James Opiyo Wandayi

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)are predisposed to steal public money, and he has to remove them. On the other hand, the statement from KRA yesterday disputed this fact. Who do we believe? Is it the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the KRA or the Commissioner-General, KRA? If we are...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. (Dr.) Pukose knows that I have been in this House long enough. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) You can scrutinise it. I also have extra copies here for Hon. (Dr.) Pukose and the rest. My time is not even halfway. Even if we were to assume that KRA is right in their suggestion that they ever achieve their target, where is the...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was getting worried that Hon. Chepkonga is usurping your power and mandate. I am very much relevant because I am talking about failure of the Government of Kenya to meet its financial obligations, which failure is attributable to possible theft of...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me say this: If you find this letter inadmissible, you can simply go ahead and expunge it. However, I cannot withdraw it. You know very well. You know I am the last person who can do irregular things. This letter is...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you can only withdraw a statement you have made on the Floor of the House if it is inappropriate; you cannot withdraw a document. If it is inadmissible, you just expunge it. Therefore, I am not withdrawing anything. I conclude now.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Fine. Fine. Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me conclude. We cannot run away from the problems we are facing as a country. The Government in power cannot run away from the problems that face the country by continuously scapegoating and buck-passing to the old regime. There...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is not my wish to interrupt my friend, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. But is it really in order for the Member to demonise street action while he knows clearly that it is through such action that we got freedoms and rights that...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, we need decorum in this House. What has my Motion got to do with people who are evading taxes? What has my Motion got to do with people who are demonstrating whilst exercising their rights under Article 37 of the Constitution? More...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I really plead with you to ensure that this House maintains decorum. Even though I may understand the obsession that my good friend Hon. Owen Baya has with the so-called past regime, we must not misrepresent facts. He has just been on...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) This is important, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee where I was overseeing the accounts of the Executive.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was listening keenly to my good friend, Hon. Sigei, who is a former Provincial Commissioner (PC) and a very respectable personality in this country. He asked me to give suggestions on how we can go about improving the situation. I am...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, let me join my colleagues in expressing my condolences on my own behalf, on behalf of the people of Ugunja, and on behalf of the Minority Coalition in general, to the family of the late Mhe. Kulow Hassan, friends and constituents of Banissa....

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)are predisposed to steal public money, and he has to remove them. On the other hand, the statement from KRA yesterday disputed this fact. Who do we believe? Is it the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the KRA or the Commissioner-General, KRA? If we are...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. (Dr.) Pukose knows that I have been in this House long enough. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) You can scrutinise it. I also have extra copies here for Hon. (Dr.) Pukose and the rest. My time is not even halfway. Even if we were to assume that KRA is right in their suggestion that they ever achieve their target, where is the...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was getting worried that Hon. Chepkonga is usurping your power and mandate. I am very much relevant because I am talking about failure of the Government of Kenya to meet its financial obligations, which failure is attributable to possible theft of...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me say this: If you find this letter inadmissible, you can simply go ahead and expunge it. However, I cannot withdraw it. You know very well. You know I am the last person who can do irregular things. This letter is...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you can only withdraw a statement you have made on the Floor of the House if it is inappropriate; you cannot withdraw a document. If it is inadmissible, you just expunge it. Therefore, I am not withdrawing anything. I conclude now.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Fine. Fine. Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me conclude. We cannot run away from the problems we are facing as a country. The Government in power cannot run away from the problems that face the country by continuously scapegoating and buck-passing to the old regime. There...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is not my wish to interrupt my friend, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. But is it really in order for the Member to demonise street action while he knows clearly that it is through such action that we got freedoms and rights that...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, we need decorum in this House. What has my Motion got to do with people who are evading taxes? What has my Motion got to do with people who are demonstrating whilst exercising their rights under Article 37 of the Constitution? More...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I really plead with you to ensure that this House maintains decorum. Even though I may understand the obsession that my good friend Hon. Owen Baya has with the so-called past regime, we must not misrepresent facts. He has just been on...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) This is important, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee where I was overseeing the accounts of the Executive.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was listening keenly to my good friend, Hon. Sigei, who is a former Provincial Commissioner (PC) and a very respectable personality in this country. He asked me to give suggestions on how we can go about improving the situation. I am...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me start by reminding our friends that in this country there are people who perhaps have not yet internalised the import of our very progressive Constitution, 2010. They are perhaps living in the past. The provisions of Article 37...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) I am raising it, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is the hurry? Regardless of what personal issues Hon. Ichung’wah might be harbouring against Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta and Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, is it in order for him to refer to Hon. Odinga as an urban...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you know this House is fast degenerating into what I would want to call, very reluctantly, a Kangaroo institution. We have been told many times, there has been a tradition in this House, that you do not impute improper motive on a...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Stop being unfair.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, to a large extent, I agree with your ruling. You must establish rules and procedures that can stand the test of time. I am very convinced that the Committee that is chaired by Hon. Wanjiku Muhia is capable of doing that examination....

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I suppose I have 10 minutes. (Loud consultations) 22nd March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 24

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)Do not itch unnecessarily.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me start by reminding our friends that in this country there are people who perhaps have not yet internalised the import of our very progressive Constitution, 2010. They are perhaps living in the past. The provisions of Article 37...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) I am raising it, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is the hurry? Regardless of what personal issues Hon. Ichung’wah might be harbouring against Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta and Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, is it in order for him to refer to Hon. Odinga as an urban...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you know this House is fast degenerating into what I would want to call, very reluctantly, a Kangaroo institution. We have been told many times, there has been a tradition in this House, that you do not impute improper motive on a...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Stop being unfair.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, to a large extent, I agree with your ruling. You must establish rules and procedures that can stand the test of time. I am very convinced that the Committee that is chaired by Hon. Wanjiku Muhia is capable of doing that examination....

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I suppose I have 10 minutes. (Loud consultations) 22nd March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 24

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)Do not itch unnecessarily.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have just rushed in to make my voice heard on this critical issue. Let me start by thanking my friend, Hon. Chepkonga, who is here looking at me. He has breathed new life into the Committee on Delegated Legislation....

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The country is gambling with the serious issue of skyrocketing prices of basic commodities. The shilling has lost value in a manner we have never witnessed in the past. These are the issues that our minds should be engaged in,...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have just rushed in to make my voice heard on this critical issue. Let me start by thanking my friend, Hon. Chepkonga, who is here looking at me. He has breathed new life into the Committee on Delegated Legislation....

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The country is gambling with the serious issue of skyrocketing prices of basic commodities. The shilling has lost value in a manner we have never witnessed in the past. These are the issues that our minds should be engaged in,...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Standing Order 172 provides that the Committee on Selection shall consist of the Leader of Majority Party who is the Chairperson, 7th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 17 Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)to making changes in the membership of the House Committees, whenever it is...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) I think Hon. Caroli Omondi did not listen to me keenly, because he is now reading Standing Order Nos. 171 and 172 in isolation. I went further to read Standing Order 173, which I want to repeat for record purposes. I can also excuse him...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Standing Order 172 provides that the Committee on Selection shall consist of the Leader of Majority Party who is the Chairperson, 7th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 17 Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM)to making changes in the membership of the House Committees, whenever it is...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) I think Hon. Caroli Omondi did not listen to me keenly, because he is now reading Standing Order Nos. 171 and 172 in isolation. I went further to read Standing Order 173, which I want to repeat for record purposes. I can also excuse him...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me make a few comments about this Report on the nominee, Hon. Shadrack Mose, whom I know very well. He joined us in the last Parliament. I have got no doubt that he is a good lawyer. He was not known...