Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: However, let us assume that it is going to be housed in the legal notice, either Legal Notice No.194 or Legal Notice No. 236, whichever the case may be. The legal notices, particularly Legal Notice No.194 has its own major shortcomings and in my mind, I would not like to support that kind of housing for this function of the Sports Fund. To begin with, the membership of the board that is created in the Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund is actually five Permanent Secretaries and three independent members who are appointed by the same PSs. Basically, it will ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Members felt that this is a good thing and it is going to support sports, but it is very different. What is in the Sports Act is clear. The fund is to support sports. However, the legal notices, which I am not quite sure of their legality, are proposing that not more than 35 per cent of the funds will go to sports and not more than 60 per cent will go to health. I appreciate the Committee’s efforts to say that those should be amended so that it is not less than that percentage. That is something that ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Members felt that this is a good thing and it is going to support sports, but it is very different. What is in the Sports Act is clear. The fund is to support sports. However, the legal notices, which I am not quite sure of their legality, are proposing that not more than 35 per cent of the funds will go to sports and not more than 60 per cent will go to health. I appreciate the Committee’s efforts to say that those should be amended so that it is not less than that percentage. That is something that ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: If we are not careful, we are going to pass a Bill that will either leave us with nothing in support of sports or will leave us with an instrument that is weaker than we would have liked. We can then only hope that after it has been passed we look at that relevant instrument to amend it so that it actually achieves what we intended. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: If we are not careful, we are going to pass a Bill that will either leave us with nothing in support of sports or will leave us with an instrument that is weaker than we would have liked. We can then only hope that after it has been passed we look at that relevant instrument to amend it so that it actually achieves what we intended. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: All the Members I listened to were extremely happy that this Bill will support sports and will make money available in sports. However, even this instrument, how does it propose to make not more than 35 or 60 per cent be disbursed? It is not clear how that money will reach the sports docket. What it seems to be indicating is that organisations will then make an application to this body so as to get money. It is not clear and yet we know that there is a lot of money that we are expecting from betting. Not only that, ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: All the Members I listened to were extremely happy that this Bill will support sports and will make money available in sports. However, even this instrument, how does it propose to make not more than 35 or 60 per cent be disbursed? It is not clear how that money will reach the sports docket. What it seems to be indicating is that organisations will then make an application to this body so as to get money. It is not clear and yet we know that there is a lot of money that we are expecting from betting. Not only that, ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to draw an extremely important caution. I have been listening. Members are not discussing the amendment Bill; rather they are discussing the Sports Bill which is being amended. Even the Committee does not draw that distinction. What this amendment is seeking to do is to repeal the National Sports Fund. It is setting up a new fund in sports, arts and social development… view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. As my colleagues have said, this is a fantastic work that has been done by the Senate. Our Constitution has suffered many setbacks and there are situations where it has been thought that the Constitution and devolution are not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. As my colleagues have said, this is a fantastic work that has been done by the Senate. Our Constitution has suffered many setbacks and there are situations where it has been thought that the Constitution and devolution are not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view