Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 3161.

• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. In reference to the Public Trustee (Amendment) Bill, please give us guidance on how issues that will be raised by the public will be canvassed. The Bill has gone through the Second Reading and Members have gone through it and made their comments. We have not even seen a Committee Report on this Bill and it is at that stage where many comments come from the public. How will this Bill be considered by the plenary of the House before it goes to the next stage? To me, it looks like we should ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to comment on this. view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I said that as I talk in this House for the first time today, I am aware that there is the feeling that perhaps we are starting to work. In the past, I did not find it very easy to agree with Hon. Duale. However, today I want to agree with him that it may not be in order to bring this matter into this discussion. Having said such an honourable thing, he went on to take full advantage of the situation. There is no Member here who is not wise enough to know that as ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am coming to the same point you have raised. It is therefore important that we deal with the institutions and agree with you that we will look at all the institutions in place. I will also call for calm. I do not think this matter has left the confines of the coalition such that it is unable to deal with it. I think the coalition is perfectly able to deal with it. Therefore, I partly agree with Hon. Duale on that small aspect but I agree with you that we leave this matter with the coalition to ... view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairman. I rise to support the amendment. This is extremely important for keeping order in the House. Past experience has indicated to us that these are necessary. For example, paragraph (d), although it is repeated, failing to record abstention in a division is something serious. Failing to declare personal interest in a matter and deliberately giving false information are issues that are likely to create a lot of disorder if not properly addressed. I, therefore, support the amendments. view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairman, if you look at the Standing Order No.123, it actually calls on the two Speakers to agree as to whether a Bill is a county Bill or not. I have seen this in the other deletions that we have made. The explanation we got is that they are elsewhere. I am now getting a bit concerned because this is an extremely important communication between the two Speakers of the House. If you merely delete it and there is nowhere else that calls for that communication--- We should not delete this unless we are convinced that there is ... view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairman, I support this amendment. I find it simply important. Considering the incidences we have had with the Appropriation Bill, making it easier with more details is important so that we can pass it as quickly as we need. As concerns an amendment of the Constitution, there is the issue of raising the quorum. If we make things extremely stiff, we may find it difficult to raise quorum if we cannot do it all at once. I support this amendment. view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairman, I know that fate is important but in this particular case, this is an extremely important Standing Order referring to re-committal of clauses. It has saved many issues. I would like to be shown where it is so that as I finish this Parliament, I go home in peace knowing that I did not pass something without knowing what it is. view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairman, this is also an extremely important Standing Order. Since we are providing for the Committee that will be set up as proposed under paragraph (3), we need to have more details on this Standing Order. I know we have had a lot of controversy on it. I appreciate that there is need to put more details on how it is done. It would serve us if more Members were given more details on this one. view