James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just wish to seek your permission to make a comment or two on this petition. The petition is perfectly before the House and I agree with your directive that the Committee works on it expeditiously. I want us to take notice of one or two things. Firstly, the Auditor-General, Mr. Edward Ouko, is my constituent and, therefore, I have an interest in this matter on that account only. This petition, even though I support that the Committee deals with it expeditiously, is coming at a time when we have had a lot of shenanigans surrounding ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: As my constituent, I just wish to go on record that--- view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is part of the shenanigans going around to remove him from office un-procedurally on account of the reports he continues to produce which indict high people in office. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish to second this Motion. It goes without saying that a Private Member’s Bill is just as important as any other Bill sponsored by either political parties or committees of the House. The guidelines on timing given here are also important in the sense that the House needs to operate within a timeframe. But more importantly, the House still has leave to vary this timelines, if and when necessary. Therefore, I wish to second. view
• 24 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to join my colleagues in supporting this Motion. Such Motion is one of those that come once per Session. This is the last time this Motion is being debated in the life of this 11th Parliament. I want to support this Motion because of the need for continuity. The Members who have served in this important Committee of the House have done well by all standards. I therefore commend the leadership of the House for having found it fit to retain them. They have done fairly well. I wish to congratulate them for the ... view
• 24 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: To add salt to injury, there has been a circular which has been released lately. It is from the National Treasury. In my view, that circular goes against the letter and spirit of the Constitution in so far as the budget-making process is concerned. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) of the National Treasury has had the audacity to issue out a circular--- view
• 24 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was stressing a very pertinent issue that National Assembly is the only institution, under the Constitution, which has a sole mandate to determine the Budget. It is unfortunate that the Executive, through the National Treasury has attempted, over time, to usurp that very key mandate of the National Assembly. We are alive and we are aware that there is a circular which has been issued by the CS for the National Treasury, of late. That circular in essence is making it impossible for the National Assembly to play its constitutional role of determining budgetary allocations. ... view
• 24 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you. I am properly guided, Hon. Speaker. In fact, I will be moving, through the Committee where I sit, to have the CS summoned to explain this anomaly. I wanted to conclude by reiterating the importance of this HBC. Even though the HBC sets the agenda of the House, it must be made to understand that it must use its discretion prudently. The House Business Committee must, in the performance of its functions, act prudently for the interest of the nation. We are aware that there are Reports which have been lying idle in the House. They were tabled ... view
• 24 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: National Assembly for more than four years now. That Report is so crucial for the wellbeing of this country; it is so crucial for the security of this country. The only favour this Committee needs to do to this country, in this Session of the 11th Parliament, is to table that Report. That Report needs to be tabled to be debated by the membership of this House. view
• 24 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: I am continuing. view