Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1201 to 1210 of 3161.

• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, the two are very distinct. I think 24(a) is good, but 24(b) is where I have a problem. I should be given the chance to pick the one I like and vote against the other one. But if it is all done at once… view
• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I just want to be educated. I did not take part in the earlier discussions. Clause 53 has revoked and repealed those funds and there is a transition. Can I be assured that the transition involves the assets as well? That is all I want to know. Does the transition involve assets as well because we will just go through them? view
• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman. I support this new clause. It was my concern. The Leader of the Minority Party has also raised the same issue. A lot of losses occur when you are moving from an old organisation that has assets and liabilities to a new one. Unless you have a transitional arrangement, a lot of things get lost. Liabilities can be used to kill the new organisation and assets can be lost. I support this clause without anticipating debate on what new Clause 58 will bring in three or four years. We must put very clear structures, so that we do ... view
• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman I support this because it is exact. The other one was a circular while this one is specific and somebody can drag it out. So, it is better to include it here. That is my view. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: In the definitions, I do not know whether the Chair of the Committee will agree with me. Now, “Under eligible employee” on Page 175 it means an employee of a County Public Service. That second word “employee” between “service’ and “employee” is redundant. He can remove that and then it will read properly. But I support this. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: On the amendment made by the Chairman, I support. view
• 16 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: If you look at Clause 2, there is another definition of “eligible employee”. If you read that, it means an employee of the county public service employee. That is repetitive. If you say “employee of the county public service or”, that “employee” before “or” need not be there. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Bill. It provides a clear process for delineating cities and towns; it provides clear criteria for deciding and establishing urban areas and cities; it also gives the processes for establishing the structures. This will solve the big problem we have had of poorly-planned urban areas where there are no proper roads, no proper sewerage and no proper lighting network. I support this further because it recognises the value of residents’ associations which are very important for participation in the establishment and running of centres. It is also important that this Bill ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: There is also provision for appointment of the municipality boards by the governors and approval by the county council. I see that a lot of thought has gone into this. I particularly like the area of looking at the markets. Markets are the precursors of towns and if they are not planned at the very beginning, they will create a lot of confusion in the future. To that extent, I support. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: On the issue of funding, it is automatic that when you bring a new structure like this one, you fund the process. Without funding the process, it will just be talk. As I finish, on the issue of schedules and numbers in the schedules, I personally did not see how we arrived at the numbers. We started with 500,000 for cities and then we went down to 250,000. It appears to me that we just cut them by half. I would have liked to see a more detailed criterion on how we reached that number, and an even more detailed ... view