Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1461 to 1470 of 3161.

• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I support this amendment, but I would just like to point out that this is, probably going to bring a disagreement in the Senate. But it is desirable at this point. view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman... view
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• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, it is a different one. 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
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, as much as I have got the explanation by Hon. Kimunya, if you read Clause 54 as it is, there is no way it would be talking about a new road. It looks like the CS can have authority to even apply the law on the existing tunnels and bridges. If that is so, we are introducing a major change in the infrastructure policy in this country. It would not be fair to change the policy by an amendment to an existing Act. That is a major policy shift. As we bring in the private sector, ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We are making very major infrastructure changes in this country and are leaning more towards dealing with the private sector. At this point, to use a majority for stifle reason is not good. As I said, all roads and bridges are not protected. We are now talking about designs. Why do we want to go into details? If a road is being built, there must be a design among other things. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: You are telling me that when it comes to costing the road and levying, we will say design and construction has cost this much. This may not be good for this country. The right way to go is thinking of protecting the public. In this country, most public dealings have gone private. This is happening to the health sector and university education. This is very major and I liked the original Bill. These are things which should have been cast further. I know not all of us go for public participation, but this needs broader discussion. I oppose this amendment. view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, there is a trend… I have addressed the first one. I am opposing this amendment, but I am alerting the House and Kenyans at large that we are not protecting public interests against private interests adequately. view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support Hon. Kajwang’s amendment not because we are only the two of us here. That is beside the point. Really, when you talk of Government institutions and you are making a law, it is better to be specific. If you are to go and do something at the National Treasury, who do you go to? There are a myriad of officers and a myriad of departments there. So, you would want somebody who is senior enough and whose authority represents that institution. Remember the words “National Treasury” is basically a department. We could change it. ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Once again, I see introduction of structural changes. There will be a distinction on how you deal with roads that are constructed purely by public funds and those ones where there is PPP. Looking into the future, it seems like structures within the Ministry may require that you have a department dealing strictly with those roads constructed under the PPP. I would like to be assured that, that is in the works because if we do that, it will be difficult to monitor who is dealing with certain roads. I need to be informed now before I make a decision. view