James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, first, I rise to oppose this Motion or this report for that matter. Why do I say so? I can see most hon. Members are missing the point and the point is that we have to look at this issue of the nominees in the context of the composition of the entire team of 16 nominees. As has been rightly pointed out, these nominees fall short of the requirement of the Constitution. If you look at the Constitution, Article 54(2), it talks about the issue of the disabled and for sure there is no single disabled person ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Secondly, the entire list of 16 does not include any single youth and this is a very serious issue because if you look at Article 55(b) it also talks of affirmative action in terms of youth representation. We understand that the Jubilee Government rode to power on the crest of youth support or so we are told and I expected the Chairman of the TNA who is here to have been at the forefront at opposing this list because he is also a youth. It is not right that we pay lip service to the question of youth. To advance ... view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Very shameful, hon. Speaker, Sir. This leaves a mere 38 per cent to be shared by the rest of the country. This cannot be acceptable and, therefore, my proposition is that this entire list be rejected by the House. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: Let it go back to the President and he does fresh nominations in compliance with the requirements of the Constitution. That would also give opportunity to the Committee on Appointments to put their act together so that they do proper vetting the second time round. view
• 14 May 2013 in National Assembly: I oppose entirely! view
• 8 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have very few remarks to make. I am rising to support this Bill. The problem we have in spite of the fact that we are living in a new dispensation, we still have the old mindset ruling us. Why do I say this? If you look at Article 216 that gives the CRA its mandate, it states that the CRA has the sole responsibility of making recommendations on the revenue allocation between the national Government and the devolved government. I would expect, therefore, that this Bill would borrow from the recommendations of the CRA. Even if ... view
• 8 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have very few remarks to make. I am rising to support this Bill. The problem we have in spite of the fact that we are living in a new dispensation, we still have the old mindset ruling us. Why do I say this? If you look at Article 216 that gives the CRA its mandate, it states that the CRA has the sole responsibility of making recommendations on the revenue allocation between the national Government and the devolved government. I would expect, therefore, that this Bill would borrow from the recommendations of the CRA. Even if ... view
• 23 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: I am making my maiden speech! view
• 23 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, one of the most redundant commissions is the Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC). My take - I believe this strongly -is that the work this Commission is purporting to do what can be adequately by a relevant Committee of this House. So I would like to urge Members of this House to take it upon themselves to ensure that in the next appropriations, we do justice to this Commission, so that it stops wasting money and dwelling on irrelevant matters. It is a commission that sits idle for a whole year and only releases ... view