James Opiyo Wandayi

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• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: to as far as Ugunja Town in my constituency. As we speak, there is no open space available in Ugunja because many trucks… view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Ugunja is the capital city of my constituency. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I am sure they will understand in a little while. We need a more comprehensive approach to this matter. If we try to address Busia Town in isolation in this matter and forget other towns along the main highway, then we are not doing anything useful. As we speak, apart from the COVID-19 risk that is being posed to my people in Ugunja, there is also the social aspect. When drivers troop into a small area like Ugunja Town, you know the consequences. This has to be addressed. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the country is already grappling with the menace of teenage pregnancies yet we are having strangers trooping into my serious town, Ugunja. We have a lot of children and young girls at home. We will have a problem. So, we need to implore the Ministry of Health to develop a more comprehensive approach to this matter, so that we do not come back and start lamenting five months down the road. Thank you. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to associate myself fully with the sentiments expressed by my three colleagues who have spoken before me. It is a principle that one can disagree with the ruling of the Hon. Speaker. However, you have to respect it. I have gone through Article 152 of the Constitution and the relevant Standing Orders. I have not seen anywhere where it is written there are a maximum number of times you can bring an impeachment Motion against a Cabinet Secretary. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Given the elaborate ruling that you gave, I would have expected the Hon. MP for Nyali to go and put his act together, collect relevant evidence and bring back the impeachment Motion. What we see is someone trying to play activism. What I saw is not even opposition politics. We have played opposition politics before. In the Coast where Hon. Ali comes from, when we required him most to join his colleagues in agitating for the rights of those people he is talking about, he was nowhere to be seen. Therefore, I agree with Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Maoka Maore ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me also take this opportunity to congratulate the incoming Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimunya and also appreciate the good work the Hon. Duale did in this Parliament. The Chair will recall that in the 11th Parliament the relationship between the Minority and the Majority sides was totally adversarial. In fact, Hon. Duale can be faulted for anything, but not for loyalty to his party, at least, in that Parliament. In the 12th Parliament, I am not sure what happened. It has to go on record that had it not been for Hon. Duale, perhaps ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, actually, the Leader of the Minority Party, who is my boss, has spoken on my behalf. Just to make one comment, your ruling has been well reasoned. With the benefit of hindsight, I can say that the passage of the Parliamentary Service Act came at the right time. It has addressed most of the issues that were unaddressed hitherto, both by Article 127 and Article 251. Just to pick up from where Hon. Mbadi has left, it is clear from your ruling that when it comes to members of the Parliamentary Service Commission, once a political party or ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, if I got it correctly, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health suggested that she goes through the responses in totality. In my view, that will take a lot of time. Perhaps if you could direct that she tables the responses then we go through them. Later on we could address them. view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as we condole with the family of the retired President Daniel Arap Moi, it is important to note that even though some of us did not entirely agree with his style of governance, we must appreciate the enormous contribution he made to the overall growth of the country. Perhaps, his style of governance was informed by the circumstances that prevailed then. I pray that his passing on may herald a new spirit of national unity and less squabbling by politicians, particularly those in the Jubilee Party. view