Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1401 to 1410 of 3161.

• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I do not believe in that reason. view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: That would amount to abuse of office. view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee and its Chairman. They have done a good job. I will only confine myself to the process because it is important. I have always said in this House that when we do the Division of Revenue Bill as we had done earlier… Now we are dealing with the national Government account and yet we do not know the needs of the county governments. So, we tend to go with the 15 per cent and the Commission on Revenue Allocation’s recommendations. There is need ... view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: important that we should have known that beforehand and taken into consideration the matter when we were doing the Division of Revenue Bill. They have also recommended that they amend the Public Finance Management Act so that sector hearings come early so that they are factored in the Budget Policy Statement. view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Again, that is indicating that we need, at the time we are discussing the Budget Policy Statement, to have some guidelines on the needs of counties. That is important. If they decide to make that amendment, it should not be done for sector hearings. They look at the bigger picture and see how that gets into the BPS. The other thing I would like to talk about is the budget process and our big problem of corruption. I applaud the recommendation of the Budget and Appropriations Committee that MDAs or institutions involved in corruption should half their budgets. They have ... view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, as I support, we need to look at the procedure. As much as the procedure is right, the two Bills are very close and were discussed at different times. Because they were split, some clauses have been moved. I would like to get a clarification whether before the clauses were moved, they were conclusively canvassed. We may miss a point if they were not discussed in the Energy Bill and they are not really being properly canvassed. view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Further, the truth is that many Members seem not to be following what is happening. It is not right for Members to pass something if it is not very clear to them. Time should not be a major issue. It is good to brief Members. I would have suggested that we go item by item in order to know what each means. This is for a long time to come. It would not be proper for us to pass it because we want to save time. view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I need guidance, otherwise, I would support. Were they properly canvassed when the other Bill was being discussed? view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I want to sound a warning here. The truth is that Members are not clear. What he has said is right. I have the three documents here. What is not right is that Members are not actually clear on this. view