James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1131 to 1140 of 1604.

• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this Motion. Indeed, it is important that we understand that, as a House, what the people out there are in need of are services. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was saying before I was interrupted that, what the public out there is concerned about is getting the health services that they desire. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: As a House or as Members of Parliament, we can engage in phonetics but what is important to understand is that people out there are not concerned with the legalities or jargons. What they want are services. By the Mediation Committee coming up with this Report, the Senate has been vindicated to an extent. I do not agree with the preposition that since there was a dissent in the Supreme Court ruling, we cannot go with the majority ruling that decreed that the Division of Revenue Bill is under the purview of both this House and the Senate. That must ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is also true that under the current Constitution, it is fairly vague as to where the Level 5 Hospitals lie; that is, between the national Government and the county governments. But, again, the action that has been taken by this Committee to ask Parliament to authorize Kshs1.8 billion from the national Government as conditional grant to the counties is in order, but it is not the way to go. This is not a long-term solution. The long-term solution, in my view, is that we must determine, once and for all, where those hospitals lie. In ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I can see a clamour for functions to be reverted back to the national Government for whatever reasons. If you asked me, I will go for a situation where we only retain the national hospitals and, perhaps, the referral ones at the national level. However, we should empower the county governments to manage and run the other hospitals and health facilities. 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
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is the other issue which I am not hearing people talk about. There were two issues of contention when this matter was referred to the Mediation Committee. The other issue of contention was reference to the percentage allocation; that is the percentage of monies allocated to the county governments vis-à-vis the audited revenue accounts. This is a matter that we might again revisit. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I have said here before - and I want to repeat it - that I do not think the framers of this Constitution, which is highly dynamic, intended a situation where the Controller and Auditor-General and this Parliament could sit on revenue accounts of the nation. As we speak, the law obviously states that the 15 per cent will be the percentage of revenues as per the last audited revenue accounts. That is a fact. We are aware that in this particular case, we are talking about the revenue account of 2009/2010 Financial Year. When you say and you want ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: In theory, we are giving the counties more than 15 per cent - which is in the Constitution - but in practice, we are giving them less money. So, this is a matter that has to be determined once and for all. Indeed, I am happy that in the forthcoming referendum, we may get an opportunity to, once and for all, determine that the county governments be allocated a specific percentage against the latest revenues of accounts which, in this case, should have been for the 2013/2014 Financial Year. I want to conclude, of course, by supporting this Report really, ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this very important Bill. I must thank hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo for having thought it wise to initiate this process. Kenya will be one of the first countries in this region to have enacted such a Bill. Indeed, we will set the pace for the entire East Africa region in enacting this Bill. Therefore, in supporting this Bill, I want to point out a few things. One, it is a fact that global warming is with us. Indeed, climate change has caught up with us. There has been a lot of ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: area of afforestation and reforestation. It is a fact that when we embark on proper afforestation and reforestation we end up creating opportunities for the gases that have been emitted to be sucked. Therefore, our biggest contribution will be the area of afforestation and reforestation. It is a requirement globally that the forests cover should be at least ten per cent. It is on record that Kenya has attained three per cent to four per cent, if I am not wrong. So, we have a long way to go. Therefore, we have to create opportunities to carry out afforestation and ... view