Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I support this Motion because the problem of the police, as captured in the amendment, is actually across the country. It is as if we do not realise how important police officers are in our lives and in the life of the nation in terms of internal security. In my mind, they are more important in maintaining internal order and dealing with internal threats than the other armed forces that deal with external threats. External threats may occur once in a while, but internal security problems occur almost every day. I think we need to address that aspect. view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Without the police, we cannot have governance. We cannot even try to fight corruption, if we do not have a police force that is working. Who will investigate all the matters that come? If we have a police force that is not contended, it is a waste of time. Even in our economic development, if we do not have internal security, people cannot invest or go about their daily business activities. Obviously, investors will not come to our country. So, we must start to see the police as a very important agency in our country. We must appreciate their role ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I do not have to belabour this point but just to say that the Executive has to look into this issue. The police reforms we started must be taken seriously, so that we have a police force that is contented in order to ensure that they serve Kenyans well. We should create an environment where we see the police as a service to us, and not some sort of enemy to us. With those remarks, I support. view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is a well-intentioned Bill but, unfortunately, it is being riddled with 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
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: controversy that we often have. Those should have been seen earlier before the Bill came to us. I know the Speaker had ruled on the issue of constitutionality and sub judice . Be that as it may, there are areas that should have been looked at. For instance, how will this Bill relate to the other Acts that are already in place: The Cities and Urban Areas Act, the County Government Act, the Inter-governmental Relations Act and the Traffic Act? I have looked at the Bill and those have not been taken into consideration, and they need to be looked ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: . That is the money we need to run this system. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not have a problem with the Bill itself. Clause 2 gives definitions that give hope. It defines what a metropolitan area is. With regard to the definition of a metropolis, we may have to go further so that it is not defined just for the purpose of transport. We must look at other areas within a metropolis. I have no problem with cities like Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Kajiado and Murang’a coming together. I even wondered why we could not include Naivasha so that ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: tried but it has not worked well because we do not have an integrated system that is in place by law. That is what I think we need. Mass rapid transport is explained here. If it is as indicated here, whether you have underground transport, road transport or light trains, which I hope this law will bring forth, then, you can move from one point to the other with specific areas where you can park your car and move around. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we could even have a circuit from Uhuru Park all the way to the Old Railways ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute. I rise to support this Motion. We must agree that this is a temporary measure because it cannot and should never be thought of as a long-term solution. What we have here is a big dilemma of the right to life of our teachers versus the right to quality education of our children. We must weigh this very carefully. When it comes to life, even if we were to force these teachers to go back, some will choose not to. Already others have chosen to quit the ... view
• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I am also taking this opportunity to look at the whole education sector. There is a good and commendable effort to transform the education system in this country. However, I can see programmes being initiated and implemented immediately without a proper master plan. Look at the issue of free secondary education. Look at what parents went through when they were told education was free only for them to be slapped with hidden levies, which the Ministry had stated should not be there. Parents were forced to pay those levies because we do not have a clear monitoring system to stop ... view
• 1 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute. I rise to support this Motion. We must agree that this is a temporary measure because it cannot and should never be thought of as a long-term solution. What we have here is a big dilemma of the right to life of our teachers versus the right to quality education of our children. We must weigh this very carefully. When it comes to life, even if we were to force these teachers to go back, some will choose not to. Already others have chosen to quit the ... view