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James Orengo | |
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Governor of Siaya County | |
Assumed office 25 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Cornel Rasanga |
Minority Leader of the Senate of Kenya | |
In office 15 March 2018 – 9 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Moses Wetangula |
Succeeded by | Stewart Madzayo |
Senator of Siaya County | |
In office 28 March 2013 – 25 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Post created |
Succeeded by | Oburu Odinga |
Minister for Lands | |
In office 2008–2013 | |
President | Mwai Kibaki |
Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
In office 15 January 2008 – 28 March 2013 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Ondiek |
Succeeded by | David Ochieng Ouma |
Constituency | Ugenya |
Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
In office 26 January 1993 – 2003 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Ondiek |
Succeeded by | Stephen Ondiek |
Constituency | Ugenya |
In office 1980–1983 | |
Preceded by | Matthews Joseph Ogutu |
Succeeded by | Stephen Ondiek |
Constituency | Ugenya |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Kenya Colony |
Political party | ODM, SDP |
Spouse | Betty Murungi |
Children | 6 |
Alma mater | University of Nairobi (LLB) Kenya School of Law |
Profession | Lawyer |
James Aggrey Bob Orengo is a Kenyan lawyer, a well known human rights activist and politician who is the current governor for Siaya County. He is also one of the few Kenyan lawyers who have attained the professional grade of Senior counsel in the legal field, a title that he earned under former president Mwai Kibaki.[1]
Orengo was elected as an MP for the Ugenya Constituency as a KANU candidate in a by-election in 1980, making him the youngest MP in Kenya at the time, at age 29. He was elected as a member of parliament for Ugenya constituency in 1992 and served up to 1997, and again in 1997; thereafter he served until 2002. In 2002, he vied for the presidency and lost. In 2005, he joined the Orange Democratic Movement party, teaming up with Raila Odinga after a significant stand-off between the two following a fallout from 2002. In 2007, he vied for the position of Ugenya MP, which he won, enabling him to serve in that capacity until 2013. He was appointed as a Minister of Lands from 2008 to 2013. He was elected and has served in the Senate of Kenya since 2013 as senator for Siaya County.
In 2022 he vied for the governor of Siaya County and won.