James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, how I wish my colleague Members would give me a hearing. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on the matter of the NG-CDF, we are all in it, but let me just say one or two things. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker… view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Given that the cost of this stalemate is the failure of the National Treasury to release the NG-CDF funds, in the circumstances, it would be advisable that we put on hold the vote, but then… view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Let us give the National Treasury a maximum of say, seven days, to release the funds to the NG-CDF Board, and then we come back to take the vote. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: That is the middle ground. The Standing Orders allow Hon. Speaker to postpone the vote on any Motion and, indeed, on any Bill. Therefore, the best route, in my view, is to postpone the vote and allow the National Treasury to release the funds to the Board for us to proceed in the best manner. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to weigh in on this matter. It must be understood clearly that the matter that has been raised by Hon. Kago is not a laughing matter. Foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease in livestock. It does not only affect cows. It affects sheep and goats and it has no boundary. It can spread like bush fire. Therefore, even as we contemplate taking action, it is important to understand where the national and county governments come in. This matter cannot be left to Kitui and Kiambu counties, for instance. It is a serious ... view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to, on my behalf and on behalf of the people of Ugunja Constituency, join the families, friends and relatives of the late Hon. Mohamed Yussuf Haji and the late Hon. John Oyioka on their untimely passing on. The two Members have left an indelible mark for the time they have served in this Parliament. I remember the late. Hon. Oyioka having served with me in the 11th Parliament though for a very short time as you rightly put it. He was known for humility of its own kind. He was a ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also wish to join my colleagues in extending my condolences and those of my constituents of Ugunja to the family and friends of the late colleague, Hon. James Lusweti. I happen to have had a history with Hon. Lusweti in my formative years when I worked in western Kenya as a manager of British American Tobacco (BAT). I lived in his constituency when it was the then greater Sirisia Constituency. Indeed, I opened an operation zone in a place called Mukhweya which is within his Kabuchai Constituency. Hon. James Lusweti was a true gentleman. We ... view