James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, without really belabouring the point, this House must stand firm with the rest of Kenyans. We want a clean process. We cannot continue to break laws just because we think that it is expedient to do so. The TSC is very important in this country. Perhaps, some people are still forgetful; they think that this is the TSC of yester years. The TSC we are talking about is one that is enshrined in the Constitution. It is one of the constitutional commissions which were created to address specific issues. Therefore, we cannot afford to start on ... view
• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I want to end by saying that the only justice that we can do to this country is by adopting this report in its entirety and ensuring that these people go through a process that is defined. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Firstly, I wish to support this Motion even though I have different views on how we need to progress with this matter going forward. I remember having talked to hon. James Bett just before he introduced this Motion and I was very impressed by his concerns. This is a very important Motion. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: From the outset, I must state that I do not believe that the Government needs to meddle in commercial business. Two, also to reiterate that the Gvoernment’s cardinal role is to provide an enabling environment for private businesses to thrieve. That is very 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
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: important. One of these roles in terms of providing an enabling environment is to ensure that there is a level playing ground. That is very critical if businesses are to thrieve and compete equally. I am sure the Government will not come in tomorrow and fix the farm gate price for milk, that obviously is illegal and cannot happen in a liberalized market environment such as ours, but the Government needs to play its role in terms of supporting farmers by providing the dairy farmers with proper extension services which are geared towards addressing their final growth margins. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The Government needs to ensure that the dairy farmers have easy access to affordable farm inputs. This will go a long way in ensuring that at the end of the day, when you balance the cost of production and the output, then the farmer has something reasonable to take home. That is very important, but more importantly, in the dairy sector, the Government needs to work on the marketing channels. What has happened in the past is that the small dairy farmers have been exploited by the so-called middlemen. If the Government can come in through a framework, either legal ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I am sure that this country does not have enough milk for its consumption. Therefore, it is unreasonable for the small-scale dairy farmers to continue incurring losses yet the demand for milk outstrips the supply. What logic would dictate that farmers get lower prices for their milk when the demand is higher than the supply? Therefore, it means that this is basically artificially manipulated to enrich a few people in the value chain at the expense of the primary farmer, who toils in the fields to produce the milk. Thefore, I support this Motion and I would want to urge ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. I just want to refer you to the provisions of Article 10 of the Constitution. Before you do that, hon. Deputy Speaker, I must declare that I do not know this James Maina Muhoro personally. If you look at Article 10(2)(c) of the Constitution you will realize that it talks about national values and principles of governance including good governance, integrity, transparency and others. If you look at Article 73, the operating word here is “integrity.” If you look at Article 73(2)(a), the guiding principles of leadership and integrity include among others selection ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will obviously ignore that point of order because it is not relevant. This House does not act in vain. This House cannot just pass a resolution to appoint somebody in a position while we are aware that very active and serious investigations on his integrity are underway by a Commission which is mandated to do so by the Constitution. If at all we went ahead and passed this nominee today and then tomorrow the EACC resolves that this person needs to be taken to court, we shall have done zero work. The simplest thing is that ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have about seven minutes remaining. view