Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill also says that there are no circumstances whatsoever under which you can insist that there is need for torture, whether it is in a state of war, state of internal instability or whatever situation we are in the country. I find it also important that officers are protected. They cannot be forced to mete out acts that will be against this law when it comes into place. It has 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
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: always been known that under other jurisdictions an officer cannot say that he or she was ordered. The officers are only entitled to only follow lawful orders. This further reinforces that. For a long time, torture has been used to obtain evidence. It is now clear that evidence that is obtained in that manner is completely useless. So, in a way, that will reduce the desire of officers, even those wayward ones, who may want to use it. It will not take them anywhere. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Under Clause 4, there is provision for remedies and trials of offenders even those who are abetting and aiding torture. It is quite clear that if someone involves himself in this, they will be imprisoned for as long as 25 years. If someone dies in the process of being tortured, it goes for life. I would have thought, and we may amend it to make it murder, because if one sets out to get information in an illegal way, if death occurs, you cannot say that this is manslaughter. You cannot say that you did not mean to kill this ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: It also provides for assistance of victims and that is extremely important. In the past, we have known people who even when after they have gone to court and have actually been provided with redress to get payment or to get any form of restitution, have gone to the streets actually looking miserable while they have been awarded fairly reasonable compensation. With this Bill, we will look at it in new light and those victims will be supported. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support this Bill. Thank you. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on the Agreement between the two governments. The issue here is very basic. There is need for cooperation of all countries across the world, particularly those who ascribe to the World Health Organisation (WHO) public health regulations that are worldwide. In this particular instance, the issue is between the Government of the United States of America (USA) and the Government of Kenya. The issue that we are concerned about is that of threat to human health through biological agents and these include germs that can be used in warfare such ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: money and develop this capacity because that is the best way to deal with this. There are military considerations that medical people may miss. So, our military will be involved. During the discussions, we asked ourselves how we will track this. We proposed what initially was not in the agreement that we need a regular report to Parliament, particularly to the Departmental Committee on Health. I think the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations should also be involved in that. We also recommended that we must abide very strictly to the WHO regulations because that will be our protection ... view
• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The division of revenue is the most important and crucial function of devolution, which is the most important aspect of the new Constitution. I know that experience in the last four years has raised a lot of issues on the propriety of the utilisation of funds at the county level. There has been a lot of complaints about corruption in those areas. Despite that, I believe devolution is a great principle and I still believe there is need to increase money at the county level. This 32 per cent is something we need to increase ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I just want to make few general comments. Increasingly, what I see is that miscellaneous amendments are actually becoming a major process of making laws. I think we are losing out because the miscellaneous amendments are actually meant to do minor amendments which are correcting typing errors and words. We are making major changes in the law, particularly when it comes to this time and cycle of Parliament. Very few Members get to actually read through this very seriously. I, therefore, propose that when we have miscellaneous amendments, we ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: increasing from six months to two years now. The other aspect of it that I have wondered is the amount of fee that is paid. You need Kshs200,000 to go to the Kenya School of Law. It is much more expensive now than to go to the University of Nairobi or any other university and get your first degree in law. There are many young lawyers who fail to go to the Kenya School of Law because they cannot afford the fees because some are poor. Their parents have been struggling to get them through university and they just end ... view