James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: There are very many people who have passed through this Parliament and others who will pass through this Parliament will never leave the mark of the magnitude that Jakoyo has left. There are people who have been in this Parliament even for more terms, but they have not left the kind of legacy that Jakoyo has left. May God the Almighty rest his soul in eternal peace. Thank you. view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Ugunja, I also join my colleagues in condoling with the family, relatives and friends of our departed colleague, Hon. Kalembe Ndile. I did not have time or occasion to interact closely with the late Hon. Kalembe Ndile but, of course, being a public figure, Hon. Kalembe Ndile came out as a charismatic leader. Indeed, a resilient personality that was able to find his way to this august House despite indication of being a person of humble beginnings. Indeed, even after he left this House, he was able ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, without a doubt, I will not take more than 30 minutes. To be exact, I will take about 20 minutes. If you may allow me to remove my mask, because I want to refer to notes and I will have problems with my glasses, I would be glad. 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
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. Just to continue from where I left last time I started moving this Motion, I want to emphasise that the Public Accounts Committee of the 12th Parliament has made tremendous effort towards ensuring that we are up to date with the Office of the Auditor-General in terms of examination of the reports of that office on financial statements of Ministries, State Departments, Commissions and Independent Offices. The report we are debating now covers 2017/2018 Financial Year, which is indeed the very last complete report that we ever got from the Auditor-General. Of course, we have embarked on examining ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: and still counting. This is because the last phase of it is still under implementation. This is one project that was conceived and implemented in the most opaque manner and in blatant disregard of the existing laws. If you look at the first phase of this project, it cost taxpayers Kshs4.2 billion. For those who do not know, this is the project that was supposed to enhance internet connectivity across the country. It was supposed to lay down the trunks, infrastructure, and highways for internet from Nairobi to the countryside. The first phase of this project cost taxpayers Kshs4.2 billion ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Therefore, I am just basing on this to underscore the fact that public procurement has been used in a manner that is not taking into consideration public interest by public officers. This is because to commit a country and the public to this kind of burden and loans running into billions of shillings without following the laid down procedure and, indeed, to go ahead and treat casually the matter of revenues that originated from this infrastructure is basically to show contempt to the people of Kenya who pay taxes to sustain the public sector. Another example I want to quickly ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: So, as we speak, the company is still owed about Kshs70 million which it is still pursuing with the responsible State Department. That tells you what goes on in public finance management. If officers decide to conspire with third parties to defraud the public of their money and nothing is done against them, this is the kind of results you end up with. Another example, as I conclude, is a project that was supposed to prepare our stadia, about five of them, including Nyayo Stadium and Kasarani. The continental games were supposed to be hosted in Kenya in 2008 and ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: It will be an under-statement if I said that all these three cases that I have mentioned are just but a tip of the iceberg. If you read through our Report, which is almost 1,000 pages, you will be shocked. Corruption consistently followed where money was in the public sector. The State departments that got more allocation for development budget; that is where corruption followed. In other words, corruption was directly proportional to the amount of money allocated for development. When a State department has no money for development, you expect no corruption. However, when you give State department money ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: In many instances, entities would just write letters to the NLC asking it to acquire, on their behalf, certain parcels of land and then the NLC would swing into action and very quickly, ask the entities to deposit money for land compensation and rush through the process of land valuation. Indeed, it would proceed to carry out valuation using its own valuers. In some instances, some private valuers would be used under unexplained circumstances. More interestingly, when we wanted to look at those land valuation reports, we saw wonders. Either they were unsigned, which means nobody owned them. They were ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: So, some of those cases ended up in court, but there are very many others which never went to court. We are aware there is a new regime at the NLC. We have not seen much change in terms of the process that is being undertaken for land compensation. Lots of money was lost in the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project. The monies that were paid out were done on the basis of nothing. That is because the basic document that you would need in such a process is the land valuation report. The basic document that you will need ... view