James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 881 to 890 of 1604.

• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will limit my contribution to the matter of ID cards and not voters’ cards. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to urge the Government to take drastic measures to ensure that every Kenyan who has attained the age of 18 is issued with an ID card as a matter of right. Kenyans cannot keep on applying for ID cards and wait for years to get them. I am aware that ID cards of Kenyans from specific regions are being hoarded at Nyayo House so that they can be disenfranchised at the end of the day. This is a wake up call. This Motion has come at the right time. We cannot talk ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it goes without say that this is an amendment I support because of the obvious fact that the holders of the three key offices, as hon. Mutava has pointed out, played a very key role. Again, the fact that we have included the Speaker is equally important. This is because the Speaker of the National Assembly, or the Speaker of the Senate for that matter, is really the head of the third arm of the Government. Therefore, to have his retirement taken care of in the manner that the House has proposed is appropriate. With those ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, it goes without saying that the issues raised by Hon. Sakaja are of great importance. It is not just abdication of responsibility. It demonstrates carelessness and lack of regard to those who voted us in. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: If you have a Motion lined up for debate in the House, how can you fail to come to the House? More importantly, the leaders of these coalitions, just like Hon. Wanyonyi has indicated, need to take their work more seriously. They know what is lined up for debate and most of them sit in the HBC. They need to whip their Members to come to the House to prosecute their Motions. However, a bigger paradox is that as others take lightly their Motions which are lined up for debate, some of us are waiting for eternity for our Motions ... view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following amendment to the Motion:- THAT, the Motion be amended by deleting the full stop after the figure “2014” and inserting the words “subject to insertion of the following new recommendations after recommendation (ii) on Page 16.” The first recommendation to be, “(iii) That any ancestral land currently held by any of the sugar companies remains under the ownership of the local community. (iv)That further consultations on the privatisation process be held between the Government, the sugar farmers and the key stakeholders, including the county governments before embarking on the implementation of ... view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am raising a very serious point that they need to listen to. view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: If we pass this Motion as it is, we shall have disadvantaged farmers who have made it possible for these factories to survive up to this moment. view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have done that. view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am now canvassing on the amendment. view