James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 801 to 810 of 1604.

• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am just concluding now. We are aware that if nothing happens by February 2016, the CDF as is currently constituted will not operate yet three months after the financial year began, no money has been disbursed to the constituencies. Can we be told what the matter is? Thank you. view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. I rise under Standing Order No. 87(4). I do not have the Standing Orders with me but I think it broadly talks about a Member not being allowed to impute improper motives on any other Member without, of course, filing a substantive Motion. view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Standing Order No. 87(4); that is the Standing Order under which I am rising. In a nutshell, it bars any Member from imputing improper motive on any other Member without filing a substantive Motion. That is the gist of that Standing Order, I believe. You will also, of course, recall that Standing Order No. 84 gives any Member room to rise and make a personal statement. That also gives a Member that latitude. That particular Standing Order No. 84 does not, in any way, give a Member who rises under it, latitude to impute improper motive on any other Member ... view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: For a Member to be able to rise under Standing Order No. 84, I believe the Speaker should have seen in advance the context of the statement that the Member wishes to raise. It, therefore, surprises me that a Member could rise under Standing Order No. 84 and proceed to mention another Member adversely, without the Speaker taking notice. Yesterday, the Member for Magarini Constituency, my very good friend, Hon. Kombe, with whom I have been in very deep discussions on matters political, rose under Standing Order No. 84 and imputed improper motive on my person. Hon. Kombe alluded to ... view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I approached you and you indicated to me that I could rise later in the day to make a clarification. I went ahead and filed a statement with the Office of the Speaker. Unfortunately, it was declined by the substantive Speaker. So, I am in a dilemma. If we can give Members room under Standing Order No. 84 to rise and make disparaging remarks against fellow Members, what remedy would that Member have? What remedy would I have if we cannot debate the statement and I cannot sue him? I am left with no remedy at all. view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Therefore, I need guidance and a considered ruling on what I could do as a matter of remedy in the sense that my person has been disparaged and my character assassinated in a manner that is not justifiable. If you allow me, therefore, to plead with you, that decision--- I believe the Speaker made that decision without full knowledge of what had transpired. I strongly believe so. I cannot in any way dispute and contest the ruling of the Speaker, or his decision to bar me from making that statement here. view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I also wish to make a few comments with regard to this very important matter. You will recall that at the beginning of this year, there was an uproar by teachers through their trade unions, that is Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education (KUPPET), that teachers serving in northern eastern Kenya specifically in Garrisa, Wajir and Tana River counties, be allowed to be transferred to other parts of the country where they felt safer. Hon. Speaker, since then up to now, it is true that no meaningful teaching has taken place ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: this happens the government operates as if everything is normal. That children of Kenyans in more than three counties should be staying at home for close to a year and the Government behaves as if nothing in the world is really happening is something that should shock all of us. I do not even believe that the Committee is the right avenue to address this matter. This is a grave matter that requires executive action. It requires the President to intervene through the executive powers that he has, so that children of Kenyans do not suffer at the altar of ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to seek your indulgence. I thought this is the appropriate Order under which to raise this matter. I am at a loss. I have been intending to file a question on a matter which is currently engaging the minds of Kenyans and generating a lot of heat. This is a matter concerning the supposed agreement signed between Kenya and Uganda with regard to the importation of sugar. This is a matter that traverses various Ministries. It concerns the Ministries of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Foreign Affairs, Commerce, Tourism and East Africa Region as well as ... view