James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Looking at Vote 1204, the money being appropriated, Kshs12.9 billion, may look like a lot of money. However, from where I stand or sit, it is proper. Tourism as a sector has big potential to earn a lot of foreign exchange for this country, which has had issues for a long time. In fact, tourism can be one of the biggest contributors to our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Therefore, as much as I want to support this, we need to be sure that this money is being directed to the right places. For a long time, tourism has been made ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: With those few words, I support. view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I do not know if we are commenting now but I will say a few things. I support this in the sense that Kenya, being a country that relies heavily on agriculture for its economic development, must make practical steps to enhance irrigation. This is because, for the country to continue relying on rain and praying to God that rains can come on time and in adequate amounts for the country to grow food both for consumption and exports is to live in the past. This is an initiative that must be supported. However, even as I support it, the ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wish to join my colleagues in expressing a lot of disappointment with the workings of this Commission. Currently, I am the Chair of Public Accounts Committee. They have been unable to account for the monies they were given during the Financial Years 2014/15 and 2015/16. In fact, my Committee has directed a special audit to be undertaken with regard to the land compensation they have undertaken in the last two years or so. I think this Commission requires re-engineering even as we give it money. I do not know whether it is the ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Reduction might not help. We may need to do a patch of the leadership in this Commission and perhaps look at the law. Hon. Cheptumo is here. We need to look at the law which creates this Commission. I know it is the Constitution. I heard Hon. Angwenyi talking about the Ministry which supervises it. It does not have a Ministry. This is an independent constitutional commission with all the powers. It is only answerable to the people of Kenya through this Parliament. So, this Parliament needs to do something other than just giving out money because this is a ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, even as we support this Commission to get this money, it must be reminded of its constitutional mandate, more so when it comes to matters of the recruitment, promotions and indeed disciplinary actions within the national police service. The National Police Service Commission under the current Chairman, Mr. Kavuludi, has over the years progressively ceded its mandate to third parties and entities against the letter and spirit of the Constitution. This has happened to the detriment of those junior police officers who look upon this Commission for protection. This Commission was created to serve as a ... view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I find the point of order by our friend and colleague, Hon. Maoka Maore, really intriguing. This is because the Public Accounts Committee that I am currently privileged to lead is very conscious of its mandate under the Standing Orders. Public Accounts Committee is created under Standing Order 205. It is true as has been canvassed by my other colleagues that we deal with matters that have been raised by the Auditor-General. As I speak PAC has an established programme. We have a schedule of appearances before us that runs up to September. If it ... view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: It must also be understood that as PAC we do not live in isolation. If an accounting officer comes before us to respond to issues raised in the reports and at the same time there is an issue that is in the public domain, we must question him on the issues that are in the public domain as at that particular moment. Therefore, let us be very careful in the way we want to go about the business of this Committee. If we entertain the notion that is being propagated by Hon. Maoka Maore, we shall have done injustice to ... view
• 3 May 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for your consideration. This Petition is, obviously, very weighty. It is weighty in the sense that as we speak, we know there is a ban on logging and harvesting of trees or forests across the country, namely, forests on public and community lands. I am worried because if we start entertaining petitions that seek to have the ban on logging lifted in piecemeal, then we will land in a problem. So, my take would be that perhaps this Petition could have been brought here in the context of the ban generally on logging ... view