Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1641 to 1650 of 3161.

• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. In reality, we should not be discussing the details of this Bill and the figures contained therein because we are dealing with a procedural problem that we have not solved. We discussed the detailed figures and commented on them during the last two occasions this Bill was before the House. What has brought it back is the process of looking at the division of revenue between the National Assembly and the Senate. That is what we have not looked at. That goes to indicate The electronic ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. In reality, we should not be discussing the details of this Bill and the figures contained therein because we are dealing with a procedural problem that we have not solved. We discussed the detailed figures and commented on them during the last two occasions this Bill was before the House. What has brought it back is the process of looking at the division of revenue between the National Assembly and the Senate. That is what we have not looked at. That goes to indicate The electronic ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: that we now need to look at the Constitution and identify areas that are giving us problems and think of re-doing it. When we get at the Budget Policy Statement, we get an extremely clear indication of what the national Government needs, in detail. There is no process that gives that mandate to the Senate or the county governments structures. Of course, there is the Inter-governmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC). This is the stage at which we should be harmonising this situation, so that when the Division of Revenue Bill goes to the Senate, they can have an input ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: that we now need to look at the Constitution and identify areas that are giving us problems and think of re-doing it. When we get at the Budget Policy Statement, we get an extremely clear indication of what the national Government needs, in detail. There is no process that gives that mandate to the Senate or the county governments structures. Of course, there is the Inter-governmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC). This is the stage at which we should be harmonising this situation, so that when the Division of Revenue Bill goes to the Senate, they can have an input ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I rise to second the adoption of this Report. Let me start by saying that this is an extremely important Bill. It may probably be the biggest legacy that the 11th Parliament leaves in this country. This is because prior to the enactment of this Bill, we have been working with the Public Health Act which was enacted long before Independence probably in the 1940s. At that time, it did not even recognise the existence of Ministers for Health. It only recognised the Director of Medical Services and the public ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I rise to second the adoption of this Report. Let me start by saying that this is an extremely important Bill. It may probably be the biggest legacy that the 11th Parliament leaves in this country. This is because prior to the enactment of this Bill, we have been working with the Public Health Act which was enacted long before Independence probably in the 1940s. At that time, it did not even recognise the existence of Ministers for Health. It only recognised the Director of Medical Services and the public ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Over the years, we have tried to deal with it. Therefore, this effort to get a new Health Bill has been there for the last 10 years. Because of the inadequacy of the previous Act, there has been a large number of Acts in the health sector. Probably, they are 20 or more. There was need to have a mother Act and this is what the Health Bill is. Let me also appreciate the work which has been done by the Mediation Committee. It was in the middle of the nomination period and they were able to sit through and ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: Over the years, we have tried to deal with it. Therefore, this effort to get a new Health Bill has been there for the last 10 years. Because of the inadequacy of the previous Act, there has been a large number of Acts in the health sector. Probably, they are 20 or more. There was need to have a mother Act and this is what the Health Bill is. Let me also appreciate the work which has been done by the Mediation Committee. It was in the middle of the nomination period and they were able to sit through and ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: The overall view which the Chair has gone through in fair amount of details is basically to stem the fears that arose from the Senate that this Bill was to some extent excluding county government structures and county health governance. We actually went through it and addressed those fears. I will only highlight a few areas like the need to have the rights to the highest attainable health care and our decision to start with, at least, vaccination for children and maternity care. If there is any single intervention in this country which has improved the survival of children it ... view
• 24 May 2017 in National Assembly: The overall view which the Chair has gone through in fair amount of details is basically to stem the fears that arose from the Senate that this Bill was to some extent excluding county government structures and county health governance. We actually went through it and addressed those fears. I will only highlight a few areas like the need to have the rights to the highest attainable health care and our decision to start with, at least, vaccination for children and maternity care. If there is any single intervention in this country which has improved the survival of children it ... view