James Opiyo Wandayi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I conclude by saying that this Bill is unacceptable and unconstitutional. I oppose it. There is no need of even voting on it. There is no point of voting on this Bill. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to contribute to this Motion, but I will oppose it with an extremely heavy heart. This is because I am unable to come to terms with what is being proposed in this Motion. Hon. Speaker, it was only in January, 2013 when this debt ceiling was increased from Kshs0.8 trillion to Kshs1.2 trillion. About 15 months later, we are proposing to increase it to a whopping Kshs.2.5 trillion. There is no gainsaying the fact that the envisaged projects are useful to the country’s economic development. No one can argue with that fact. Those projects ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: did the feasibility study at a whopping Kshs1 billion has now been awarded the main tender. At what cost? We will be surprised that the cost of the main project is a staggering Kshs14 billion. It is not possible to justify that you could move from a feasibility study at the cost of Kshs1 billion and proceed to the main project and award it to the same company without going through the process of tendering at a cost of Kshs14 billion. It is also alleged that the Israeli Government was going to support that other phase of the project. There ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to note this Report from His Excellency the President. It is unfortunate that we are debating this Report very many months after it was laid on the Floor of the House. Be that as it may, I want to start by saying that, any Government whatsoever pursues specific foreign policies in the best interest of its people or should do so. We are lucky that as we speak, we have a very robust Constitution that makes it mandatory for any international law or convention which the Government has certified, ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: implementing international obligations, then you wonder if the Government is committed to implementing the Constitution, as it should. A lot has been said about the Rome Statute. It is important to note that Kenya voluntarily became a signatory to the Rome Statute. In fact, it went further and domesticated it by enacting the necessary legislation. But what we have been taken through in the last couple of years or so has been a challenge. This is because you see the Government making desperate attempts to go round the Rome Statute which it signed voluntarily. Indeed, there have been attempts for ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: It is a fact that the Rome Statute is one of the safeguards of civil liberties and human rights. You will be living in a situation where many a times we have rogue leaders or rogue people in leadership positions. This has been attested to in history not very far from us in the neighbouring countries. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Therefore, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fact that Kenya voluntarily ratified the Rome Statute is a testimony to the fact that we recognized the need for the country to safeguard itself from atrocities that can be visited on it and its citizens by rogue people, including leaders. So, I am happy that despite the noise the Jubilee Government has been unable to withdraw from the Rome Statute. I am very happy but then I am also sure that now that the President, and I really feel happy for him, has managed to come out of the International Criminal Court safely ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: As we celebrate the withdrawal of the charges against the President which as Kenyans we are all happy about because all the time we have been insisting that the due process must happen and it has happened, we must not forget the plight of the victims of the post-election violence of 2007/2008. There have been attempts in the past by the governments to compensate those who were displaced. That compensation, unfortunately, has not been done fairly or equitably. view