James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 1591.

• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: No, hon. Speaker view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairman of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Article 2(5) of the Constitution is very clear. In fact, it provides that:- “All general rules of international law shall form part of the law of Kenya”. Kenya is a signatory to the Rome Statute. It has gone further and domesticated the Rome Statute by enacting The International Crimes Act. I would like the Chairman to clarify the following issues in view of the recent developments:- view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: (i) I would like him to clarify the position of the Government of the Republic of Kenya on its co-operation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) as obligated by the Rome Statute. view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: (ii) I would like the Chairman to clarify the position of the Government on certain Statements that have been attributed to the Government’s representative to the United Nations calling for the termination of the criminal cases against three Kenyans at the ICC; in fact, petitioning the Security Council of the United Nations while knowing very well that it has no power to compel the ICC to terminate charges facing certain Kenyans. view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: No, hon. Speaker view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I basically have no issue with the honesty of this lady. I have no issue with her morality and her temperament. But I want to oppose this report as a matter of principle. The Judiciary that we currently have in place in Kenya is supposed to be a reformist Judiciary, bearing in mind where we are coming from, as a country. I am afraid that if you look at the track record of this lady, there is nothing that qualifies her as a reformist of whatever shade. In fact, I was amazed, ... view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the tone of the Members who have spoken before, more so the Members of the Committee that has recommended this lady for appointment, you will see a situation where they are trying to give their response immediately because they are raising very grave issues and at the same time recommending that we go ahead and do what we can do on the Floor of this House. The issues that have been raised in this report are too grave to be wished away. I do not think that we are in a ... view
• 23 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to respond to the issue raised by hon. Chepkonga. view
• 23 May 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, I am contributing, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 23 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in my own understanding of the function of the PAC according to Standing Order No.205, nothing limits it from addressing some of the issues raised earlier on by hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. The issues being addressed or raised by hon. Jakoyo pertain to the matter of procurement of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) machines. These matters are purely and squarely under the limit of the PAC. So, my submission is that this question was rightly directed to the right committee which is the PAC and it is already seized of the matter and, therefore, to take us back ... view