James Opiyo Wandayi

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

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Yes. I rise pursuant to the Communication you have just delivered concerning the Bill that has come from the Senate. Without necessarily pre- empting debate, the import of the Bill is the increased allocation of revenues or funds to the 24th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) There is nothing out of order and you know it.

Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me make a few comments about this Petition. First, there cannot be a right or wrong time to amend the Constitution. Never. It all depends on the issues brought forth and the necessity for effecting them in the Constitution through amendments....

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) 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) 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) 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) Hon. Temporary Speaker, can I give you a chance to put the Question on the amendment? The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Yes, that is the point. Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja, ODM) We can then proceed.

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

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) 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) 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) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Let me just comment on this last Petition that touches on the West Kano Irrigation Scheme. As you know, that is one of the few irrigation schemes we have in the greater Nyanza Region. Indeed, in the recent past,...

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) I have them here now.

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

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...

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) She asked me to provide evidence.

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) On a point of order.

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) There are three petitions from one petitioner.