James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. From the outset, I want to support this Motion. The importance of an ID cannot be gainsaid or overemphasized. Once you are of adult age in this country, your life revolves literally around an ID card. This Motion is--- view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your guidance. The fact that an ID card is an important document is a matter we cannot really debate. What has happened in this country is that we have a situation where artificial bottlenecks have been placed on the path of Kenyans towards the acquisition of this vital document. What has happened is something that one cannot comprehend. Kenyans apply for this vital document and wait for months and sometimes even a year before that document is availed to them. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The delay at the National Registration Bureau Office is sometimes deliberate. I say so because what would officers be doing in the office when they are having piles and piles of ID cards which are yet to be taken to their owners? As we talk about decentralization of this vital service, I will even propose further that we need to ensure that the Government invests in up-to- date technology to make it possible for Kenyans to acquire this vital document instantly. I am The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: told that an ID would be acquired instantly in the late 1970s. What has happened now that it is impossible for the Government to invest in appropriate technology in order for one to appear before a clerk and get an ID instantly? This is a very critical matter that needs to be taken with utmost seriousness. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The national Government has infrastructure up to the grassroots level. In fact, against the letter and spirit of the Constitution, the Government has retained the former Provincial Administration in its full form. I cannot understand what these people are doing. Therefore, why can the Government not deploy them and task them with duties to ensure that IDs reach their owners once they are dispatched from Nairobi? It is also important to understand why the Government has got keen interest in the Office of the Registration of Persons. I am aware that the current Director of National Registration Bureau, Mr. Kimotho ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: If you deny people IDs, in a way you are making it impossible for them to register as voters and, therefore, you are predetermining the outcome of an election. That is rigging. If you continue doing that in this day and age you are definitely laying a foundation for civil strife. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Finally, I have been noticed. I have been in the queue since yesterday. That notwithstanding I wish to, first, state that my own constituents grow sugarcane. In fact, all of them take their cane to Mumias Sugar Company. Therefore, I was really taken aback when my colleague, Hon. Washiali was throwing tantrums as if he is the only one who has farmers who grow sugarcane. I take great exception to that unbecoming conduct. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: It is important that as we debate this Report, we do not lose sight of the bigger picture. The Report is aptly titled “The Crisis Facing the Sugar Industry in Kenya”. Unfortunately, it has been reduced to Mumias and I think that is deliberate. The crisis in the sugar industry is much bigger than Mumias, granted that Mumias Sugar Company accounts for 60 per cent of local production. The fact of the matter is that, as a country, we have got sugar deficit. For a fact, this country only produces about 600,000 metric tonnes of sugar annually and yet, we ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: possible level. We are not children to be made to believe that a common Kenyan can smuggle sugar from say Somalia and then they use the term “porous borders”. Sugar is smuggled into this country in hundreds of tonnes. There is no way you can smuggle sugar as if you are smuggling some small items. This sugar gets into the country through the Port of Mombasa and once it gets into the country, it is regularised. It floods and distorts the market and, therefore, makes the Kenyan-produced sugar too expensive to compete effectively. Until we are able, as a country, ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Committee has attempted, and I use the word “attempted” because the Committee was limited in capacity, just like any other Committee of Parliament. A Committee of Parliament cannot have the capacity to carry out forensic audit. That is why we were taken aback when the Board of Management of Mumias Sugar Company categorically refused to hand over to the Committee the final forensic audit report undertaken by KPMG. I am using the word “refuse” because they refused. This Report was tabled on the Floor of this House in March 2015. By that time, we were told that the forensic ... view