Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: For the same reason, if such appointments are seen as reward, people will see State corporations as places where they can employ their relatives and friends. Such scenario leads, without doubt, to skewed employment such that people get employed in State corporations, to a large extent, depending on who they know within its Board or management. We know that this has been the main problem. We must start viewing boards of management as entities established to steer State corporations towards profitability and success. view
• 13 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: The Report has also raised the issue of security of assets. Again, this maybe something that is as a result of negligence. Sometimes I wonder whether the managements of State corporations do not deliberate why they stay with property like land without securing titles and without having proper maps showing demarcations. Eventually, such land is grabbed by the same people. You wonder why title deeds were not sought and proper documentation done. We know the problem, for example, of the Kenya Railways land. There are still issues being raised many years after the Kenya Railways land became public, and was ... view
• 13 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Just recently, we were discussing the need to get some money to bail out the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA). The title deed of its land had been used in some undertaking that does not seem to be very clear thus jeopardising the ownership of one of its large investments. The report also indicated that there was non-remission of statutory deductions. In my view, that is carelessness and negligence. Officers make deductions on paper and fail to remit the money and, therefore, underestimate the actual emoluments. This is extremely detrimental to the staff who miss on their savings at the ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I wish to support that amendment. It is extremely important because if refugee centres are not looked at in accordance with the Public Health Act, they can be a source of dissemination of diseases and a reservoir of the same. If we abide by the Public Health Act, we assure the safety of the refugees and the communities in which they live who can be affected by diseases that are there. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I wish to support that amendment. It is extremely important because if refugee centres are not looked at in accordance with the Public Health Act, they can be a source of dissemination of diseases and a reservoir of the same. If we abide by the Public Health Act, we assure the safety of the refugees and the communities in which they live who can be affected by diseases that are there. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: ( Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: ( Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I oppose this amendment because this is really the essence of the old Bill that if you people come to our country and there is a process, that process cannot deny them any information that they get. This clause actually also gives the person concerned the duty to comply. So, we could not have agreed with Clause 20 and the others and then we come and delete this one. Then the whole thing will be incoherent because in one place you agree that you can be represented and in another place you are saying you cannot be. I ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I oppose this amendment because this is really the essence of the old Bill that if you people come to our country and there is a process, that process cannot deny them any information that they get. This clause actually also gives the person concerned the duty to comply. So, we could not have agreed with Clause 20 and the others and then we come and delete this one. Then the whole thing will be incoherent because in one place you agree that you can be represented and in another place you are saying you cannot be. I ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, is it in order for those who are supporting the amendments to mislead the House that issues that are in the main Act are of the same power as those in the subsidiary legislation? It is not true. One bypasses Parliament and things can be done at the whims of the CS so long as the Committee agrees. The other one will have to come to Parliament. When Members say that putting in regulations is the same as having it in the Act, it is misleading the House. Is that in order? view