Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving the opportunity to make my contribution. Let me also express my gratitude to the Committee and its Chair. It is not the first time in the 12th Parliament a Committee has not presented a report. Even in the last Parliament we had a big problem of Committees not presenting reports, but this Committee has done its report very well. I stand to support this Bill because it does what all sectors in Kenya should look at. It seeks to align the legal framework for management of roads to the Constitution. Many sectors have not ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: One of the biggest national functions in the Constitution is standards and policy setting. In this case, we have a board that is going to look at standards so that whoever is in the business of constructing roads does so in uniform standard. Therefore, the roads in the counties and at the national level will all adhere to the same standard. The Bill provides under the Intergovernmental Relations Committee that institutions at the county and national level will have one instrument to confirm that roads have been done according to set standards. This is a great contribution. It further goes ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: working between the county governments and the national Government in all sectors of our economy. Thank you. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have devised another way of catching your eye. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. With all the light touches we have had, we are taking this Committee a little lightly. In my view, this is an extremely important Committee of this House because it deals with the health of Members. When we talk about food, we do so in a casual way and take it lightly but if you look at all of us, our morphology seems to change once we come into this House. Is it a good or a bad thing? It ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: look like, it may also have to look at how to make sure that Members of Parliament look healthy and are in good health. What are the regular reviews or exams that they should take? I know we have a health person in the gym but does he just run the gym or does he also design programmes that will keep us healthy and pick problems that we may have so that we do not have to go to hospital? It may save our insurance. This is probably the most important committee as far as our health is concerned. I, ... view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me start by wishing all the Members a happy Valentines’ Day. The Ash Wednesday is taken for granted. Valentine’s Day needs a bit of effort. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Procedural Motion, but it is important because these Motions take most of Wednesday mornings when Members bring up a lot of Motions. I am concerned that for the time I have been here, I have seen most of these Motions passed, but they have never been implemented and yet Members put in so much time. Therefore, I urge the leadership of ... view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: by this House are implemented. Many times, Members urge the Government to work on issues. However, when those in the Government are just urged, they do not take action. We should now move into ways of resolving those challenges. The Government should do something about it; it should follow up on these issues. I remember two important Motions; one said that every constituency should have two kilometres of road tarmacked, but that resolution has not been implemented. The other one urged the Government to ensure that every school has water for children’s use. That one has also not been implemented. ... view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support. view
• 14 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. As we discuss membership to EALA, the most basic issue that we are talking about is the East African Community and the cooperation. This is such an important concept that, in my mind, as we go on with many discussions and protocols, it does not look to me that we are really getting to the place where the Community will meet the needs of the people of East Africa. The people are far ahead of the leaders in their need to be integrated to live as ... view