to propagate the lie that we can have a multiple choice referendum, this is not true because there is not such provision in the current Kenyan law,”

kenya-today Monday, December 7, 2020 2:24:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let’s append our signatures in the books faster so we close the referendum chapter before June next year. We want to start benefiting as soon as possible,”

thestarkenya Saturday, November 28, 2020 1:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us append our signatures so that they can be presented to the IEBC after next week,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 28, 2020 12:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Mohammed Hatimy ) : "Devastated by the death of Mohammed Hatimy. A gallant patriot. Never afraid to put up a fight for what he believed in and progressive and humanitarian causes. He has left big footprints in soccer, politics, public service, business and charity,"

thestarkenya Saturday, November 14, 2020 2:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Women and persons with disabilities are protected and given greater space and a greater role in leadership. Women are an integral part of the country and must effectively be supported to take up these leadership roles,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 9:35:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Women and persons with disabilities are protected and given greater space and a greater role in leadership. Women are an integral part of the country and must effectively be supported to take up these leadership roles,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Among the raft of recommendations was the addition of 70 seats in the National Assembly, to address gender, PWDs and under-representation issues within heavily populated constituencies, especially those in the urban and peri-urban areas,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "It is evident that over 300 MPs drawn from the Senate and the National Assembly have agreed on a total unwavering commitment to the BBI," "We are ready to proceed with activities that will culminate in a referendum. We therefore urge all Kenyans to join together with us in this noble cause,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “In the next 14 days, we will have a referendum bill that will be taken to IEBC accompanied by one million signatures for verification. I hope IEBC won’t waste time. That bill will then be taken to the county assemblies,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 30, 2020 8:34:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Raila Odinga ) : "Now that Kenyans are united, we have decided to work with the President and the ODM leader Raila Odinga to ensure our country develops,"

thestarkenya Friday, October 23, 2020 12:29:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We will not allow some leaders to undermine the BBI. We are dealing with resolving Kenya’s problems once and for all. We used to be against the President when the ODM leader lost elections but now we are behind the President wherever he goes,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 23, 2020 12:29:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “You can be the Deputy President and keep campaigning every day as if we have elections tomorrow,”

capitalfm Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : “I had filed a motion sometimes back against him for disrespecting the President. You cannot insult the government you are part of. Ruto sits at the National Security Council where he is getting all the intelligence briefs and therefore he cannot go against the wish of his government,”

standardmedia Saturday, October 10, 2020 12:47:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I want to tell Ruto that if you have any problems with Matiangi, table it in the cabinet. During the cabinet meeting, [on Thursday] people started asking questions and Ruto could not answer,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 9, 2020 5:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “If he sees teargas he should know that that was the law he passed,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 9, 2020 5:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo added : "When you look at the report, there are recommendations to EACC who will further make recommendations to DPP who is not obliged to act on it, this means that the matter can just die at the office of the DPP.So we must ask ourselves what can the senate the senate do,"

allafrica Saturday, October 3, 2020 4:26:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us not be demanding for money in the counties with no accountability, money without accountability cannot build a just and fair nation,”

thestarkenya Sunday, September 20, 2020 11:53:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Gideon Moi ) : "I was a very strict person during Moi's regime but that never made utter unprintable words against the president, his family or any other politician despite the fact that we never agreed on most matters. When he was admitted to hospital for the last time, his sons Raymond Moi and Gideon Moi allowed me to chat with him for 30 minutes before he died because of how I engaged him as my opponent. Talk as mature people.What do you stand for...What is your idelogy, what d0 you want Kenya to be, what constitutional order do you want in this country? What type of government do you want in this country. This kind of debate is becoming empty in this country. We just know how to call each other names,"

tuko Sunday, September 20, 2020 10:23:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I want to thank the President because we’d gone for weeks without resolution. The authority and dignity of the Senate was being questioned,”

standardmedia Saturday, September 19, 2020 1:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “If you read the dailies, you are more likely to find a governor mentioned in bad light in relation to Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act,”

standardmedia Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:43:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We have only two years to ensure BBI is passed,”

thestarkenya Saturday, August 22, 2020 8:37:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “A motion has been moved, it has not been seconded, it has not been proposed and then in the middle of it you’re dealing with another order. This is a procedural motion. I think even the issues being raised are important,”

standardmedia Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:12:00 AM EAT

James Orengo responded : “When I said revolutions eat their own people I was not excluding myself. I know that time will come and I know how to deal with it”

standardmedia Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:12:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is a great violation against the Senate which has not been dealt with, we went for an adjournment for a purpose and as things stand, we have not achieved the purpose of that adjournment. When Parliament summons it does not matter whether you are on leave or honey moon”

capitalfm Monday, August 17, 2020 9:04:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is a great violation against the Senate which has not been dealt with, we went for an adjournment for a purpose and as things stand we have not achieved the purpose of that adjournment. When Parliament summons it does not matter whether you are on leave”

capitalfm Monday, August 17, 2020 7:00:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about James Orengo ) : "Today it is these three tomorrow it will be Orengo... and I will know how to deal with it. I have prepared myself . "

thestarkenya Monday, August 17, 2020 3:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "I do not agree to an open ended adjournment because it shows we have no power and authority. I plead for the Speaker to use the authority of this House to summon the Interior CS, Police IG, DCI and AG, to appear before the Security Committee in the next one hour and report back at 2:30pm,"

standardmedia Monday, August 17, 2020 3:07:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about James Orengo ) : “Today it is these three tomorrow it will be Orengo… and I will know how to deal with it. I have prepared myself . ”

kenya-today Monday, August 17, 2020 1:04:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are here fighting each other. The fight for resources is reduced to what Sessional Paper number 10 of 1965, which ensures development was along railway line, is being brought back. Senate represent counties, we lost the war when central government took away Sh3 trillion,”

standardmedia Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:23:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are engaging in a cold war among the counties and among ourselves when that should not be the case. We are fighting over Sh316.5 billion out of a budget of Sh3 trillion. We are fighting over a rabbit because of the elephant,”

thestarkenya Tuesday, August 11, 2020 10:54:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We cannot forget that at the end of the day, we are serving people. We want people to live decent lives and I am sure with the leadership of Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, Kenya will earn respect,”

standardmedia Tuesday, August 11, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The emphasis is on the word equity. But the Bill of Rights is about equality. Dealing with equality is much easier than dealing with equity. When it comes to public finances and allocation of resources, we are dealing with the concept of equity,”

thestarkenya Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:42:00 AM EAT

James Orengo told : “I am advising the current President to be more accessible for him to enable us to solve these problems,”

thestarkenya Friday, July 31, 2020 10:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo told : “Yes, BBI was a great idea and we were hopeful it would deliver Baba to office. However, the delay in releasing the report has caused jitters over a game likely to leave us in treacherous waters," an MP close to Raila said. He declined to go on record. With claims the BBI train could be headed for derailing, the standoff over the Division of Revenue Formula in the Senate has made made it clear that all is not well with the Uhuru-Raila cooperation. There are claims Uhuru snubbed Raila over talks to unlock the stalemate, despite the proposed formula posing a major threat to the ex-PM as it would hurt his support base in marginalised, sparsely populated areas. If the latest formula were to be approved, giving more weight to population, as in Mt Kenya, Raila's influence at the Coast, Ukambani and Northeastern would be sharply diminished. On Tuesday, Siaya Senator James Orengo revealed the growing fears in Raila's camp that the handshake may not hold when he termed Uhuru "inaccessible". Orengo, a key Raila ally said to having the ear of the opposition leader, even went ahead to claim no President would match Mwai Kibaki whom he said was always accessible. The thing President Mwai Kibaki did probably no other president would be able to do. I am not ashamed of saying that. I am advising the current President to be more accessible for him to enable us to solve these problems,”

thestarkenya Friday, July 31, 2020 10:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo told ( about Mwai Kibaki ) : “The thing President Mwai Kibaki did probably no other president would be able to do. I am not ashamed of saying that. I am advising the current President to be more accessible for him to enable us to solve these problems,”

thestarkenya Thursday, July 30, 2020 8:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "I am totally disappointed today because we do not know where we are going. I have been pleading to members, let's be smart, like Justice Odunga says- like a guided missile. The figures they show, I can tell you that if population was the measure, it is not what counties with high populations are getting,"

allafrica Thursday, July 30, 2020 4:32:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I am advising the current president to be accessible to enable us solve these problems. We would not have been here if he was accessible, I am telling you without being afraid,”

standardmedia Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:58:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We do not want a repeat of what has happened in the previous elections. If you are defeated, you must accept and support the winner,”

standardmedia Sunday, July 26, 2020 12:14:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “If look at the order paper, there are various amendments to the motion that had already been given a notice of. We need to look at all these three simulations and also build consensus,”

thestarkenya Wednesday, July 15, 2020 10:05:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “The reason for adjournment is for members to look at the amendments proposed by senators on the proposed formula. This House should allow senators to build consensus on the matter of third basis for shareable revenue among the county governments,”

standardmedia Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “If look at the order paper, there are various amendments to the motion that had already been given a notice of. We need to look at all these three simulations and also build consensus,”

thestarkenya Monday, July 13, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Covid-19 is killing people even in the most powerful nations in the world. Let’s not cheat ourselves that our counties have the capacity to tackle the disease,”

thestarkenya Sunday, July 12, 2020 10:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Covid-19 is killing people in the United States and Britain yet the nations are the best-managed healthcare systems in the world. The disease can treat us badly if it attacks many people in our counties,”

standardmedia Sunday, July 12, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s high time they stopped cheating Kenyans that the imminent constitutional reforms are meant for creating elective posts for anybody in this country,”

thestarkenya Saturday, July 11, 2020 2:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Constitutions are amended either trough a referendum or parliamentary [process\. We are waiting for President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga to receive the BBI report officially,”

thestarkenya Saturday, July 11, 2020 2:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “When institutions work, we should never be disappointed. I want to assure the people of Kirinyaga that what Senate has done is within the law,” “For those who didn’t get John’s head, next time you should dance well for King Herod”

thestarkenya Saturday, June 27, 2020 2:22:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Senate Speaker ) : “Interruptions in the middle of presentations Mr. Speaker we can never debate. You have given us the opportunity to comment on the matter and Murkomen will have his time,”

thestarkenya Friday, June 26, 2020 6:56:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is possibility that the two top leaders will form a political alliance ahead of 2022 because they are working together to stabilise the country,”

standardmedia Friday, June 19, 2020 9:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Today some people have danced so well, they’re not looking for justice...they are looking for someone’s head. And that head is not for Salome, that head is for somebody,”

standardmedia Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Juan Bautista ) : “You are like the daughter of Herod, Salome, who danced so well for Herod that he asked her what she wanted and Salome said the head of John the Baptist,”

standardmedia Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:00:00 PM EAT

James Orengo claimed ( about Anne Waiguru ) : “People who are looking for Waiguru’s head are not the county assembly and I have the evidence,”

capitalfm Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:43:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Anne Waiguru ) : “Today some people have danced so well they are not looking for justice they are looking for somebody’s head. Waiguru’s head is not being asked by Kirinyaga assembly but by somebody else and I have the evidence,”

thestarkenya Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are one big family and we would like to work together with everyone; be it COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli, Mudavadi and Wetang’ula,”

standardmedia Sunday, June 7, 2020 11:16:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

kenya-today Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

kenya-today Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Jubilee Party members should decide whether they are going to obey the Czar or to obey Rasputin,”

capitalfm Friday, May 22, 2020 8:16:00 PM EAT

James Orengo told : “We are exercising our legislative authority under the Constitution. A decision by Parliament is not an administrative action. Senator, you may need to read if you have not read,”

thestarkenya Friday, May 22, 2020 5:45:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “I want to tell Tangatanga that if you think we in ODM want to join government, that is your problem. You will leave, even if we join government or not. We have planned it; you will leave,”

nation-ke Monday, May 18, 2020 11:17:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “If Murkomen wants to continue to be a Senator in this house, he must withdraw those remarks,”

capitalfm Tuesday, May 12, 2020 1:17:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is high possibility that the two top leaders will form a political alliance ahead of 2022 because they are closely working together to stabilise the country,”

standardmedia Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:16:00 AM EAT

James Orengo wrote : “In accordance with the Senate Standing Order 190, I hereby give notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama ole Kina from the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and the Senate Business Committee,”

kenya-today Friday, May 8, 2020 4:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo wrote : “In accordance with the Senate Standing Order 190, I hereby give notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama ole Kina from the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and the Senate Business Committee,”

kenya-today Friday, May 8, 2020 12:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Ole Kina ) : “I hereby give a notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama Ole Kina from the CPAIC and SBC,”

kenya-today Friday, May 8, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

James Orengo wrote : “I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct of the outcome of the election of the leadership of CPAIC which were purportedly done today,”

thestarkenya Thursday, May 7, 2020 8:40:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Ole Kina ) : “I hereby give a notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama Ole Kina from the CPAIC and SBC,”

nation-ke Thursday, May 7, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about County Public ) : “I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct and the outcome of the election of the leadership of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee which were purportedly done today,”

capitalfm Thursday, May 7, 2020 5:45:00 PM EAT

James Orengo wrote ( about County Public ) : “I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct and the outcome of the election of the leadership of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee which were purportedly done today,”

thestarkenya Wednesday, May 6, 2020 7:43:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

kenya-today Tuesday, May 5, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

thestarkenya Monday, May 4, 2020 11:40:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about County Public ) : "I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct and outcome of the election of the leadership of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee, which were purportedly done today,"

thestarkenya Monday, May 4, 2020 8:25:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Ferdinand Waititu ) : “We chose that our Nasa membership comes up with the list of those that will constitute CPAIC. That is what has been tabled. This is informed by former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu's impeachment case, where senators rejected the membership of the select committee,” “We chose to go through the members themselves, otherwise any name presented on the floor of the House without members' input will be defeated”

thestarkenya Thursday, April 30, 2020 8:58:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “What is really proposed in this Bill is to kill devolution as we know it. It will begin with Nairobi and if it can happen to Nairobi, it can happen to any county,”

standardmedia Thursday, April 16, 2020 9:40:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Human dignity does not end with death. In all cultures across the world the burial of the dead is a solemn event accompanied with elaborate rituals. We respect the dead and that is why we have graves, tombs, crypts, mausoleums and pyramids. Veneration of the dead is based on love, respect and dignity for the deceased,”

nation-ke Monday, April 13, 2020 8:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Covid-19 pandemic is better fought without stigma. The coronavirus has invaded the corridors of power and royalty. Even the heights of the aristocracy and the celebrity world have not been spared by this invisible enemy and contagion,”

nation-ke Monday, April 13, 2020 8:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “As a nation and as a people, we are in this together and must confront Covid-19 as an army. Fear of the virus should not be turned into stigma but (should strengthen the) resolve to fight the pandemic,”

nation-ke Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:28:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "It is regrettable that the Speakers of both Houses of the Parliament have suspended lawfully confined sittings of the National Assembly and the Senate,"

thestarkenya Wednesday, April 8, 2020 3:07:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “When we tell people to wash their hands, we must ensure that there is water supply in those areas. People in Kibera, Mathare, Korogocho and other slums should be looked at,”

thestarkenya Thursday, April 2, 2020 2:04:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Archbishop Emeritus Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki had a profound impact on the future generation of humanity. His understanding of the link between religion, human poverty and equality undoubtedly influenced a generation of bishops and policymakers,”

standardmedia Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:01:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Yusuf Haji ) : “Now that the Haji team has finished receiving views in its validation hearings, the next thing would be to write the report and hand it in with a draft Bill, which can happen way before the June deadline,”

nation-ke Monday, March 16, 2020 12:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “We plead to the court that you do not get attracted to the figures on this charge sheet. The amount is contested. There is a whole process in computing and demanding money. The amount is speculative,”

standardmedia Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:08:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Before signing any Bill, the President needs to ask, has the Parliament complied with Article 110, and if yes, then go ahead and assent to it,”

nation-ke Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:03:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Watch this space. In two weeks, we will start the process that will see us deal with him,”

nation-ke Monday, March 9, 2020 12:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo stated : “It seems like the DP occupied his office without filly understanding the provisions of the law," Orengo stated. "I hope he is being investigated because what we have on record now is sufficient ground to institute investigations against him," he added. Orengo has been consistently vocal in expressing his sentiments towards impeaching Deputy President Ruto. In that instance, he supported the push towards impeachment on the grounds of Ruto's links to corruption cases that were then dotting the political landscape. "I want to repeat here and now that the Senate together with the National Assembly, we want to bring a motion of impeachment to kick out DP Ruto from office,”

kenyan-post Sunday, March 8, 2020 1:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo disagrees : “Because it will be by popular initiative and it touches on issues that must go to a referendum, the decision of Parliament is not binding. While county assemblies have been given three months to discuss the bill, they can do it in far less time”

nation-ke Sunday, March 8, 2020 12:04:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We already know the people you were referring to and we can tell you for free that we are soon coming for you,”

standardmedia Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The Constitution should now deal with anyone acting contrary to requirements of the office he/she serves,”

standardmedia Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "If you use a parliamentary initiative before the bill can be read for the second time after publication and the first reading, there is a mandatory period of 90 days which can occasion a delay," "But by dint of Article 257 which proposes popular initiative, you can even do it (the referendum) in two months"

thestarkenya Saturday, March 7, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “For this to succeed, and knowing the election cycle is about to begin… as I have said before, if we must have a referendum, and my view is that we should, that should be conducted not later than June or July,”

thestarkenya Friday, March 6, 2020 8:01:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Uhuru Kenyatta ) : “ODM is going for political power, and when we are holding these meetings our eyes are set on 2022. The contestation for power is going to come from a formation with ODM in it and formation of Jubilee where Uhuru Kenyatta is playing a role,”

standardmedia Tuesday, March 3, 2020 9:14:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I urge you to review this decision. The Deputy Speaker exercised his powers under Standing Order No.1 which is only to the extent of making a decision on a procedural question. The decision that he made was not to do with the procedural question when he referred this matter to the two committees,”

standardmedia Monday, March 2, 2020 9:53:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “What is the status of the city government of Nairobi? It is dysfunctional right from the beginning. How did we get here? This is the only county that does not have a deputy governor. In the constitutional arrangement and structure, that position is a constitutional requirement. In fact, the Constitution requires that the DG is the deputy chief executive officer of the governor,”

thestarkenya Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:28:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about James Orengo ) : "those of your political persuasion should wait for the rallies. We will soon be in Eldoret where they can air their views”. SEE ALSO : Avail copies of BBI report for churches, Government told Speaking at the same time, Siaya senator James Orengo said nothing sinister will be sneaked into the BBI report. He said the reform process was designed to unite the country. “The restructuring of the Executive will ensure Members of Parliament are appointed into Cabinet,"

standardmedia Tuesday, February 25, 2020 12:51:00 AM EAT

James Orengo stated ( about William Ruto ) : “He [Ruto] must tell us what he knows about this matter to redeem himself and the office he occupies,”

thestarkenya Monday, February 17, 2020 7:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The office of the Deputy President has become a crime scene, with people getting into his office masquerading as army generals, that is very strange,”

kenya-today Sunday, February 16, 2020 8:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The office of the Deputy President has become a crime scene in Kenya. He must tell us what he knows about this matter to redeem himself and the office he occupies,”

nation-ke Sunday, February 16, 2020 12:18:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "You need to paint Moi's legacy with a big brush and then you will see the substantial things he did to education but if you paint it with a small brush then you will begin to think about democracy and human right violations,"

thestarkenya Wednesday, February 5, 2020 1:42:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s extremely unfortunate that this matter was treated casually. There were no rebuttals to the accusations against the governor,”

nation-ke Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:26:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s extremely unfortunate that this matter was treated casually. There were no rebuttals to the accusations against the governor,”

businessdailyafrica Thursday, January 30, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There was no rebuttal on the allegations and evidence on the side of the executive or the defence,”

thestarkenya Thursday, January 30, 2020 8:01:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s extremely unfortunate that this matter was treated casually. There were no rebuttals to the accusations against the governor,”

nation-ke Wednesday, January 29, 2020 10:35:00 PM EAT

James Orengo alisema : "Leo tumeona miujiza hapa, Murkome amemuita Raila Baba, hiyo ni miujiza ,"

tuko Sunday, January 26, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “My Lords the DPP served me with these authorities today and I have not had time to go through them. I am therefore asking for adjournment to enable me prepare myself adequately,”

standardmedia Sunday, January 26, 2020 7:45:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “As you are aware that the Division of Revenue forms the basis upon which the two levels of government prepare legal instruments for public expenditure. The National Assembly proceeded to publish, consider and pass an Appropriation Act setting up expenditure for National Government. Therefore, as the counties are headed to a halt sooner rather than later, the national government has continued to operate unobstructed,”

capitalfm Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:15:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us adjourn debate for ten minutes so that we agree on the list. Let us not proceed as a divided House. I am persuaded by the views expressed by members,”

capitalfm Wednesday, January 22, 2020 8:37:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us adjourn debate for ten minutes so that we agree on the list. What is going on could be tantamount to blocking people from expressing their views. Let’s not proceed as a divided House. I am persuaded by the views expressed by members,”

nation-ke Tuesday, January 21, 2020 8:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Good leaders are chosen by God. I urge the clergy and Christians to understand we have only one bishop and one church to serve God. If we serve God in truth and good deeds, we will realise development,"

standardmedia Tuesday, January 14, 2020 12:13:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Uhuru Kenyatta ) : “ODM is going for political power, and when we are holding these meetings our eyes are set on 2022. The contestation for power is going to come from a formation with ODM in it and a formation of Jubilee, where Uhuru Kenyatta is playing a role,”

standardmedia Monday, January 13, 2020 10:46:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There are times when revolutions eat their own children, government eats their own people. The government will punish you more than it will punish me,”

tuko Saturday, January 11, 2020 12:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “In another one year, you will be crying in my office for me to come and represent you,”

tuko Saturday, January 11, 2020 12:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We may have to do with this IEBC for purposes of the referendum but make sure it goes after the referendum because, in my view, this IEBC is a criminal enterprise. It really should go,”

thestarkenya Friday, January 10, 2020 8:55:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “It is an egg and chicken question. We may have to do with this IEBC for the purposes of the referendum, but in my view, this IEBC is a criminal enterprise, but because they are going to hold one single election, I think we can live with it,”

capitalfm Thursday, January 9, 2020 4:36:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Commission ) : "We need free, accountable and transparent elections. Over the years, problems have come after the elections. That is because the Commission does not carry out a free and fair election in terms of accountability and accuracy,"

thestarkenya Wednesday, January 8, 2020 8:35:00 PM EAT

James Orengo told : “Some of the recommendations need to go to the people. The referendum should be conducted not later than end of June or July in preparation for the 2022 elections,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is going to be another meeting in Kakamega. This is a national process. In the Friday meeting, the people of Nyanza will come together to develop resolutions to be presented to the BBI committee. This is part of the second phase of the process that involves public participation,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The second phase will commence actively when the committee is gazetted. The president has not gazetted the renewal of its term,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We want to see matters that are policy and statutory in nature. The committee needs to start working as early as possible,”

nation-ke Monday, January 6, 2020 10:16:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We can’t drag this process beyond October because it will be compromised by the election cycle,”

thestarkenya Friday, January 3, 2020 10:50:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "The questions raised in the BBI report and the recommendations made are so fundamental that they must be addressed through a populous initiative,"

standardmedia Thursday, January 2, 2020 12:36:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Central Kenya ) : “I am pleading with Kenyans, we can talk about politics and the constitution. Many countries have made experiments. What the President has come up with is for Kenyans to discuss. Please let us discuss this. Kenya is bigger than all of us,”

thestarkenya Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Building Bridges ) : “The spirit of the Building Bridges Initiative is to reconcile Kenyans and next year we will have a proper debate on BBI,”

standardmedia Friday, December 27, 2019 12:45:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The Senate has not been able to play its role within the constitutional arrangement. We have come to a consensus that you do not need to have the Senate if those powers are not going to be shared with the National Assembly. We either have it or not,”

standardmedia Tuesday, December 24, 2019 2:01:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We also suggest that the prime minister position needs to be more empowered, not as weak as proposed in the BBI,”

standardmedia Tuesday, December 24, 2019 2:01:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Raila Odinga ) : "This country wants to see Mr Odinga lead it to Canaan through the BBI,"

nation-ke Sunday, December 22, 2019 4:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us give our views on the BBI report based on pertinent issues to make this country better in future,”

thestarkenya Friday, December 20, 2019 11:29:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The Senator has said it all. The Senate should be empowered and Kenyans should decide,”

thestarkenya Friday, December 20, 2019 5:28:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “Our client has a right to be given opportunity to respond to accusations,”

nation-ke Wednesday, December 18, 2019 1:46:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Court Judge ) : “Muteti has made several similar applications before the High Court and were all declined and they have not yet appealed,”

standardmedia Wednesday, December 18, 2019 1:38:00 AM EAT

James Orengo argued ( about Commission ) : “Standing orders take into consideration provisions of the Constitution. As it is, there is no complaint made to Parliamentary Service Commission or the Speaker that they have breached provisions of the Constitution,”

nation-ke Tuesday, December 17, 2019 2:58:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “In the coastal region, issues of absentee landlords are still unresolved and most of the people are landless. All that is in government records,”

standardmedia Wednesday, December 11, 2019 12:12:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Raila Odinga ) : "We only have one person who has this country's best interests at heart. Only Raila Odinga can liberate Kenya from economic, political and social problems facing Kenya owing to his longevity in the battle for multiparty democracy,"

tuko Saturday, December 7, 2019 8:46:00 PM EAT

James Orengo insisted : “We didn’t mind the pressure from the diplomats. We had learnt how to handle them since the days of (Raila’s father and founding vice-president) Jaramogi (Oginga Odinga). The handshake only came after a lot of thinking and consultation,”

nation-ke Thursday, December 5, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT

James Orengo insisted : “We didn’t mind the pressure from the diplomats. We had learnt how to handle them since the days of (Raila’s father and founding vice-president) Jaramogi (Oginga Odinga). The handshake only came after a lot of thinking and consultation,”

nation-ke Thursday, December 5, 2019 12:31:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “Our client has a right to be given an opportunity to respond to accusations,”

nation-ke Tuesday, December 3, 2019 11:43:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are being overly conservative, which is not quite right. Even in our law courts, we dress better than the English. In the English Supreme Court, they do not wear the robes and wigs that we wear,”

standardmedia Sunday, December 1, 2019 1:05:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We seek this court's conservatory orders restraining the DCI, DPP and IG from otherwise instituting criminal proceedings against Manduku on the basis of the impugned investigations and recommendations of the DPP and DCI, until this petition is heard and determined,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “An order of stay be and is hereby granted of any criminal charges and proceedings instituted against Manduku during the pendency of this application and petition until it is heard and determined,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “It is only KPA and a few of their staff members including Manduku that have been singled out for investigations by the DPP and DCI leaving out other government institutions involved in the procurement, planning and execution of the said works,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The DPP and DCI have mounted a scurrilous media campaign against Manduku, publicizing the investigations against him and the recommendations to charge him thus denying him the right to be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Today we should not be talking about what divides us but rather what unites the country. The most important thing with the ‘handshake’ is that it put Kenya in one tent — the tent of unity,” “If we get it wrong again, I can’t imagine where we’ll be taking this country to because since independence, we’ve behaved as if this country shall never be in one tent,”

nation-ke Thursday, November 28, 2019 10:09:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Gideon Ochanda ) : “Ochanda was the greatest beneficiary in 2013 of the process that he is now dismissing,”

thestarkenya Monday, November 11, 2019 11:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "If you look at the borrowing in Kenya today, 90 percent is being done by the republic. Kenya is approaching the situation that was there in Greece,"

reuters-en Wednesday, November 6, 2019 3:47:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : "Ruto must declare his stand on the BBI. Those he has lined up to oppose the document must also give us the alternative they're proposing. Let them put their proposal on the table"

kenyan-post Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:22:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : "Ruto must declare his stand on the BBI. Those he has lined up to oppose the document must also give us the alternative they're proposing. Let them put their proposal on the table"

tuko Sunday, November 3, 2019 8:54:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "You can't pretend to be in government and at the same time oppose its agenda. We want you to declare your stand on the BBI and Mau Forest evictions,"

standardmedia Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:14:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “As you are aware that the Division of Revenue forms the basis upon which the two levels of government prepare legal instruments for public expenditure. The National Assembly proceeded to publish, consider and pass an Appropriation Act setting up expenditure for the National Government. Therefore, as the counties are headed to a halt sooner rather than later, the national government has continued to operate unobstructed,”

capitalfm Tuesday, October 8, 2019 2:01:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Police arrested them with a lot of drama but are now slowing the case by not supplying the documents. This was supposed to be a day of pre-trial which would ensure the case proceeds not only expeditiously but also fairly but the DPP is delaying us,”

standardmedia Tuesday, September 24, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Nasa lawyers represented him all the way to the Court of Appeal and got orders to allow him back. And many of us have been in exile... I think that we should stop lamentations and fight it out in the courts,"

thestarkenya Monday, September 23, 2019 1:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "When you normalise and illegality, that is the beginning of impunity. The National Assembly is drunk with its own wine but as the Senate, we should not take their route. This is not the last time they are hearing of this matter,"

tuko Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:02:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "When you normalise and illegality, that is the beginning of impunity. The National Assembly is drunk with its own wine but as the Senate, we should not take their route. This is not the last time they are hearing of this matter,"

tuko Wednesday, September 18, 2019 9:45:00 AM EAT

James Orengo alitangaza : “Baada ya ibada takatifu katika kanisa la Ranga’la, nilijiunga na washiriki wengine kuchangisha pesa zitakazo saidia kulipatia kanisa sura mpya,”

tuko Monday, April 29, 2019 7:40:00 PM EAT

James Orengo déclaré ( about Fred Matiang i ) : “Nous allons marcher sur la ville. Les déclarations de Matiang’i sont du bluff”

infosplusgabon Saturday, October 14, 2017 12:41:00 AM EAT

James Orengo dénoncé : "Le fait que les règles du jeu soient modifiées en cours de route est révélateur de l'arrogance de la coalition Jubilee"

slateafrique Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:50:00 PM EAT

James Orengo declarou : "não podem ser consideradas infrações menores"

dn Friday, September 1, 2017 1:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo declarou : "não podem ser consideradas infrações menores"

cmjornal Wednesday, August 30, 2017 1:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo déclaré : "ne peuvent pas être considérées comme des infractions mineures"

arib-info Tuesday, August 29, 2017 11:38:00 AM EAT

James Orengo afirmou : "Se eles puderem abrir esses servidores, e nós pudermos obersvá-los, estamos preparados para aceitar o resultado"

g1-globo Friday, August 11, 2017 5:35:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The task is now before the 47 county assemblies and one can say without doubt that we will marshal more than the 24 needed to transmit the Bill to Parliament,” “There is no uphill task in passing BBI in Mt Kenya region by the county assemblies. The region’s supporters of the BBI should not be worried after the assemblies have passed the Bill”

standardmedia Wednesday, January 27, 2021 12:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Idi Amin ) : “The president is only great if he works for the people and ensures justice. Even Idi Amin was president. In Angola people fought for 20 years, in Central Africa Republic there was an election two weeks ago but the capital city is now surrounded by people who want to take over government. You should be careful of a leader who is obsessed with power and passionately pursues it without logic,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We have received an assurance from the DCI that the DP will be made to record statements,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Article 33 of the Constitution says that you have the freedom of expression, but it also adds that the reputation of every Kenyan must be respected. That right does not extend to propaganda, incitement to war or racial hatred or to falsehoods that you may want to propagate as a politician,”

capitalfm Friday, January 22, 2021 3:50:00 PM EAT

James Orengo aliongeza : "Natumai hii serikali ya Uhuru haina mipango ya kuomba mikopo zaidi. Tumeomba ya kutosha na ni lazima tujifunze kuishi kwa njia tunazoweza kugharamia,"

tuko Sunday, January 17, 2021 12:03:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "As ODM, we made a choice to support and work with the government. But we will only do so when they are on the right track. If they keep on provoking us, then we are ready to go to the trenches for the sake of Kenyans who are looking up to us,"

tuko Sunday, January 17, 2021 9:49:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : “I want to repeat here and now that the Senate together with the National Assembly, we want to bring a Motion of impeachment to kick out DP Ruto from office,”

standardmedia Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:18:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “If we continue to talk about 2022 without talking about what is defining Kenya today, we will bring this country down,”

standardmedia Sunday, January 10, 2021 6:53:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The DP took an oath of office to abide by the principles of the Constitution but his ambitions go contrary. If he is tired, he should call it a day and join his new political outfit but I know he won’t because he thrives in distractions and animosity,”

standardmedia Sunday, January 3, 2021 12:31:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I believe that we must revise the rules, amend the County Government Act in relation to the impeachment. I want to persuade the House that a committee process is probably better,”

thestarkenya Wednesday, December 23, 2020 8:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “This is the only power we have that has remained constant and we should assure the whole country that when we are presented with impeachment cases, we not only give them justice but also follow the principles of an impeachment,”

capitalfm Friday, December 18, 2020 3:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There are those who continue to propagate the lie that we can have a multiple choice referendum, this is not true because there is not such provision in the current Kenyan law,”

kenya-today Monday, December 7, 2020 2:24:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let’s append our signatures in the books faster so we close the referendum chapter before June next year. We want to start benefiting as soon as possible,”

thestarkenya Saturday, November 28, 2020 1:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us append our signatures so that they can be presented to the IEBC after next week,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 28, 2020 12:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Mohammed Hatimy ) : "Devastated by the death of Mohammed Hatimy. A gallant patriot. Never afraid to put up a fight for what he believed in and progressive and humanitarian causes. He has left big footprints in soccer, politics, public service, business and charity,"

thestarkenya Saturday, November 14, 2020 2:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Women and persons with disabilities are protected and given greater space and a greater role in leadership. Women are an integral part of the country and must effectively be supported to take up these leadership roles,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 9:35:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Women and persons with disabilities are protected and given greater space and a greater role in leadership. Women are an integral part of the country and must effectively be supported to take up these leadership roles,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Among the raft of recommendations was the addition of 70 seats in the National Assembly, to address gender, PWDs and under-representation issues within heavily populated constituencies, especially those in the urban and peri-urban areas,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "It is evident that over 300 MPs drawn from the Senate and the National Assembly have agreed on a total unwavering commitment to the BBI," "We are ready to proceed with activities that will culminate in a referendum. We therefore urge all Kenyans to join together with us in this noble cause,"

thestarkenya Monday, November 2, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “In the next 14 days, we will have a referendum bill that will be taken to IEBC accompanied by one million signatures for verification. I hope IEBC won’t waste time. That bill will then be taken to the county assemblies,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 30, 2020 8:34:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Raila Odinga ) : "Now that Kenyans are united, we have decided to work with the President and the ODM leader Raila Odinga to ensure our country develops,"

thestarkenya Friday, October 23, 2020 12:29:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We will not allow some leaders to undermine the BBI. We are dealing with resolving Kenya’s problems once and for all. We used to be against the President when the ODM leader lost elections but now we are behind the President wherever he goes,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 23, 2020 12:29:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “You can be the Deputy President and keep campaigning every day as if we have elections tomorrow,”

capitalfm Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : “I had filed a motion sometimes back against him for disrespecting the President. You cannot insult the government you are part of. Ruto sits at the National Security Council where he is getting all the intelligence briefs and therefore he cannot go against the wish of his government,”

standardmedia Saturday, October 10, 2020 12:47:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I want to tell Ruto that if you have any problems with Matiangi, table it in the cabinet. During the cabinet meeting, [on Thursday] people started asking questions and Ruto could not answer,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 9, 2020 5:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “If he sees teargas he should know that that was the law he passed,”

thestarkenya Friday, October 9, 2020 5:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo added : "When you look at the report, there are recommendations to EACC who will further make recommendations to DPP who is not obliged to act on it, this means that the matter can just die at the office of the DPP.So we must ask ourselves what can the senate the senate do,"

allafrica Saturday, October 3, 2020 4:26:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us not be demanding for money in the counties with no accountability, money without accountability cannot build a just and fair nation,”

thestarkenya Sunday, September 20, 2020 11:53:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Gideon Moi ) : "I was a very strict person during Moi's regime but that never made utter unprintable words against the president, his family or any other politician despite the fact that we never agreed on most matters. When he was admitted to hospital for the last time, his sons Raymond Moi and Gideon Moi allowed me to chat with him for 30 minutes before he died because of how I engaged him as my opponent. Talk as mature people.What do you stand for...What is your idelogy, what d0 you want Kenya to be, what constitutional order do you want in this country? What type of government do you want in this country. This kind of debate is becoming empty in this country. We just know how to call each other names,"

tuko Sunday, September 20, 2020 10:23:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I want to thank the President because we’d gone for weeks without resolution. The authority and dignity of the Senate was being questioned,”

standardmedia Saturday, September 19, 2020 1:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “If you read the dailies, you are more likely to find a governor mentioned in bad light in relation to Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act,”

standardmedia Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:43:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We have only two years to ensure BBI is passed,”

thestarkenya Saturday, August 22, 2020 8:37:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “A motion has been moved, it has not been seconded, it has not been proposed and then in the middle of it you’re dealing with another order. This is a procedural motion. I think even the issues being raised are important,”

standardmedia Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:12:00 AM EAT

James Orengo responded : “When I said revolutions eat their own people I was not excluding myself. I know that time will come and I know how to deal with it”

standardmedia Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:12:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is a great violation against the Senate which has not been dealt with, we went for an adjournment for a purpose and as things stand, we have not achieved the purpose of that adjournment. When Parliament summons it does not matter whether you are on leave or honey moon”

capitalfm Monday, August 17, 2020 9:04:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is a great violation against the Senate which has not been dealt with, we went for an adjournment for a purpose and as things stand we have not achieved the purpose of that adjournment. When Parliament summons it does not matter whether you are on leave”

capitalfm Monday, August 17, 2020 7:00:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about James Orengo ) : "Today it is these three tomorrow it will be Orengo... and I will know how to deal with it. I have prepared myself . "

thestarkenya Monday, August 17, 2020 3:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "I do not agree to an open ended adjournment because it shows we have no power and authority. I plead for the Speaker to use the authority of this House to summon the Interior CS, Police IG, DCI and AG, to appear before the Security Committee in the next one hour and report back at 2:30pm,"

standardmedia Monday, August 17, 2020 3:07:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about James Orengo ) : “Today it is these three tomorrow it will be Orengo… and I will know how to deal with it. I have prepared myself . ”

kenya-today Monday, August 17, 2020 1:04:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are here fighting each other. The fight for resources is reduced to what Sessional Paper number 10 of 1965, which ensures development was along railway line, is being brought back. Senate represent counties, we lost the war when central government took away Sh3 trillion,”

standardmedia Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:23:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are engaging in a cold war among the counties and among ourselves when that should not be the case. We are fighting over Sh316.5 billion out of a budget of Sh3 trillion. We are fighting over a rabbit because of the elephant,”

thestarkenya Tuesday, August 11, 2020 10:54:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We cannot forget that at the end of the day, we are serving people. We want people to live decent lives and I am sure with the leadership of Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, Kenya will earn respect,”

standardmedia Tuesday, August 11, 2020 12:22:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The emphasis is on the word equity. But the Bill of Rights is about equality. Dealing with equality is much easier than dealing with equity. When it comes to public finances and allocation of resources, we are dealing with the concept of equity,”

thestarkenya Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:42:00 AM EAT

James Orengo told : “I am advising the current President to be more accessible for him to enable us to solve these problems,”

thestarkenya Friday, July 31, 2020 10:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo told : “Yes, BBI was a great idea and we were hopeful it would deliver Baba to office. However, the delay in releasing the report has caused jitters over a game likely to leave us in treacherous waters," an MP close to Raila said. He declined to go on record. With claims the BBI train could be headed for derailing, the standoff over the Division of Revenue Formula in the Senate has made made it clear that all is not well with the Uhuru-Raila cooperation. There are claims Uhuru snubbed Raila over talks to unlock the stalemate, despite the proposed formula posing a major threat to the ex-PM as it would hurt his support base in marginalised, sparsely populated areas. If the latest formula were to be approved, giving more weight to population, as in Mt Kenya, Raila's influence at the Coast, Ukambani and Northeastern would be sharply diminished. On Tuesday, Siaya Senator James Orengo revealed the growing fears in Raila's camp that the handshake may not hold when he termed Uhuru "inaccessible". Orengo, a key Raila ally said to having the ear of the opposition leader, even went ahead to claim no President would match Mwai Kibaki whom he said was always accessible. The thing President Mwai Kibaki did probably no other president would be able to do. I am not ashamed of saying that. I am advising the current President to be more accessible for him to enable us to solve these problems,”

thestarkenya Friday, July 31, 2020 10:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo told ( about Mwai Kibaki ) : “The thing President Mwai Kibaki did probably no other president would be able to do. I am not ashamed of saying that. I am advising the current President to be more accessible for him to enable us to solve these problems,”

thestarkenya Thursday, July 30, 2020 8:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "I am totally disappointed today because we do not know where we are going. I have been pleading to members, let's be smart, like Justice Odunga says- like a guided missile. The figures they show, I can tell you that if population was the measure, it is not what counties with high populations are getting,"

allafrica Thursday, July 30, 2020 4:32:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I am advising the current president to be accessible to enable us solve these problems. We would not have been here if he was accessible, I am telling you without being afraid,”

standardmedia Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:58:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We do not want a repeat of what has happened in the previous elections. If you are defeated, you must accept and support the winner,”

standardmedia Sunday, July 26, 2020 12:14:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “If look at the order paper, there are various amendments to the motion that had already been given a notice of. We need to look at all these three simulations and also build consensus,”

thestarkenya Wednesday, July 15, 2020 10:05:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “The reason for adjournment is for members to look at the amendments proposed by senators on the proposed formula. This House should allow senators to build consensus on the matter of third basis for shareable revenue among the county governments,”

standardmedia Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “If look at the order paper, there are various amendments to the motion that had already been given a notice of. We need to look at all these three simulations and also build consensus,”

thestarkenya Monday, July 13, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Covid-19 is killing people even in the most powerful nations in the world. Let’s not cheat ourselves that our counties have the capacity to tackle the disease,”

thestarkenya Sunday, July 12, 2020 10:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Covid-19 is killing people in the United States and Britain yet the nations are the best-managed healthcare systems in the world. The disease can treat us badly if it attacks many people in our counties,”

standardmedia Sunday, July 12, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s high time they stopped cheating Kenyans that the imminent constitutional reforms are meant for creating elective posts for anybody in this country,”

thestarkenya Saturday, July 11, 2020 2:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Constitutions are amended either trough a referendum or parliamentary [process\. We are waiting for President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga to receive the BBI report officially,”

thestarkenya Saturday, July 11, 2020 2:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “When institutions work, we should never be disappointed. I want to assure the people of Kirinyaga that what Senate has done is within the law,” “For those who didn’t get John’s head, next time you should dance well for King Herod”

thestarkenya Saturday, June 27, 2020 2:22:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Senate Speaker ) : “Interruptions in the middle of presentations Mr. Speaker we can never debate. You have given us the opportunity to comment on the matter and Murkomen will have his time,”

thestarkenya Friday, June 26, 2020 6:56:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is possibility that the two top leaders will form a political alliance ahead of 2022 because they are working together to stabilise the country,”

standardmedia Friday, June 19, 2020 9:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Today some people have danced so well, they’re not looking for justice...they are looking for someone’s head. And that head is not for Salome, that head is for somebody,”

standardmedia Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Juan Bautista ) : “You are like the daughter of Herod, Salome, who danced so well for Herod that he asked her what she wanted and Salome said the head of John the Baptist,”

standardmedia Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:00:00 PM EAT

James Orengo claimed ( about Anne Waiguru ) : “People who are looking for Waiguru’s head are not the county assembly and I have the evidence,”

capitalfm Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:43:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Anne Waiguru ) : “Today some people have danced so well they are not looking for justice they are looking for somebody’s head. Waiguru’s head is not being asked by Kirinyaga assembly but by somebody else and I have the evidence,”

thestarkenya Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are one big family and we would like to work together with everyone; be it COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli, Mudavadi and Wetang’ula,”

standardmedia Sunday, June 7, 2020 11:16:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

kenya-today Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

kenya-today Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Jubilee Party members should decide whether they are going to obey the Czar or to obey Rasputin,”

capitalfm Friday, May 22, 2020 8:16:00 PM EAT

James Orengo told : “We are exercising our legislative authority under the Constitution. A decision by Parliament is not an administrative action. Senator, you may need to read if you have not read,”

thestarkenya Friday, May 22, 2020 5:45:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “I want to tell Tangatanga that if you think we in ODM want to join government, that is your problem. You will leave, even if we join government or not. We have planned it; you will leave,”

nation-ke Monday, May 18, 2020 11:17:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “If Murkomen wants to continue to be a Senator in this house, he must withdraw those remarks,”

capitalfm Tuesday, May 12, 2020 1:17:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is high possibility that the two top leaders will form a political alliance ahead of 2022 because they are closely working together to stabilise the country,”

standardmedia Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:16:00 AM EAT

James Orengo wrote : “In accordance with the Senate Standing Order 190, I hereby give notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama ole Kina from the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and the Senate Business Committee,”

kenya-today Friday, May 8, 2020 4:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo wrote : “In accordance with the Senate Standing Order 190, I hereby give notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama ole Kina from the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and the Senate Business Committee,”

kenya-today Friday, May 8, 2020 12:06:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Ole Kina ) : “I hereby give a notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama Ole Kina from the CPAIC and SBC,”

kenya-today Friday, May 8, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

James Orengo wrote : “I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct of the outcome of the election of the leadership of CPAIC which were purportedly done today,”

thestarkenya Thursday, May 7, 2020 8:40:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Ole Kina ) : “I hereby give a notice of the discharge and removal of Senator Ledama Ole Kina from the CPAIC and SBC,”

nation-ke Thursday, May 7, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about County Public ) : “I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct and the outcome of the election of the leadership of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee which were purportedly done today,”

capitalfm Thursday, May 7, 2020 5:45:00 PM EAT

James Orengo wrote ( about County Public ) : “I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct and the outcome of the election of the leadership of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee which were purportedly done today,”

thestarkenya Wednesday, May 6, 2020 7:43:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

kenya-today Tuesday, May 5, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We intend to withdraw our membership from the said committee until an appropriate resolution can be made,”

thestarkenya Monday, May 4, 2020 11:40:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about County Public ) : "I express and register dissatisfaction with the conduct and outcome of the election of the leadership of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee, which were purportedly done today,"

thestarkenya Monday, May 4, 2020 8:25:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Ferdinand Waititu ) : “We chose that our Nasa membership comes up with the list of those that will constitute CPAIC. That is what has been tabled. This is informed by former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu's impeachment case, where senators rejected the membership of the select committee,” “We chose to go through the members themselves, otherwise any name presented on the floor of the House without members' input will be defeated”

thestarkenya Thursday, April 30, 2020 8:58:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “What is really proposed in this Bill is to kill devolution as we know it. It will begin with Nairobi and if it can happen to Nairobi, it can happen to any county,”

standardmedia Thursday, April 16, 2020 9:40:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Human dignity does not end with death. In all cultures across the world the burial of the dead is a solemn event accompanied with elaborate rituals. We respect the dead and that is why we have graves, tombs, crypts, mausoleums and pyramids. Veneration of the dead is based on love, respect and dignity for the deceased,”

nation-ke Monday, April 13, 2020 8:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Covid-19 pandemic is better fought without stigma. The coronavirus has invaded the corridors of power and royalty. Even the heights of the aristocracy and the celebrity world have not been spared by this invisible enemy and contagion,”

nation-ke Monday, April 13, 2020 8:32:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “As a nation and as a people, we are in this together and must confront Covid-19 as an army. Fear of the virus should not be turned into stigma but (should strengthen the) resolve to fight the pandemic,”

nation-ke Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:28:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "It is regrettable that the Speakers of both Houses of the Parliament have suspended lawfully confined sittings of the National Assembly and the Senate,"

thestarkenya Wednesday, April 8, 2020 3:07:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “When we tell people to wash their hands, we must ensure that there is water supply in those areas. People in Kibera, Mathare, Korogocho and other slums should be looked at,”

thestarkenya Thursday, April 2, 2020 2:04:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Archbishop Emeritus Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki had a profound impact on the future generation of humanity. His understanding of the link between religion, human poverty and equality undoubtedly influenced a generation of bishops and policymakers,”

standardmedia Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:01:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Yusuf Haji ) : “Now that the Haji team has finished receiving views in its validation hearings, the next thing would be to write the report and hand it in with a draft Bill, which can happen way before the June deadline,”

nation-ke Monday, March 16, 2020 12:11:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “We plead to the court that you do not get attracted to the figures on this charge sheet. The amount is contested. There is a whole process in computing and demanding money. The amount is speculative,”

standardmedia Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:08:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Before signing any Bill, the President needs to ask, has the Parliament complied with Article 110, and if yes, then go ahead and assent to it,”

nation-ke Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:03:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Watch this space. In two weeks, we will start the process that will see us deal with him,”

nation-ke Monday, March 9, 2020 12:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo stated : “It seems like the DP occupied his office without filly understanding the provisions of the law," Orengo stated. "I hope he is being investigated because what we have on record now is sufficient ground to institute investigations against him," he added. Orengo has been consistently vocal in expressing his sentiments towards impeaching Deputy President Ruto. In that instance, he supported the push towards impeachment on the grounds of Ruto's links to corruption cases that were then dotting the political landscape. "I want to repeat here and now that the Senate together with the National Assembly, we want to bring a motion of impeachment to kick out DP Ruto from office,”

kenyan-post Sunday, March 8, 2020 1:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo disagrees : “Because it will be by popular initiative and it touches on issues that must go to a referendum, the decision of Parliament is not binding. While county assemblies have been given three months to discuss the bill, they can do it in far less time”

nation-ke Sunday, March 8, 2020 12:04:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We already know the people you were referring to and we can tell you for free that we are soon coming for you,”

standardmedia Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The Constitution should now deal with anyone acting contrary to requirements of the office he/she serves,”

standardmedia Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "If you use a parliamentary initiative before the bill can be read for the second time after publication and the first reading, there is a mandatory period of 90 days which can occasion a delay," "But by dint of Article 257 which proposes popular initiative, you can even do it (the referendum) in two months"

thestarkenya Saturday, March 7, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “For this to succeed, and knowing the election cycle is about to begin… as I have said before, if we must have a referendum, and my view is that we should, that should be conducted not later than June or July,”

thestarkenya Friday, March 6, 2020 8:01:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Uhuru Kenyatta ) : “ODM is going for political power, and when we are holding these meetings our eyes are set on 2022. The contestation for power is going to come from a formation with ODM in it and formation of Jubilee where Uhuru Kenyatta is playing a role,”

standardmedia Tuesday, March 3, 2020 9:14:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “I urge you to review this decision. The Deputy Speaker exercised his powers under Standing Order No.1 which is only to the extent of making a decision on a procedural question. The decision that he made was not to do with the procedural question when he referred this matter to the two committees,”

standardmedia Monday, March 2, 2020 9:53:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “What is the status of the city government of Nairobi? It is dysfunctional right from the beginning. How did we get here? This is the only county that does not have a deputy governor. In the constitutional arrangement and structure, that position is a constitutional requirement. In fact, the Constitution requires that the DG is the deputy chief executive officer of the governor,”

thestarkenya Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:28:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about James Orengo ) : "those of your political persuasion should wait for the rallies. We will soon be in Eldoret where they can air their views”. SEE ALSO : Avail copies of BBI report for churches, Government told Speaking at the same time, Siaya senator James Orengo said nothing sinister will be sneaked into the BBI report. He said the reform process was designed to unite the country. “The restructuring of the Executive will ensure Members of Parliament are appointed into Cabinet,"

standardmedia Tuesday, February 25, 2020 12:51:00 AM EAT

James Orengo stated ( about William Ruto ) : “He [Ruto] must tell us what he knows about this matter to redeem himself and the office he occupies,”

thestarkenya Monday, February 17, 2020 7:19:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The office of the Deputy President has become a crime scene, with people getting into his office masquerading as army generals, that is very strange,”

kenya-today Sunday, February 16, 2020 8:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The office of the Deputy President has become a crime scene in Kenya. He must tell us what he knows about this matter to redeem himself and the office he occupies,”

nation-ke Sunday, February 16, 2020 12:18:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "You need to paint Moi's legacy with a big brush and then you will see the substantial things he did to education but if you paint it with a small brush then you will begin to think about democracy and human right violations,"

thestarkenya Wednesday, February 5, 2020 1:42:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s extremely unfortunate that this matter was treated casually. There were no rebuttals to the accusations against the governor,”

nation-ke Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:26:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s extremely unfortunate that this matter was treated casually. There were no rebuttals to the accusations against the governor,”

businessdailyafrica Thursday, January 30, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There was no rebuttal on the allegations and evidence on the side of the executive or the defence,”

thestarkenya Thursday, January 30, 2020 8:01:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “It’s extremely unfortunate that this matter was treated casually. There were no rebuttals to the accusations against the governor,”

nation-ke Wednesday, January 29, 2020 10:35:00 PM EAT

James Orengo alisema : "Leo tumeona miujiza hapa, Murkome amemuita Raila Baba, hiyo ni miujiza ,"

tuko Sunday, January 26, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “My Lords the DPP served me with these authorities today and I have not had time to go through them. I am therefore asking for adjournment to enable me prepare myself adequately,”

standardmedia Sunday, January 26, 2020 7:45:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “As you are aware that the Division of Revenue forms the basis upon which the two levels of government prepare legal instruments for public expenditure. The National Assembly proceeded to publish, consider and pass an Appropriation Act setting up expenditure for National Government. Therefore, as the counties are headed to a halt sooner rather than later, the national government has continued to operate unobstructed,”

capitalfm Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:15:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us adjourn debate for ten minutes so that we agree on the list. Let us not proceed as a divided House. I am persuaded by the views expressed by members,”

capitalfm Wednesday, January 22, 2020 8:37:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us adjourn debate for ten minutes so that we agree on the list. What is going on could be tantamount to blocking people from expressing their views. Let’s not proceed as a divided House. I am persuaded by the views expressed by members,”

nation-ke Tuesday, January 21, 2020 8:12:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Good leaders are chosen by God. I urge the clergy and Christians to understand we have only one bishop and one church to serve God. If we serve God in truth and good deeds, we will realise development,"

standardmedia Tuesday, January 14, 2020 12:13:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Uhuru Kenyatta ) : “ODM is going for political power, and when we are holding these meetings our eyes are set on 2022. The contestation for power is going to come from a formation with ODM in it and a formation of Jubilee, where Uhuru Kenyatta is playing a role,”

standardmedia Monday, January 13, 2020 10:46:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “There are times when revolutions eat their own children, government eats their own people. The government will punish you more than it will punish me,”

tuko Saturday, January 11, 2020 12:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “In another one year, you will be crying in my office for me to come and represent you,”

tuko Saturday, January 11, 2020 12:09:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We may have to do with this IEBC for purposes of the referendum but make sure it goes after the referendum because, in my view, this IEBC is a criminal enterprise. It really should go,”

thestarkenya Friday, January 10, 2020 8:55:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “It is an egg and chicken question. We may have to do with this IEBC for the purposes of the referendum, but in my view, this IEBC is a criminal enterprise, but because they are going to hold one single election, I think we can live with it,”

capitalfm Thursday, January 9, 2020 4:36:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Commission ) : "We need free, accountable and transparent elections. Over the years, problems have come after the elections. That is because the Commission does not carry out a free and fair election in terms of accountability and accuracy,"

thestarkenya Wednesday, January 8, 2020 8:35:00 PM EAT

James Orengo told : “Some of the recommendations need to go to the people. The referendum should be conducted not later than end of June or July in preparation for the 2022 elections,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “There is going to be another meeting in Kakamega. This is a national process. In the Friday meeting, the people of Nyanza will come together to develop resolutions to be presented to the BBI committee. This is part of the second phase of the process that involves public participation,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The second phase will commence actively when the committee is gazetted. The president has not gazetted the renewal of its term,”

standardmedia Tuesday, January 7, 2020 2:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We want to see matters that are policy and statutory in nature. The committee needs to start working as early as possible,”

nation-ke Monday, January 6, 2020 10:16:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We can’t drag this process beyond October because it will be compromised by the election cycle,”

thestarkenya Friday, January 3, 2020 10:50:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "The questions raised in the BBI report and the recommendations made are so fundamental that they must be addressed through a populous initiative,"

standardmedia Thursday, January 2, 2020 12:36:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Central Kenya ) : “I am pleading with Kenyans, we can talk about politics and the constitution. Many countries have made experiments. What the President has come up with is for Kenyans to discuss. Please let us discuss this. Kenya is bigger than all of us,”

thestarkenya Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Building Bridges ) : “The spirit of the Building Bridges Initiative is to reconcile Kenyans and next year we will have a proper debate on BBI,”

standardmedia Friday, December 27, 2019 12:45:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The Senate has not been able to play its role within the constitutional arrangement. We have come to a consensus that you do not need to have the Senate if those powers are not going to be shared with the National Assembly. We either have it or not,”

standardmedia Tuesday, December 24, 2019 2:01:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “We also suggest that the prime minister position needs to be more empowered, not as weak as proposed in the BBI,”

standardmedia Tuesday, December 24, 2019 2:01:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Raila Odinga ) : "This country wants to see Mr Odinga lead it to Canaan through the BBI,"

nation-ke Sunday, December 22, 2019 4:20:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Let us give our views on the BBI report based on pertinent issues to make this country better in future,”

thestarkenya Friday, December 20, 2019 11:29:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “The Senator has said it all. The Senate should be empowered and Kenyans should decide,”

thestarkenya Friday, December 20, 2019 5:28:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “Our client has a right to be given opportunity to respond to accusations,”

nation-ke Wednesday, December 18, 2019 1:46:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Court Judge ) : “Muteti has made several similar applications before the High Court and were all declined and they have not yet appealed,”

standardmedia Wednesday, December 18, 2019 1:38:00 AM EAT

James Orengo argued ( about Commission ) : “Standing orders take into consideration provisions of the Constitution. As it is, there is no complaint made to Parliamentary Service Commission or the Speaker that they have breached provisions of the Constitution,”

nation-ke Tuesday, December 17, 2019 2:58:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “In the coastal region, issues of absentee landlords are still unresolved and most of the people are landless. All that is in government records,”

standardmedia Wednesday, December 11, 2019 12:12:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Raila Odinga ) : "We only have one person who has this country's best interests at heart. Only Raila Odinga can liberate Kenya from economic, political and social problems facing Kenya owing to his longevity in the battle for multiparty democracy,"

tuko Saturday, December 7, 2019 8:46:00 PM EAT

James Orengo insisted : “We didn’t mind the pressure from the diplomats. We had learnt how to handle them since the days of (Raila’s father and founding vice-president) Jaramogi (Oginga Odinga). The handshake only came after a lot of thinking and consultation,”

nation-ke Thursday, December 5, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT

James Orengo insisted : “We didn’t mind the pressure from the diplomats. We had learnt how to handle them since the days of (Raila’s father and founding vice-president) Jaramogi (Oginga Odinga). The handshake only came after a lot of thinking and consultation,”

nation-ke Thursday, December 5, 2019 12:31:00 PM EAT

James Orengo argued : “Our client has a right to be given an opportunity to respond to accusations,”

nation-ke Tuesday, December 3, 2019 11:43:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We are being overly conservative, which is not quite right. Even in our law courts, we dress better than the English. In the English Supreme Court, they do not wear the robes and wigs that we wear,”

standardmedia Sunday, December 1, 2019 1:05:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “We seek this court's conservatory orders restraining the DCI, DPP and IG from otherwise instituting criminal proceedings against Manduku on the basis of the impugned investigations and recommendations of the DPP and DCI, until this petition is heard and determined,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “An order of stay be and is hereby granted of any criminal charges and proceedings instituted against Manduku during the pendency of this application and petition until it is heard and determined,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “It is only KPA and a few of their staff members including Manduku that have been singled out for investigations by the DPP and DCI leaving out other government institutions involved in the procurement, planning and execution of the said works,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “The DPP and DCI have mounted a scurrilous media campaign against Manduku, publicizing the investigations against him and the recommendations to charge him thus denying him the right to be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved,”

standardmedia Saturday, November 30, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “Today we should not be talking about what divides us but rather what unites the country. The most important thing with the ‘handshake’ is that it put Kenya in one tent — the tent of unity,” “If we get it wrong again, I can’t imagine where we’ll be taking this country to because since independence, we’ve behaved as if this country shall never be in one tent,”

nation-ke Thursday, November 28, 2019 10:09:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about Gideon Ochanda ) : “Ochanda was the greatest beneficiary in 2013 of the process that he is now dismissing,”

thestarkenya Monday, November 11, 2019 11:19:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "If you look at the borrowing in Kenya today, 90 percent is being done by the republic. Kenya is approaching the situation that was there in Greece,"

reuters-en Wednesday, November 6, 2019 3:47:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : "Ruto must declare his stand on the BBI. Those he has lined up to oppose the document must also give us the alternative they're proposing. Let them put their proposal on the table"

kenyan-post Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:22:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said ( about William Ruto ) : "Ruto must declare his stand on the BBI. Those he has lined up to oppose the document must also give us the alternative they're proposing. Let them put their proposal on the table"

tuko Sunday, November 3, 2019 8:54:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : "You can't pretend to be in government and at the same time oppose its agenda. We want you to declare your stand on the BBI and Mau Forest evictions,"

standardmedia Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:14:00 AM EAT

James Orengo said : “As you are aware that the Division of Revenue forms the basis upon which the two levels of government prepare legal instruments for public expenditure. The National Assembly proceeded to publish, consider and pass an Appropriation Act setting up expenditure for the National Government. Therefore, as the counties are headed to a halt sooner rather than later, the national government has continued to operate unobstructed,”

capitalfm Tuesday, October 8, 2019 2:01:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : “Police arrested them with a lot of drama but are now slowing the case by not supplying the documents. This was supposed to be a day of pre-trial which would ensure the case proceeds not only expeditiously but also fairly but the DPP is delaying us,”

standardmedia Tuesday, September 24, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "Nasa lawyers represented him all the way to the Court of Appeal and got orders to allow him back. And many of us have been in exile... I think that we should stop lamentations and fight it out in the courts,"

thestarkenya Monday, September 23, 2019 1:38:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "When you normalise and illegality, that is the beginning of impunity. The National Assembly is drunk with its own wine but as the Senate, we should not take their route. This is not the last time they are hearing of this matter,"

tuko Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:02:00 PM EAT

James Orengo said : "When you normalise and illegality, that is the beginning of impunity. The National Assembly is drunk with its own wine but as the Senate, we should not take their route. This is not the last time they are hearing of this matter,"

tuko Wednesday, September 18, 2019 9:45:00 AM EAT

James Orengo alitangaza : “Baada ya ibada takatifu katika kanisa la Ranga’la, nilijiunga na washiriki wengine kuchangisha pesa zitakazo saidia kulipatia kanisa sura mpya,”

tuko Monday, April 29, 2019 7:40:00 PM EAT

James Orengo déclaré ( about Fred Matiang i ) : “Nous allons marcher sur la ville. Les déclarations de Matiang’i sont du bluff”

infosplusgabon Saturday, October 14, 2017 12:41:00 AM EAT

James Orengo dénoncé : "Le fait que les règles du jeu soient modifiées en cours de route est révélateur de l'arrogance de la coalition Jubilee"

slateafrique Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:50:00 PM EAT

James Orengo declarou : "não podem ser consideradas infrações menores"

dn Friday, September 1, 2017 1:13:00 PM EAT

James Orengo declarou : "não podem ser consideradas infrações menores"

cmjornal Wednesday, August 30, 2017 1:06:00 AM EAT

James Orengo déclaré : "ne peuvent pas être considérées comme des infractions mineures"

arib-info Tuesday, August 29, 2017 11:38:00 AM EAT

James Orengo afirmou : "Se eles puderem abrir esses servidores, e nós pudermos obersvá-los, estamos preparados para aceitar o resultado"

g1-globo Friday, August 11, 2017 5:35:00 PM EAT