James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I was just reading the mood and I was tempted to invoke Standing Order No.95(1) that the Mover be called upon to reply. However, since you have given Hon. Onyango Koyoo the Floor, perhaps, he could finish first. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: There must be a closure. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Examination of the Financial Statements for the National Government for the Financial Year ended 30thJune 2015, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 14th November 2018. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at the outset, my Committee is extremely grateful to the Office of the Speaker and that of the Clerk for the support the Committee received throughout the process of collating evidence and writing this Report. Their invaluable support has made this Report possible. It is also worth noting that the PAC Report for whose adoption I am moving is not just any other Report. Article 203(3) of the Constitution is very clear that once this Report is adopted by the House, it will form the basis for allocation of national revenue to the two levels of ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The PAC Report that I am moving now covers nearly all Ministries, State departments, commissions and independent offices. This Report is for the Financial Year 2014/2015. As I 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
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: move it, it is also important to note that my Committee is committed to presenting before the House the subsequent report that will cover the 2015/2016 Financial Year, God willing, come February 2019. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Coming back to this Report, there are certain points that I wish to reiterate and this is from the experience the Committee has gone through. Budget absorption is a big issue. Year in, year out, this House appropriates funds for development and recurrent expenditure purposes in various Ministries, State departments, commissions and independent offices. Those agencies invariably do not absorb those funds to the fullest extent and this has a big impact on the completion of projects. As we speak, we have a number of projects throughout the country that are yet to be completed on account of the fact ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The second issue is the Exchequer releases. Agencies, Ministries and State departments face the problem of either Exchequer late releases or complete failure to release the funds from the Exchequer. It therefore makes a joke of this House’s work in terms of passing the Budget and appropriating funds to those departments and agencies. So, something needs to be done. If for sure given the country’s capacity to collect revenue we are not able to support projects, then it should be made clear from the outset at the time of budget-making rather than dumping money in the Ministries in theory and ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thirdly, and this is the core of the issue in this Report - I urge my colleagues to read it. It has more than 650 pages – it details a lot of issues on how public money is managed once it has been released to the Ministries, agencies and departments of Government of Kenya. It is important for Members to take time to read the Report for them to contribute from a point of knowledge. What comes out clearly and it cuts across as a running thread is the wanton or wastage of public funds. You may call it corruption. ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: One of the biggest problems is that of pending bills. If you look critically at the issues raised in this Report concerning pending bills, you will find that they have become a very good avenue. How? Once a Ministry, department or commission accumulates pending bills, and this is done basically towards the end of a financial year, immediately a financial year comes to an end, the pending bills are rolled over to the next financial year because, in most cases, they are treated as the first charge and you will find that they are settled without giving ample time or ... view