Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: As you know, in the life of this Parliament at this time, the focus to a large extent has moved to the area of survival of the Members of this House. Maybe we have not read all the details but in general this is a good Bill and the clauses I have mentioned are extremely important. Therefore, I support the Companies (Amendment) Bill. view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to discuss this extremely important Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill. This is a Bill that actually demonstrates the whole issue of how we should implement our Constitution realising that we may have extremely good principles in the Constitution but have problems with their implementation, depending on how the laws or the Constitution itself was laid out. This is based on a principle that all of us agreed on - the principle of equal opportunity for women. There is no doubt about that. The whole country agreed that women are ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Women do a lot of unpaid work such as childbearing and childrearing. It is such a big issue that many women cannot take up positions because they value that at the utmost. Those who want to take positions need to be supported. There is no problem with the issue of affirmative action. People are agreed. We start to have a problem when we come to the two-thirds gender rule. Article 27 (8) of the Constitution talks about two-thirds of appointive or elective positions and that is where we start to have problems. When you look at appointive positions or appointive ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will repeat this because it is extremely important. So, when we now want to appoint …. view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I am guided. When we want to achieve the numbers by appointing after getting special seats after the elections, then we are faced with a very large number, which is over 450. As a country, we are afraid of that scenario. We are now attempting to reduce that number by introducing this Bill, which I support. Again, I want people to listen to what I am going to say, which Neto said earlier on. What is proposed here is not the same as what is in Article 177 of the Constitution, and it has a problem. Clause 4(c) says: “(ca) ... view
• 6 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
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: In this case, we are talking of two-thirds of 290. I do not see how even if you pick these people you will ensure that they are actually two-thirds of 290, which is what Clause 97(1) (a) is talking about. Therefore, there is a technical problem there to the extent that even if we went through, we may still have a problem because those seats are already there and are going to be contested. So, you cannot again determine their two-thirds. Article 177 of the Constitution, which we have quoted, is talking about two-thirds of the Assembly. That is where ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: We have not exactly imported the spirit of Article 177 of the Constitution into Clauses 97 and 98, as we intended to do. If that can be looked at technically and resolved, then this Bill will solve the problem. I realise and appreciate that the special seats will be identified after the elections. That is the only way you can do it other than having proportional representation at the constituency level by identifying constituencies that will give you two-thirds. We have not gone for that. If what we have proposed is worked out, it will actually help us out. view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I appreciate and accept that their term is limited to two terms. At least, they will get the …. view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: That would help us even if you apply it to the constituencies as well, but I accept that. If we do not correct the numbers issues then even the sunset clause will not work. Who says that after 10 or 20 years things will change? That is something we should look at. view