Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Kositany. I just want to say three things. One, we must plan our schools. For the schools already in existence we must put in place guidelines on how to expand them. For schools that are being started, we must put criteria on the amount of land that is required to start them. For all schools we must have site plans for structures and buildings, whether they will be storey or bungalows. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Two, with the policy of 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary schools, we must realise that all primary schools are eventually going to turn to secondary schools as it happened in 1963. Therefore, all primary schools should have enough space to accommodate other classrooms. Lastly, I will ask Hon. Kositany to look at the Land Act, Education Act and other Acts so that we can amend them to be embedded in this law. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, in functions it is really difficult to put the word “shall”. Let us take, for example, Section 3A(d) to read: “The Board shall recall medical products from the market.” Under what circumstances are you forcing the board to recall? Why is the board recalling? The board may grant or withdraw licences to manufacturers. The function itself means there are circumstances where you do not have to do anything, and there are circumstances where you have to do something. So “may” is actually the appropriate word. I oppose this amendment. The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support the amendment. The danger is that for the premises that are closed and products are still inside, they are likely to be opened irregularly at night. Whereas we protect property, it is important for officers to know that when the premise is closed, there is surveillance. I support the amendment. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: We agreed, but if you look at New Section 25A strictly, it will not go with the National Quality Control Laboratory. It is so important because it is approving export and import. We are only focusing on the National Quality Control Laboratory. I want to tell the officers that this is an extremely important part. If we delete it and do not put in place systems that ensure that nobody imports or exports, it can be a problem. The issue of the National Quality Control Laboratory should be brought before this House very quickly so that we are covered. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Pukose is a surgeon. These are medical matters to a large extent. Hon. Otiende is right that there are many research ethics bodies. In this Act, we are looking at those involved in health. The main ones are Kenyatta National Hospital and the University of Nairobi at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). To a large extent, those are the ones we are referring to. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Whoever will be making the approval will make sure that the appropriate one is involved. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I just want to clarify further while supporting the amendment. Basically, the main issue about this amendment is that prior to that, the law said that the wholesale business was confined to pharmacists only. But the amendment has opened to pharmaceutical technologists. In rural areas, quacks are doing this. So, it is better to get people who are trained who can do this job in the country. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: First of all, let me clarify that there is no war or malice. What happened is that there are certain things you say in principle in committees. You say: ‘In principle, this is the way it is going to be’. When people are typing, they tend to use local language like “medical” or “dental”. There would be no war here because the only people who would then be affected would be clinical officers. Clinical officers are not regulated by this Act. They have a totally separate Act. When you come to dentists, you have dentistry and medicine. Those are two ... view