James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1161 to 1170 of 1604.

• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: What is important to note is that whenever there is a budget deficit, as it is in this particular case, the Government tends to borrow and in fact has no option but to borrow. It borrows both externally and domestically. In these Estimates, the Budget plans to borrow about Kshs340 billion; about Kshs190 billion from the domestic market and about Kshs150 billion from external sources. The problem with borrowing and more so domestic borrowing is that whenever the Government borrows heavily domestically, it crowds out the private sector and it does it by making interest rates to skyrocket. This is ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Unless this very serious issues are addressed and I can see here money is being allocated to the security sector, to the police to buy vehicles, uniforms, gumboots, teargas and guns, basically addressing the hardware aspect of security management and ignoring the software bit, if I may call it so, will not help The problem we have with insecurity in this country is not necessarily the lack of hardware but the lack of proper intelligence and perhaps inappropriate consumption of that intelligence if at all it is there. Therefore, what we need to do is to continue--- The Government needs ... view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: we can possibly earn and try to live within the means. How is that possible? It does not mean necessarily cutting on Development Expenditure. What we need to do is to address the loopholes through which public funds are siphoned year in, year out. We should address the matter of corruption and the matter of wastage and, therefore, be able to live within the means and avoid unnecessary borrowing of money which is very expensive in the final analysis. I must conclude by commending the Committee for the work they have done in terms of analyzing these numbers and providing ... view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. going by the fact that it is now basically agreed that the response given by the Chair is not satisfactory, would I be in order to suggest, therefore, that, instead of spending more time attempting to respond to supplementary questions, he goes back to the CS and then come back with a more comprehensive response to the original question? This will save Parliament’s time. view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I have been listening keenly to the Chair as he gave his response to the Statement request. view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, it would be important that the Chair comes back to this House with a comprehensive policy statement from the Government because what they are talking about in terms of boda boda operators clashing with the police is simply the symptoms of the problem. The root cause is obviously unemployment. So, could the Chair come back to the House with a more comprehensive policy statement on what the Government is planning to do in the short-term and the long-term in so far as tackling the issue of unemployment is concerned? view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the issues are tied. The issues of insecurity and boda boda riders cannot be separated from that of unemployment. More importantly, since boda boda is a phenomenon that is here to stay with us due to the Government’s failure to tackle unemployment, could the Chair come back and inform us what measures the Government is putting in place to ensure that motorcycle boda boda riders are trained by the Government? The Government has a duty and responsibility to train boda boda operators, so that they can be able to ride on our roads safely. Thank you. view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also wish to support this very important Motion. Indeed, what is happening in South Sudan is very regrettable. This is because a country which has just gained independence and has got to that level where it finds itself currently is really sad. But this is certainly a wakeup call to the African Union and other regional bodies, particularly the IGAD. This is because the signs were all there for anyone to see. Indeed, what I would want to say is that, any time we have a problem in South Sudan or in any other neighbouring ... view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: support operations. We need to know for sure what these support operations entail. Are the KDF going to protect the civilian population? Are they going to have the mandate of confronting the combatants? Where does that mandate start and end? In future, it will be important to make it very clear. Secondly, it is also important that when we authorize such deployment of forces, of course, we should also have a timeframe. It is important that the timeframe is agreed upon so that we do not take our forces to a neighbouring country indefinitely. Finally, I must also state that ... view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I want to start by expressing my reservations about transparency. When we talk about the allocation of funds, indeed, the Constitution, under Article 202, talks specifically about equitable allocation of funds between the two levels of Government. How would one determine equitability without, first and foremost, understanding which functions fall where and, secondly, without understanding the real cost of those functions? Through and through in this Bill, references have been to the fact that the costing of those functions has not been done. That ... view