Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Petition by Hon. Mwadime. The issue of wildlife conflict is much more widespread there. I think we have had petitions here before. We put in place a new law, but the compensation is still slow. In many cases, it does not come. In my Seme Constituency, we have the menace of hippopotamuses and crocodiles. Of course, crocodiles are killing people and animals. The hippopotamus menace is such that people cannot plant crops, vegetables and maize along the lake. This has been raised many times. The organisations that are involved are aware. ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue of CS answering Questions has to some extent been confined to committees. It has in some way demeaned the importance of that session. I remember in the last Parliament, this was a very important issue. We even thought of ways of bringing the CSs into the House to answer Questions. Although Questions are put by individual Members, many times, they have far reaching effects at the national level. Many Members would thus like to participate. Before that, when we had the parliamentary system, Ministers used to answer Questions on the Floor. I was involved ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I stand to support it. I must start by congratulating the team for the good work they have done, including production of a Report. However, we have not seen it. It was tabled today but it means that we can use it later before we go to the Third Reading. view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: This is an extremely important Bill. It comes at a time when Kenya is now moving to an oil production stage. It will be among the countries that is producing oil. Experience has shown that the discovery of oil in a country may not be of much help in the economy. In fact, it may even cause problems in the economy. Therefore, there is need for a law. This law seems to meet that requirement very well. When you discover oil and then you rush to explore it, very many companies express interest to explore it. They need to be ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: There will also be a lot of speculation. As the law provides, the land has been divided into blocks. I am sure there will be a lot of speculation even before the blocks are registered. People think that if they get these pieces of land or blocks, there will be prospects of oil being discovered in their blocks and enrich themselves. That is important. 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
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, even on our continental shelf, we are aware that there is a dispute with one of our neighbouring countries regarding it. That is because once you have oil, it is quite possible that even in the sea or ocean, you may have more oil. Already, we have a dispute regarding that. Therefore, we need a law that will make sure that all this is protected. When other countries discover oil, there occurs merciless exploitation of local people. The Bill takes care of that in terms of the local content. As Hon. Pukose has said, we have to clearly ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: If a country is not careful, severe environmental damage can be caused by the people who are managing, exploring and exploiting the oil if they are not put under constant check with a proper legal framework. As more oil becomes available, adulteration and illegal manufacturing of other illegal by-products takes place. These are things we need to look at. view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: More important is how the proceeds of oil are utilised. There are countries where as they get richer because of oil, people actually get poorer, sometimes to the extent that they do not even get the oil itself to use. Those are issues we must look at. We must look at whether the proceeds of oil that we have will go into investment or go to conspicuous consumption and later on we find ourselves in a sorry state where we are a rich country with oil but we have not ventured into other areas that may support it, oil being ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The Bill also establishes institutions. It clearly defines the role and function of the CS in regulating and monitoring the oil industry in the country. That has been made extremely clear. The CS will have to put plans in place that are actually shared. view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 12 provides for establishment of the National Upstream Petroleum Advisory Committee. It clearly defines the membership. The committee will be advisory and, therefore the role of the Minister will depend on clear advice. It gives the criterion for identifying people view