James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: When you see people fighting to control an institution or an agency such as the KFS, you must be alarmed. The fight, the struggle and the scramble cannot be for nothing. There must be some benefits that accrue from being in these positions, most of which are fraudulent. view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, I would like to talk about the ban on logging. A decree was issued a few months ago by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry, banning logging in community forests. From where I sit or stand, I am not sure how far that ban has gone. I am not aware whether it has since been lifted or not. What I am aware of is that logging is continuing in community forests. The loggers are not common persons. They are well connected individuals. The people who do the logging business are not ordinary Kenyans. They have a way of ... view
• 2 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: You must remember that the Mau Forest, as a water tower, is not just about a community or ethnic group. It is about Kenya, the region, Africa and the world. The rivers that flow from the Mau Forest feed Lake Victoria, which serves humanity from the source of the Nile in Jinja down up to Egypt. In fact, it goes up to the Mediterranean Sea. So, it is not an easy or small matter that requires people to go and start playing cheap politics. The moment you start going to the Mau and raising tension between communities that live around ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I also wish to support the Motion, which seeks the extension of the period for vetting of this officer. I also want to associate myself with the sentiments which were expressed by the Member who has spoken before me – that it is important that as the Committee settles to vet this person, it gets it right for the first time. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: The Commission whose term has just ended had a problem. Its leadership seemed to be complex. I call it either inferiority or superiority complex in the sense that it was so obsessed with matters of legislators to an extent that it clouded its thought process. It is also important that as we vet these officers, we ensure ultimately that whoever comes to the office is not only competent, but also ideally should be a person who is fresh enough. He should not be a retiree who has gone through his life cycle in the public service. We need somebody who ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have been eagerly waiting to get this opportunity. Firstly, I want to thank Hon. John Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party, for introducing this very critical Motion. I want, at the outset, to support the Motion as amended in its entirety. As I do so, I must acknowledge the fact that Hon. Mbadi has been a little bit diplomatic. He has couched his Motion in a lot of diplomatic language, but we must be able to call a spade a spade. We are talking of a situation, if I restrict ... view
• 3 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this Petition is timely and it needs to be looked into expeditiously by the relevant committee. As we are all aware, most of the times, many Kenyan children have been disenfranchised and denied a chance to pursue post-secondary education on the basis of grades. Grades are things that happen on the basis of the state of mind that one is in, at the time they are doing exams. They, therefore, do not mean a lot in terms of the capacity of a student or a kid to continue with further education. The Committee can look at this Petition ... view
• 3 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Petition. I am very confident that the Committee, chaired by my friend and able colleague, Hon. Gikaria, will take it up. However, the Committee can only look at the wider issues of compensation and futuristic matters. This incident is a clear case of criminal negligence. I have seen, in the recent past that certain actions have been taken against people for negligence. People have been taken to court. This is a case where somebody needs to be taken to court and be charged so that it serves as deterrence to the rest ... view