Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1251 to 1260 of 3161.

• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the listing of the functions but they are so general. For example, “(f) to regulate the activities and conduct of registered persons and firms.” Can we be assured that somewhere in the Bill there is provision for the regulations that will make this possible? As it is, they may not be implementable until that is done. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: He has not responded to the issues I raised. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I see sub-clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4. These are the details we need to know. If we move very fast, we will leave small things which might seem miscellaneous. It was okay but, you have to tell us you are saying “4” should be “5”. It will be easier so that we can follow. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is a trend that we are seeing. You know this is a regulatory authority that will be operating under a Ministry. If we say that all these regulatory functions are left to be funded by the fees that are collected, all they do is to pass that fee on to the clients. In many boards it is actually there although the boards still collect money. It may reach a time when the Government may feel we need this strengthened and working. You may have such bodies that may not have as much money as we ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I also oppose this. It is simple. If you remove the “or” then the person has to do (a), (b), (c) and then he is liable. But, if you leave the “or” in all if he does either (a), (b) or (c) he is still liable. So, the “or” should stay. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report. The CSW is an extremely important UN agency. I would like to inform Hon. Kioni that I have attended three of these meetings. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Yes, he has a friend. It brings out important issues that I am happy the Committee took up and authored this Report. What is most important is the call for action that has been outlined in this Report. These are the issues that we need to look at if we are to carry these meetings forward. view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I will mention a few. Call to Action No.3 put efforts to change the narrative of gender equality and women empowerment by highlighting the need to cooperate with men. Gender issues have been seen as women issues, but the truth is that they concern men and women. It has been seen as a war between men and women. That is not so. This is looking at a social issue where the two genders should cooperate and work together because the world cannot move without them working together. If we see it as an issue that both should work together, it ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: When I attended the first CSW, I was shocked. It was attended by thousands of women and I think we were less than 10 men. When we listened to what the women were saying, it is the reality that we need to do for society. But these were women talking to themselves or talking to the converted. Actually, when I was in the Ministry with Hon. Shaban and Hon. Oduol, we resolved that it is important that whenever there are women issues being discussed, men should be brought in because they need to know and understand. Many times, they are ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Take boys in relation to the female genital mutilation (FGM). When we listened - and we have done a lot of work on this - we understood that the main issue was that if girls do not undergo the FGM, they cannot be married. But who is going to marry them? It is the men. If the men were one day to say that they cannot touch a woman who has been cut, FGM will literally be eliminated. But nobody has gone to boys’ secondary schools to talk about FGM. They should be made the target. These are the issues ... view