James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: We must say who it is that qualifies. Are they freedom fighters? Are they Cabinet Secretaries or MPs? Who are these prominent persons and who defines them? So, my Committee has recommended an immediate suspension of that scholarship program. If this House adopts this Report, whoever shall attempt to implement that scholarship program shall be doing so against the directive of this House and with obvious consequences. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: There was the issue of maize importation done by the Ministry of Agriculture in the year 2016/2017. The country spent a whooping Kshs 11 billion for a purported maize importation program. When we summoned the accounting officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, my Committee was shocked that up to date, two and a half years down the line, the Ministry is unable to produce documents to show that the maize was imported and paid for. We have been struggling to find out who are these fellows who brought the maize. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are loud consultations here. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: I am raising serious issues on maize and Hon. Members here from Western Kenya should be more attentive because it affects them seriously. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, It goes without say that my Committee has been very meticulous in identifying these officers who have used public funds in a most imprudent manner. The country spent a whooping Kshs11 billion in the Financial Year 2016/2017 on purported maize imports. When we tried to dig deeper into this matter, we were shocked. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: First, we were told that this maize was imported by people who turned out to be the millers who were doing milling business in this country. They imported maize and the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Government bought it from them. After buying the maize from them, the Government sold the maize back to them. It was a circus and they made a kill. We were told that this maize was lying somewhere on the high seas and when the decision was made by some ad hoc committee, the maize came in all over a sudden. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: We have been seeking to talk to the people who handled the maize, but we have not been successful to date. My Committee has recommended, because the matter is recurring in the 2017/2018 Financial Year audit Report, we reopen the matter and dig deeper into it and unravel the faces of the real persons behind this fraud. It sounds like a thriller such that as we speak, the accounting officer together with his officers in the Ministry of Agriculture cannot produce the documents to show the payment vouchers used to pay persons for the amount of maize they imported. They ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, unless we use this as an example, this dragon called impunity shall never be managed. That is just a tip of the iceberg, I can tell you from where we sit as a Committee. So, this wanton theft of public funds has continued to happen because the persons who are perpetuating it know that ultimately nothing will ever happen to them, going by past records. We keep on dealing with the small fish and yet the barons remain untouchable. If there is something called a cartel, then it is alive and kicking in the Ministry of ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude there is the issue of the properties owned by Kenya in foreign missions. My Committee has had occasion to visit few of these missions abroad. You find that in cases where the country owns certain properties which it bought many years ago, those properties have been left to degenerate and most of them are in deplorable states as we speak and yet we continue to spend money renting houses for ambassadors and embassy staff. A case in point is the Kenya House in New York which is supposed to be the Kenyan Ambassador’s ... view