James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 851 to 860 of 1604.

• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: No country can aspire to develop if its youth are not involved in all aspects of development of a country. One way the youth can get involved in development is through gainful employment. Therefore, this Bill is going to address an issue that has been of concern to many of us in this country for a long time. In a growing economy such as ours, there is bound to be intense competition for opportunities. Many a time, this competition ends up favouring those who have the capacity to compete. These are, invariably, people who have had the means to acquire ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we have funds such as the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), Uwezo Fund and Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF) because women are sometimes youth. If you want to see how the Government does not take the issue of the youth seriously, in the financial year that we are just about to begin, those three major funds that would go a long way in addressing the issue of youth unemployment have been allocated not more than Kshs1.5billion, yet the National Youth Service (NYS) has been allocated a whopping Kshs25billion. That money is one tenth of the total money ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I can see someone heckling across the aisle. I am very relevant because I am talking about the issue of employment. This Bill is about creating an authority to address the issue of youth employment. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you protect me from the hecklers, I will be very appreciative. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, what do I want to say? The NYS as an institution- -- view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, that cannot go unchallenged.That is most unfortunate because--- view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Two wrongs cannot make a right. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will excuse him for now because of obvious lack of--- view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I will leave it at that but the point is taken. I must thank Hon. Sakaja for this Bill. He is one of the forward looking members of that coalition. He is genuine enough in addressing issues of the youth. I wish the entire Government 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
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: was concerned with the issue of the youth like Hon. Sakaja is; this Bill is going to make it possible to create a structure that the youth are going to use to access employment opportunities. I say this because in the current set up, we find a situation where when jobs are available, we end up filling positions with people who have retired or are supposed to retire. We find a situation where people are continuously recycled for political expedience at the expense of the youth of this country. No country can develop if the youth are excluded from the ... view