Dr. James Nyikal

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• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: condition precedent pegged on training of personnel who are yet to be recruited by the university as per the loan agreement. The university has not done the recruitment due to budgetary constraints. The release of the Ksh1.37 billion will enable the hospital to do a dry run and start soft operations beginning with a 160-bed capacity. The dry run means testing the equipment that is there and testing whether the personnel are adequate and then the soft run will mean running outpatient and seeing if the facilities are working as they should. The budget for the dry run is Kshs891 ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: 1.Conduct room to room inspection for compliance. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I can tell you the hospital is magnificent but lying fallow. 2. Prepare snagging schedule, checking for minor defects and organise logistics. 3. Prepare room to room inventory of all equipment and supplies. We actually did see this equipment. 4 Work on the preparations for the facility’s dry-run. 5.Receive equipment. 6.Ensure all necessary registrations as required by law are completed. 7. Prepare forward budgets. 8. Prepare for recruitment and placement of staff in other phases. 9. Facilitate commissioning of hospital equipment. 10. Continue testing the equipment and conducting dry ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: by them, including supportive infrastructure and allocating enough resources towards the same. Professionals in the sector must also accept that Universal Health Care will not be attained unless services are within reach to the common mwananchi . It is in this spirit that we recommended a review of professional fees charged by medical personnel. I think that is already in progress. In the foregoing, the Committee made the following recommendations: (1) That the National Treasury immediately allocates Kshs656,682,207 for the dry run budget and Kshs1,060,490,567.19 for the soft run to the hospital, that is, the opening. The allocation should be ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Even though the loan is from the Exim Bank in China, Kenyatta University is to pay it back to the National Treasury. This is also due. The National Treasury should make arrangements so that Kenyatta University is given time to organise itself once it gets the money. As I conclude, it is fair for the people of this country if the Members can take time to go and visit the facility, to look at the large, expansive facility, many new buildings, sparkling clean wards, equipment and a 24-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU). I think it will be the largest. One ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I applaud the fact that we are reading this Bill the Third Time and will soon pass it. I support that. I do not know whether we all realise how big the decision we are making is. With this Bill, remember we will have very many organisations or bodies storing grain and they will be regulated. We expect that a body like the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) may not exist. We know the problem we have with it. If this regulatory body does not do its work, can you imagine the ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As regards COFEK, it is unfortunate that somebody has sent a threat or what looks like a threat. That is not proper. As a country, we should start to accept and deal with COFEK. It is extremely important. When we were looking at the Health Act, we did not realise that people established guidelines for Bills but did not consider how they affect the general public. His sending a message is not in order but the concept of working with consumers in our organisation is something we should encourage and not discourage. This organisation is registered. I had to check ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the adoption of this Report. Like all my colleagues have said, I must appreciate the work that the Committee is doing under the chairmanship of Hon. Shollei. This is the Judiciary Fund Regulation and the Committee has stated very clearly why they had to annul the regulations. They have been very clear that they did not meet the statutory timelines. They thought they were exempt to the timelines and attempted to use the funds at the source, while that is Appropriations in Aid. It was more surprising that a whole institution would ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: That is my main concern. I, therefore, support the suggestion from the Committee that they need to have a round table meeting with the Executive. I am also worried that even if you are going to educate the rest of the Executive, you are also going to educate the Judiciary in the processes of law. We should look at it. There is also an issue here. People are not taking these things seriously. It was probably slipped to some junior officer and quickly drafted and brought before us. I think the Executive must take this delegated authority very seriously. As ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Motion on the Ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. There is need for us as a country to sign this. The problem of tobacco is, to a large extent, a health problem. In fact, tobacco use and diseases associated with it cause the largest number of non-communicable diseases like heart diseases, vesicular lymph and cancer. Some people think it only causes cancer of the lungs, but any cancer can be associated with this. Others are diabetes and chronic lung diseases. It even affects new ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As the Chair has said, Kenya has been in the leadership in the fight against tobacco use. From 2003 when the Framework Convention on Tobacco Use was started by the WHO, Kenya was an active part. We had membership in that group throughout. By 2005, we actually had signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control when it came into being. We followed closely to get the Tobacco Control Act passed in this Parliament and it is one of the most tedious legal frameworks I did when I was at the Ministry. The fight against this industry is always a huge ... view