Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: working. The issue has been; we have not gone into details to look at the Constitution at every step. In the first place, we did not follow the Sixth Schedule. The Transition Authority ended prematurely and did not do its works. But arising from our experience, we can see that the Senate has a lot of work to do, and has brought in the issue of how dissolution of county government can be undertaken in a very clear way. There is a commission of inquiry which will be set up and which will indicate whether they agree that there should ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: working. The issue has been; we have not gone into details to look at the Constitution at every step. In the first place, we did not follow the Sixth Schedule. The Transition Authority ended prematurely and did not do its works. But arising from our experience, we can see that the Senate has a lot of work to do, and has brought in the issue of how dissolution of county government can be undertaken in a very clear way. There is a commission of inquiry which will be set up and which will indicate whether they agree that there should ... view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. May I also take this opportunity to congratulate you. You have done a great job for the country. I support the Bill. As the Memorandum of the Bill indicates, it is trying to reduce fraud and make sure that similar crimes do not become rampant and hinder business of insurance. The Bill is more far reaching than that. It introduces index-based insurance. To me, it looks doubtful. Index-based insurance, to some extent, will hinder payments that otherwise insured persons would have got unless it is now triggered by the indices that are not so ... view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Clause 17 of the Bill deals with the issue of orders, which was with the approval of the minister before. Now the Cabinet Secretary’s approval is not required. The commissioner can issue orders on what should be done to persons who are being investigated or how they should be handled. Again, it may give autonomy and make work faster, but it may also bring a lot of authority on the commissioner, which if there are no checks and balances, may again be misused. You will see the same on approval of registration. This now goes directly to the authority and ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. May I also take this opportunity to wish my colleagues that I have not met since we went on recess a happy new year. I rise to support this Bill whose object is to establish a single accreditation body that is independent. This is extremely important to avoid the many bodies that we have that, either 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
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: rightly or on their own volition, claim to give accreditation. It is extremely important that whichever body does accreditation, should be one that we can trust, hence the need for this body. It is also important to establish this body because it will help to distinguish between licensing and accreditation. There are many bodies that license and yet, they behave as if they do accreditation. You find this virtually in every sector. For example, in the health sector, all the regulatory bodies are working as accreditation bodies. Even in the industry, you find the concept of self-regulation. So, where people ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Therefore, we need one body that will ensure there is accreditation. It is also important that we protect consumers. Members have indicated here that a lot of imported goods are accredited outside this country and yet, when they are imported, it is assumed that, that accreditation is adequate. We may not even know the capacity and legality of the accreditation bodies outside the country. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you look at the bodies that license cars for example, instruments and even firearms, how shall we know that this same body licensing fire arms is competent enough to deal with cars as well? This is an extremely important Bill for us in the country. Further, it is important that we have international standards. You should be sure that whatever you get, wherever it comes from and wherever you are going to trade, once it is passed as a certain quality in one country, it should be exactly the same quality as in other countries. Again, we ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I support it further because it establishes a board and clearly states its composition, the recruitment of the officers and the requirement for their recruitment. It also sets out proper processes such as for application, suspension and how certificates are given. It further has clauses on funding and it is clear that this body will have many avenues of getting resources from the services that they provide as prescribed fees paid to them or from grants. It is also indicated in Clause 26(c) that they will get appropriated funds, but it is not clear who is appropriating this. I presume ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: It also makes provisions for the Cabinet Secretary to make regulations again. This is going to be extremely important because this is a new area. As we start operations, we will find that there is need for adjustments and so the provision for making regulations which eventually will come to us. view