Opiyo Wandayi Biography
Opiyo Wandayi is a Kenyan politician and a Member of Paliament (MP) representing Ugunja constituency in Siaya county. He is a member of Orange Democratic Movement and a coalition member of Coalition for Reforms and Democracy.
Opiyo Wandayi was once ejected from parliament after disrupting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s State of the Nation address by constantly blowing the whistle. He was given a suspension from parliament from March until the end of the session, December. He challenged the action by the Spaeker before the High court which ordered he be allowed back to the House citing that his electorate were not being represented.
Opiyo Wandayi also rejected the proposal of the Joint select committee to pay Independent Electoral and Boundaries Comission (IEBC) commissioners as a condition for their exit from office citing that the agreement between the committee and Commission is not binding since there is no law that allows for payment of work not done.
Opiyo Wandayi Political Positions
Current Political Positions
From 10th March 2013 : Member of Parliament for Ugunja Constituency
From 13th February 2013 : Coalition Member of Coalition for Reforms & Democracy
From 8th February 2013 : Member of Orange Democratic Movement
Previous Political Positions
From 8th February 2013 → 4th March 2013 : Aspirant Member of Parliament for Ugunja Constituency
Opiyo Wandayi Committee Memberships
From 2013 : Member of Departmental Committee on Environment & Natural Resources
From 2013 : Member of Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives
Opiyo Wandayi Contacts
Tel: 0720678051
Email Address: jwandayi@gmail.com
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Opiyo Wandayi back in Parliament after suspension
Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi got a major reprieve when he was allowed back into the National Assembly yesterday. The MP had been kicked out of the House for disrupting President Uhuru Kenyatta‘s speech when he addressed a joint session of the National Assembly and the Senate in March. Speaker Justin Muturi had suspended Opiyo Wandayi for the remainder of the current session, which ends in December. However,Opiyo Wandayi challenged the Speaker’s action before the High Court, which ordered he be allowed back to the House pending the hearing and determination of his case.
This was after Majority Leader Aden Duale questioned the court order, which he said conflicted with the National Assembly Standing Orders. Opiyo Wandayi dismissed his suspension and threatened the Speaker with contempt proceedings after Muturi failed to allow him back as ordered by the court.
President Kenyatta’s State of the Nation address was disrupted as a section of MPs blew whistles in the House. The whistles were blown just as the President was standing to begin his annual address. Muturi tried to intervene to restore order in the chambers by reading to the members the Standing Orders. He reminded the MPs of the Standing orders, which provide that the President must be heard in silence during the address, but to no avail. Muturi asked members who were not ready to listen to the address to withdraw from the House. And when Uhuru rose to make the address after the 30-minute disruption, whistling resumed. Since then, Wandayi has been fighting to be allowed back. He even gave Muturi 24 hours at one point, to readmit him or risk legal action. “We insist on full compliance with the court order within the next 24 hours failure to which we shall be left with no option but to institute contempt proceedings against you with risks to yourself, including committal to civil jail for a period not exceeding six months,” said Wandayi through his lawyer Anthony Aluoch in a letter to the Speaker dated July 12.
The High Court had ruled continued absence of Wandayi from Parliament was denying his electorate the right to representation and ordered his reinstatement. The MP would have lost millions in allowances had he continued to miss sessions.
Source: The Standard
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