James Opiyo Wandayi

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, on the issue you have just pronounced yourself on, I agree with Hon. Pkosing. If there is any possible lapse in tabling of audit reports, it is very easy to track it. You liaise with the Office of Auditor-General. She will inform you...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am a little bit worried and concerned without necessarily having the specifics. My take would be that since the matter is already law as amended by this House albeit in the 12th Parliament, even if there are no attendant regulations that have...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I have listened keenly to Hon. Chepkonga. Whereas I agree with him to a large extent, I am a little bit worried. This is because once this House passes a law, it remains law until otherwise annulled by court or amended here. So,...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Given your distinguished experience, I knew you would not deny me a chance to speak to this very critical matter. In any case, putting a Question requires the requisite numbers, which we do not have. First and foremost, I have a...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, with tremendous respect, I need to be allowed to prosecute my matter, as I contribute to this very important Motion. As I conclude, my point is that this Committee should have asked for ample time to enable the respondents adequate time to prepare...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) It is good for Members to understand that, once I am given a chance to contribute to a Motion, I have to finish my contribution or otherwise time elapses before I can stop talking.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, this is a House of politics; this House is premised on politics and, therefore, even as I contribute to any particular Motion - I am happy the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has now come with Members and...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) I am very much in order to make my contribution, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Yes. This is a House of records. This is a serious House that must play by the rules. It cannot be seen to be bending the rules at every time. I wanted to go on record that even as we speak for this, among other...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am laying the basis for my eventual take on this request. If you give me just a few minutes, I will conclude.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Correct!

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I have been in this House for as long as Hon. Ichung’wah has been; some 10 good years and counting. I know what is relevant and what is not relevant under our Standing Orders. This Procedural Motion is all about the time that...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, on the issue you have just pronounced yourself on, I agree with Hon. Pkosing. If there is any possible lapse in tabling of audit reports, it is very easy to track it. You liaise with the Office of Auditor-General. She will inform you...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am a little bit worried and concerned without necessarily having the specifics. My take would be that since the matter is already law as amended by this House albeit in the 12th Parliament, even if there are no attendant regulations that have...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I have listened keenly to Hon. Chepkonga. Whereas I agree with him to a large extent, I am a little bit worried. This is because once this House passes a law, it remains law until otherwise annulled by court or amended here. So,...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, on the issue you have just pronounced yourself on, I agree with Hon. Pkosing. If there is any possible lapse in tabling of audit reports, it is very easy to track it. You liaise with the Office of Auditor-General. She will inform you...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am a little bit worried and concerned without necessarily having the specifics. My take would be that since the matter is already law as amended by this House albeit in the 12th Parliament, even if there are no attendant regulations that have...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I have listened keenly to Hon. Chepkonga. Whereas I agree with him to a large extent, I am a little bit worried. This is because once this House passes a law, it remains law until otherwise annulled by court or amended here. So,...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, can I give you a chance to put the Question on the amendment?

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) We can then proceed.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was saying that this is a historic moment for this country. We are passing a Motion to create an ad hoc Committee that will midwife the first amendment to the Constitution of Kenya 2010. It is a situation that...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Is he consulting? I hope the Vice-Chair and other Members of the Committee are here and are listening to me.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Oh, you are there? You were supposed to have convened a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, and the Attorney-General, this week. That meeting never took place for whatever reasons. You owe us, as Parliament. You should have come...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) I will speak to both, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am just trying to liken the situation we find ourselves in to the events that unfolded after the promulgation of the Constitution of the United States of America in Philadelphia in 1786. Four years later in...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, after the back and forth, I am now happy that we are back on track with this extremely important Motion. I foresee this Motion leading to the first amendment to the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Therefore, its place in history is so...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will say just a few things. First, we all know that this country, through its Cabinet, had placed a ban on the importation and dealing in all GMOs all the way from 2012. It is surprising, indeed, that a purported Cabinet...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you very much. Hon. Temporary Speaker, given the rhetoric that brought this Government into office, I hoped they would do the noblest of things and protect our farmers. In the first 60 days in office, the first victims of this Government which came into...

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

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a House of records. It cannot be let to pass that I agreed with Hon. Ichung’wah on his castigating aspersions on unnamed persons who have since changed their minds on the matter of the GMOs. We all agreed that only...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will say just a few things. First, we all know that this country, through its Cabinet, had placed a ban on the importation and dealing in all GMOs all the way from 2012. It is surprising, indeed, that a purported Cabinet...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you very much. Hon. Temporary Speaker, given the rhetoric that brought this Government into office, I hoped they would do the noblest of things and protect our farmers. In the first 60 days in office, the first victims of this Government which came into...

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

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a House of records. It cannot be let to pass that I agreed with Hon. Ichung’wah on his castigating aspersions on unnamed persons who have since changed their minds on the matter of the GMOs. We all agreed that only...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Let me also join my colleagues in wishing Madam Lucy well in her well-deserved retirement. I must also attest to the fact that Ms. Lucy has been one of those impeccable, hardworking and diligent officers that we have ever come across in Parliament. In fact,...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Let me also join my colleagues in wishing Madam Lucy well in her well-deserved retirement. I must also attest to the fact that Ms. Lucy has been one of those impeccable, hardworking and diligent officers that we have ever come across in Parliament. In fact,...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, following my earlier comments, I wish to table the petitions that I had alluded to much earlier in my comments.

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

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Speaker, she has challenged me.

Hon Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon Speaker, I have an issue relating to petitions that I seek your guidance on. There is a gentleman by the name Shem Otieno Riang’a of ID card No.27781888, who has informed me that he sent three petitions to this House. The petitions are dated...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) There are three petitions from one petitioner.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First and foremost, I want to caution fellow Members that the foot-thumping is premature. If you listened carefully to the Statement by Hon. Ichung’wah, you will realise that there is nothing that has been committed by the CS National Treasury in...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) I have them here now.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) She asked me to provide evidence.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Today. Hon. Speaker, this is a serious matter. When I spoke here last week, the media misinterpreted what I was saying. I was not saying that we shall go on strike. No! We shall not go on strike. We are too serious to go on...