James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 1591.

• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am James Opiyo Wandayi, Member of Parliament for Ugunja. I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: THAT, aware that the Goldenberg saga almost brought the country’s economy to its knees through false compensation claims on fictitious export of gold and diamonds; noting that the taxpayers lost about Kshs5.8 billion that is documented so far; further aware that a judicial commission of inquiry set up to probe the matter established impropriety on the part of Goldenberg company and its architects; noting that the report of the judicial commission of inquiry has not been acted upon conclusively to date; further aware that the Kenya public continues to bear the burden of old and emerging claims arising from the ... view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 21 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute. My name is Opiyo Wandayi, Member for Ugunja Constituency. Hon. Speaker, I stand to oppose this Motion in principle. First, it is because of the way in which it has been drafted. The importance of agro-based industries cannot be overemphasized. But the problem we have with these parastatals, or the Government- owned companies, so to speak, is real inefficiency and corruption; simply transferring these bodies to the county governments without looking at the root cause of the inefficiencies and corruption will be simply to transfer problems which the county ... view
• 21 May 2013 in National Assembly: In carrying out privatisation within the law, attempts must be made to give priorities to the local communities. For instance, in the case of sugar factories, the farmers who produce sugar-cane must be allowed, through their sugar grower associations, to take part in this process and own shares commensurate to the stake they hold in these organisations. The role of any government, be it the National Government or the county governments, is not to engage in business. The primary role of the Government, at both the national and county level, is to provide an enabling environment for business to thrive. ... view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion for Adjournment. view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, it is for adjournment of debate, so that we can deal with more urgent matters. It is a fact that this House has more pressing matters to undertake in so far as debate on the Budget Estimates is concerned. I support the fact that we need to adjourn on this subject, so that we can have time to address the matter of the Standing Orders. If we do not do this, we will cause a lot of problems in this House in the next couple of weeks view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, first, I rise to oppose this Motion or this report for that matter. Why do I say so? I can see most hon. Members are missing the point and the point is that we have to look at this issue of the nominees in the context of the composition of the entire team of 16 nominees. As has been rightly pointed out, these nominees fall short of the requirement of the Constitution. If you look at the Constitution, Article 54(2), it talks about the issue of the disabled and for sure there is no single disabled person ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Secondly, the entire list of 16 does not include any single youth and this is a very serious issue because if you look at Article 55(b) it also talks of affirmative action in terms of youth representation. We understand that the Jubilee Government rode to power on the crest of youth support or so we are told and I expected the Chairman of the TNA who is here to have been at the forefront at opposing this list because he is also a youth. It is not right that we pay lip service to the question of youth. To advance ... view