James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1471 to 1480 of 1604.

• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, can I be heard? view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I will accordingly be asking the owner of the Bill, who is the Chairman of the Committee, to move on my behalf this amendment. This amendment proposal is basically about maize and horticultural farmers. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I once again want to thank the Chair for moving this amendment on my behalf. In a nutshell, what this amendment is about--- view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: 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
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, please protect me from these Members. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have been keenly following the amendments being moved throughout the afternoon session and I am very happy that the Government has seen it fit to respond to the peoples’ needs. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: I belong to the school of thought that says the devil is in the details. I will say this as an expert; crop protection cost accounts for close to 30 per cent of the total cost of production in agriculture. If we do not exempt pest control products or what is commonly referred to as the agro-chemicals from this tax, we shall have the effect of bringing serious problems to the horticulture sector. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: First, what will happen is that farmers will resort to using counterfeit, fake and adulterated products which will have an impact on the maximum residual levels. As you know, the horticulture export market is very sensitive, especially the European Union (EU) market where most of our products are sold. I, therefore, want to move this amendment so that it, at least, can protect our very vital horticultural industry. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: On maize, one of the biggest determinants of the--- view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: I am summarizing this one, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view