James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, first of all, I must say that I sympathise with my good friend, hon. Arama, for losing his position in the two committees for reasons he knows best. Having said that, I only wanted to take great exception to his reference to a particular community with regard to the decision that has been taken by his sponsoring party. It is important for me to stress the point that political parties, as established under the Political Parties Act, have got mechanisms of resolving their internal disputes. It is important to note that for the ... view
• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, hon. Arama has made a very adverse remark in so far as his removal from the committees is concerned. He has alluded to the fact that the ODM party is not for the Luo, and went ahead to suggest that he does not come from Nyanza. All those are unnecessary remarks because it is a fact that the ODM is the largest political party in this country, and is the most national party by outlook and in all other respects. Therefore, I plead with you to order him to withdraw the remark he has made with regard to ... view
• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also want to join my colleagues in condoling with the family and friends of my good friend, Kajwang’. I came to know him about 22 years ago to be exact, in 1992 when I was a student at the University of Nairobi. He was such a nice person that he was able to mingle even with his juniors with a lot of ease. I later worked with him in FORD(K) when I was a student at the university. Indeed, at one point when I was the Secretary General of the Students and Youth Congress of ... view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for according me this very rare opportunity to contribute to this Bill. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I would ask you to protect me from the hon. Obura, who is, obviously, interfering with my contribution. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Problems; hon. Deputy Speaker! Hon Obura is becoming used to this idea of derailing people. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I want to contribute to this very important Bill because for the first time we are having an attempt to streamline the water sector. As many of my colleagues have said, water is an extremely important resource. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I was saying that water is an extremely important resource. Indeed, among the national resources that we can talk about that have a possibility of creating disharmony or harmony is water. Many countries have gone to war on account of water. People have fought wars because of competition for water. Even in this country water remains a scarce resource and, therefore, this Bill is a positive step in the right direction in terms of streamlining this very important sector. For the first time, we are going to have water resource management aspects clearly separated from ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will, of course, support this Motion because it is extremely important. It must be noted that it is the primary responsibility of every Government to protect the lives of its citizens, within the borders of the country or without the borders. It is the duty of the Government to ensure that its citizens are safe wherever they are, at every time. It is really a sad indictment on ourselves as a country that in this day and age, we can have our fellow citizens languishing in desperation in foreign lands and end up ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: similar circumstances like the ones in which our citizens are dying? The United States of America would not relent until justice is done and so would other civilised countries. What happens in our case? Our citizens are killed left, right and centre in foreign lands and the Government sits back waiting for a miracle to happen. view