James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have an issue. There is the issue of relevance in our Standing Orders. This Bill is all about the national flag and the reference being made by the Member is to governors, the county assembly, the ward representatives and the title “honourable”. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We need guidance. There is the issue of relevance. This House can do better than this. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I will be very brief and to the point. Without mincing words, I wish to oppose this Bill in totality and in whatever form one may talk 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
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: about. It is very clear that under the Constitution, we have two levels of government which are distinct even though they are interdependent. The Constitution itself defines what a county government is. Indeed, it states that a county government consists of the county assembly and the county executive. Nowhere in the Constitution do we find Senators and Members of the National Assembly appearing as part and parcel of the county governments. Therefore, to bring a Bill to this House that presupposes to include Members of Parliament, be it the Senate or this House in some mongrel called county development board ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We must be careful, as a House, and tread very carefully. Otherwise, this country is going to blame us squarely for having participated in the killing of devolution. Why do I say so? The governor is the chief executive of the county government. There is no way you can justify a situation where a stranger in the name of a senator comes around and chairs a board in which the governor sits as a mere secretary. It is not conceivable under any stretch of imagination. Therefore, if there are elements in this country who want to exercise power which they ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at this Bill - the mischief behind this Bill - it goes ahead to say that the quorum for the county development board meeting shall be only half of all its members. You find a situation where in many cases, if you combine the Senator, the Women Representative and Members of the National Assembly in a county, they will constitute more than half of the membership of those boards. So, you want to give room for Senators, Members of the National Assembly and Women Repsentatives to make decisions for the counties. It is not acceptable! This is ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you look at what this Bill is attempting to do, it is to create room for the National Assembly and the Senate to meddle in the affairs of the county governments. The only situation where the Constitution allows for some kind of intervention by the National Government in the affairs of the county governments is where a county government fails in performance of its functions or if there is a problem with the financial management. There is no other area. There is no other avenue through which the National Government can meddle in the affairs of the ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: This Bill goes ahead to include people who they are calling county commissioners. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The people they are calling county commissioners are people who are supposed to be phased out as per the Constitution itself. The Bill is going to entrench their positions indirectly. Then what room will the governors have to manage the affairs of their respective counties, if we allow this kind of mischief to go unchallenged? Every right thinking Kenyan will not take it kindly that this House can connive with the Senate to pass a Bill of this nature and, therefore, without really saying much, I want to oppose this Bill and urge my colleagues to do so. The electronic ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, and I also would like to wish you and my colleagues a happy New Year. I hope this New Year will herald good things for this Parliament and the country. Hon. Speaker, I have only three points that I want to address myself to on this National Police Service (Amendment) Bill. You will recall that I have made certain observations in the past, more so when we were discussing the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, and you gave various rulings on this matter which I agree with and I have to abide by. Looking at ... view