James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1581 to 1590 of 1604.

• 23 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to respond to the issue raised by hon. Chepkonga. view
• 23 May 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, I am contributing, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 23 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in my own understanding of the function of the PAC according to Standing Order No.205, nothing limits it from addressing some of the issues raised earlier on by hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. The issues being addressed or raised by hon. Jakoyo pertain to the matter of procurement of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) machines. These matters are purely and squarely under the limit of the PAC. So, my submission is that this question was rightly directed to the right committee which is the PAC and it is already seized of the matter and, therefore, to take us back ... view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am James Opiyo Wandayi, Member of Parliament for Ugunja. I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: THAT, aware that the Goldenberg saga almost brought the country’s economy to its knees through false compensation claims on fictitious export of gold and diamonds; noting that the taxpayers lost about Kshs5.8 billion that is documented so far; further aware that a judicial commission of inquiry set up to probe the matter established impropriety on the part of Goldenberg company and its architects; noting that the report of the judicial commission of inquiry has not been acted upon conclusively to date; further aware that the Kenya public continues to bear the burden of old and emerging claims arising from the ... view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 21 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute. My name is Opiyo Wandayi, Member for Ugunja Constituency. Hon. Speaker, I stand to oppose this Motion in principle. First, it is because of the way in which it has been drafted. The importance of agro-based industries cannot be overemphasized. But the problem we have with these parastatals, or the Government- owned companies, so to speak, is real inefficiency and corruption; simply transferring these bodies to the county governments without looking at the root cause of the inefficiencies and corruption will be simply to transfer problems which the county ... view
• 21 May 2013 in National Assembly: In carrying out privatisation within the law, attempts must be made to give priorities to the local communities. For instance, in the case of sugar factories, the farmers who produce sugar-cane must be allowed, through their sugar grower associations, to take part in this process and own shares commensurate to the stake they hold in these organisations. The role of any government, be it the National Government or the county governments, is not to engage in business. The primary role of the Government, at both the national and county level, is to provide an enabling environment for business to thrive. ... view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion for Adjournment. view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, it is for adjournment of debate, so that we can deal with more urgent matters. It is a fact that this House has more pressing matters to undertake in so far as debate on the Budget Estimates is concerned. I support the fact that we need to adjourn on this subject, so that we can have time to address the matter of the Standing Orders. If we do not do this, we will cause a lot of problems in this House in the next couple of weeks view