James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, about the other Chair, because I do not know him much, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I withdraw it, so that I can proceed. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the very reason as to why these two Committees swung into action was to provide Kenyans with specific answers to questions that they had. Going through this Report, you are left with more questions than answers. The very fact that terrorists could strike at the heart of Nairobi in broad daylight is a pointer to a serious security lapse. We know very well that the ownership of the shopping mall had Israeli connections. That is the first point. We all know that all properties with connection to Israelis or Israel are under serious security guard round the ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: people, who slept on the job. That is the question that this Committee needed to have answered. Who slept on the job, between the Director General of National Security Intelligence Service, the Inspector General of Police, the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the President of the Republic of Kenya? view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: It is important that the Jubilee Government gets to know that Kenyans have got a right to information. This Government took Kenyans on a merry go round. The aftermath of the Westgate attack is something that needs to be condemned in very strong terms. We were told that terrorists had been killed and the following day we were told they did not know how many had been killed. We were told there was strange fire--- view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will not dwell very much on that. The fact is that, it is on record that the President himself made a commitment to institute a judicial commission of inquiry. As we speak, there is no word about that judicial commission of inquiry and what we are being treated to here is a challenge, because there are no answers coming from this Report. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: You will go further and see in the Report an attempt to divert. The Director General of NSIS is reported to have said that they would take some unspecified action against the person who aired the Jicho Pevu programme on Kenya Television Network (KTN). That is obviously against the law. Under what law would he take action against view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: programme producers? Again, you find the Committee falling for that gimmick. In their recommendation, they are saying that the Government should formulate policies to regulate live streaming of events. Under what law would the Government do that? We already have laws that govern media activities and conduct in this country and therefore this Report is not answering the questions that it needed to have answered. view
• 24 Mar 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 Mar 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