James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you know, in this country, there is some money which is held by some strange fellows here. view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise under Standing Order No.53(3). This particular amendment Bill proposes to amend more than 60 laws. Up to the point when the debate was concluded, not more than 20 Members had spoken to it. I seek your indulgence that under this particular Standing Order, you allow the House to continue debate on this Bill at a time that you will suggest because the Standing Orders are very clear that it can only be on the following day. This is so critical in the sense that members of the public presented their views on this amendment Bill but ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I fully support this Report. I commend the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, and specifically the Chair. In the last Parliament, I served with Hon. Mbiuki in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, where he was our Vice-Chair. When I learnt that he was elected the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, I had no doubt in my mind that he was going to deliver. He has proved me right. What this committee has done in the last couple of months is something worth praising. I encourage them ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It is very unfortunate that in the sector of forestry, which is very critical, as most Kenyans continue to suffer, there are a few individuals who continue to benefit wrongfully from the proceeds and resources of this sector. This committee is going to do us a great good if they can go further and look at the issues that the Leader of the Majority Party has ably raised. view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I do not know how to hide issues. I like saying as it is. On the matter of the Mau, I am 100 per cent with the Leader of the Majority Party. Some of us who come from western Kenya have an opportunity to fly once in a while over the Mau. What we are talking about is not theory or some fiction. It is a real tragedy that if no serious intervention is made within the shortest time possible, we will lose the Mau Forest, and the consequences are too grave to contemplate. view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, this House must take the lead in the efforts to protect the Mau Forest against individuals who have thrived in impunity over the years. Any encroachment into the Mau Forest regardless of who does it, is a tragedy in itself. It does not matter whether you are the poorest of the poor or the richest. So long as you are encroaching into the Mau, you will have to be evicted. This is because, if we approach the Mau issues selectively, we will not solve the issue. The Mau invasion did not start yesterday. It is also true that this ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I ask Hon. Mbiuki and his team to not just continue belabouring the obvious and trying to reinvent the wheel. Just go to those reports and bring them the attention of the Committee on Implementation and have the recommendations contained in those reports implemented. As you do so, be oblivious to any other consideration. This is because there comes a time when serious actions have to be taken to save a generation. view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Just like the other water towers, the issue of the Mau is an issue that should exercise the imagination of the entire nation. Recently, after the Mbiuki-led Committee raised the issue of Kibarani in Mombasa, I am happy that the President acted very swiftly. For the very first time, the President was acting on the moves of a committee of the House without waiting for the Report to come to this House. That is to show you that these committees are working. I am also being told that it was because of the handshake with Governor Joho. So be it, ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: House, is an action that is going to save taxpayers from losing their resources, it should be commended. view