James Aggrey Bob Orengo is a Kenyan lawyer, a 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 during the Kibaki administration.

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.

Alongside Raila and other notable politicians, Orengo agitated for multiparty democracy, a new constitution, and free and fair elections, among other issues of public interest.

An attempted coup against Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere in 1964 would come back to haunt Orengo in the early 1980s.

[2] For his constant agitation, the government decreed he would not be allowed to undertake his pupilage in Nairobi after completing his law degree.

They formed the formidable Forum for the Restoration of Democracy(FORD), a vehicle that nearly pushed KANU the ruling party out of power in the 1992 general election.

He is a founding member of Muungano wa Mageuzi (Movement for Change), a cross-party lobby group.

Orengo ran for the presidency in 2002 for the Social Democratic Party(SDP), but finished fourth with just 0.4% of the votes.

Orengo revealed the sale of the Grand Regency hotel at 2.7 billion Kenyan shillings (approximately €30 million EUR).

He announced the transfer of ownership from the Central Bank of Kenya to the new Libyan owners had taken place under the direction of Amos Kimunya, finance minister.

[10] In 2019, Orengo was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga as part of the task force team to implement Building Bridge Initiative (BBI) On 9 August 2022 General Election, He won the Siaya Governor Seat with ODM party under Azimio la Umoja one Coalition.