James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1431 to 1440 of 1604.

• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. As I rise to contribute to this Motion, I must express my serious disappointment with this Parliamentary Service Commission. The PSC has joined the league of those moribund commissions that we have been trying to disband. The PSC as we speak has failed totally in the delivery of its mandate. It is not conceivable and imaginable that seven months after an election, Members of Parliament can be operating from their private offices, when we have a PSC which is constituted, and which has been given resources and has got the time to act. ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have got serious doubts as to whether those two people who are being proposed to join this Commission are going to add any value to it. This Commission needs to relook at its vision and mission if, at all, it has got any, before we can even talk of adding members to it. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we have a Commission that has got no communication strategy – a Commission whose activities are shrouded in opaqueness and mystery. The lack of budgetary allocation cannot be an excuse for this Commission to fail to execute its mandate. The reason why the Parliamentary Budget Committee was unable to give this Commission enough money was because of its inability to communicate effectively to the Members of Parliament to understand what it intends to do with the money. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon Deputy Speaker, I understand that PSC employs staff of this Parliament. If at all it does so, it has totally failed in the supervision of the very staff that it employs. If you look at Parliament as we speak, from my background in the corporate world, it is a study in disorganisation. Take a look at what is happening in the Finance Department. You still find manual files moving from left, right and to the centre and disappearing at random. What we want is a total re-look and overhaul of the whole concept of PSC. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, these quick fixes of introducing new members to the Commission will not solve the problems that we have in PSC. What I want to suggest before we even go any further in this debate - because I can see it is not going to end anywhere - is that the Chairman of the Committee that did these interviews and brought these names to Parliament does the honourable thing and withdraws these names to give room for further consultations. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, it will not help even to stand here and talk about equity and regional balance if we do not look at the underlying issues that have made the PSC not to execute its mandate. This House has set a precedent of standing firm and making a decision based on principles and issues at hand. The only thing this House can do this afternoon in so far as the membership of PSC is concerned is to pull back, redraw the list and look at it afresh. Otherwise, from the look of things, this list is headed nowhere. Those ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I neither oppose nor support. Otherwise, my point is taken. Thank you. view
• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I will support this Motion in its entirety. The whole process of interviewing, selection and bringing this list to this House has been mired in illegality. This House cannot attempt to sanitize an illegality. For that reason this House must rise to the occasion and adopt this report in its entirety. At the end of the day when all is said and done, we shall continue to ask ourselves who in particular sneaked the name of one William Makubo to the President’s desk. We have been told, and I agree ... view
• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Please do. view
• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: No, I did not. I have not. view