Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support this amendment. There are commodities like syringes, needles and bandages that are used in nursing a lot. The proposal is that they stay as is in the Act. There is a proposal in the Health Act to get a body to deal with all these issues. Again, we need that to be brought quickly but for the time being, I support this amendment. 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
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: What we want to do is right. We want to say that it is not the Minister but the council. That is what we intend to do. However, this Bill as it is, is not addressing that. I would have thought that if you accept that Chair, then what we would do is to find a technical way of deleting this. Find a way of doing the right thing. view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute. This is an extremely important Bill that will drastically change the management of agricultural produce, particularly maize. The warehouse receipt system is basically two things: it is farmers who have the produce, which is maize or any other cereal for that matter, and the private people who are licensed to run warehouses. The farmers take their produce to the warehouse and they get receipts showing the quantity and quality of their produce. That receipt becomes like a title deed for the grain that is in the warehouse, on behalf ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The fact that farmers harvest and sell maize at the same time makes them fetch low prices. Availability of potential users like maize farmers, traders and millers can entice financial institutions to support this system. More importantly, we should ensure that the quality and reputation of the storage facilities are above board. They must have financial viability because the farmer will, definitely, at the point of depositing his produce, pay some fee to the warehouse owner or operator. The current situation in our country is that the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is not a warehouse receipt; it is ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: processors and the traders who will be buying the cereal. I support this Bill because, first and foremost, it seeks to establish a council that will oversee the whole process. The Bill proposes how the council will be formed, its functions, how its members will be appointed, how the officers will be picked and what they will do. Again, as is required, the warehouses where farmers will store their produce must be licensed, and must be inspected from time to time to confirm that they are being run in accordance with the law. That aspect has been included in this ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion by Hon. Washiali. This Motion is premised on the fact that we have massive unrest in schools with very severe consequences. The basic problem in our society is the indiscipline in schools. This has shown itself in the most notorious ways such as burning of schools. If you get to the reasons why our children burn schools, you will realize that they are flimsy. For example, if they are refused entertainment, or the day for entertainment is changed, or if they desire early closure and half-terms, or when they fear ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: that they happen at intervals. They do that through mobile phones. Indeed, it is a national problem. But be that as it may, when we are addressing these issues we should not hurt these children more but find ways of addressing the national problem. We need to relook at parenting and then deal with the children in a way that rehabilitates them and does not hurt them any further. This is recognised in the Children Act of 2012 and it emphasises that during incarceration children should not be put in the same cells or prisons with adults because they are ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Although it has come early in the budget cycle, it has been necessitated by the need for us to realise that we can only spend the money that we have without borrowing excessively and taxing our people excessively. Somebody once said that you can never tax your people into prosperity. We worked on the taxes. We moderated a little bit. It was necessary that we look at the Budget. Borrowing needs a lot of fiscal and budgetary discipline so that we cap this particularly local borrowing ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: necessary that we pass this thing quickly so that the disbursement starts and we start to use the money. We also realise that it has affected some of the programmes, like the programmes of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). Hon. Ochanda said that we were able to save Kshs3 billion on the NG-CDF on the basis of the maths of 2.5 per cent. That is understandable but even then we need that money like yesterday, as Hon. Wanyonyi said. We need to start spending that money. Remember that our expenditure will always be after the Exchequer release. Therefore, ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: There is also support for the Controller of Budget. There was a comment that they are using money for hardcopy printing. I support that. At least they need to inform us. Article 228 requires that once every quarter they get us a report. I know these reports have been coming but I do not remember us discussing the Controller of Budget’s report in this House. That is something we should do. Let me comment about the resources to the counties. This has been reduced by Kshs9 billion. Whatever shortcomings the counties have, we must support them. They should get the ... view