James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I was going to justify my statement, Hon. Speaker. view
• 13 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish you could allow me to make my point. What I meant is that the National Intelligence Service does not break down their activities in a manner that this House can…. view
• 13 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: That is the point. view
• 13 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Let me continue, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just want to make a general comment. Looking at the issues surrounding these proposed amendments and deletions, you start realising that we need to re-look at the wisdom of lumping such far-reaching legislative proposals in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills. What we are proposing in this particular Bill is so fundamental because it goes to the core of the admission of our children to colleges and universities, something that has been as contentious as we can imagine. It is not something that we can just talk about casually like this. It is an issue ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have a lot of difficulty supporting this Second Supplementary Budget and for obvious reasons. If it were something worthwhile, I would support it, but not this one. Why am I saying so? It is important that when you come to ask for more money in any ordinary circumstance, you first explain how you have used the money you were given before - That is the only time you can justify being granted additional money. Here is case where we are being told to give more money and yet there is nothing to show ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I know, I have not mentioned anybody adversely, I am very careful. I am just trying to enforce my point that we could easily end up approving money which will be misdirected for purposes of campaigns and that is not the original purpose. It is unfortunate that they are accusing my good friend, Hon. Washiali but I hope the police will investigate this matter and tell us the truth as to who was extorting money from Mumias Sugar Company and who actually killed that legal officer. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: The Mumias saga is simply a tip of the iceberg. It tells you for sure that a lot of the old habits have not died, like the old Nyayo habits, whereby parastatals were seen as cash cows. The good boys used to go and milk money every other day for their own purposes of politics. They say that the more things change, the more they remain the same. This is very true when it comes to money being appropriated from State agencies. Another example is the maize sub-sector. Money is now being allocated to subsidise unga . You need to ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: As we speak, maize is being imported from Mexico and far flung areas yet there is cheaper maize in Ethiopia. Nobody wants to import it because it will reduce the profit margin of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: brokers who are well known and hold very high levels in the administration of Jubilee. This is not an idle matter but a very serious one. You cannot create an artificial food crisis for the benefit of a few connected people. Yet you want Kenyans to believe that you are helping them but you are simply helping a few people through the creation of artificial food shortage. What we are doing here by supporting this Supplementary Budget is helping this Government to address the symptoms rather than the root cause of the problem. If the Government meant well it would ... view