Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1771 to 1780 of 3161.

• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I am concerned with the National Police Service. I have looked at the areas that we are seeking to amend and my worry is that they are so broad that I think this should have come as an amendment of the Act itself and not in a miscellaneous amendment Bill. That is an area that we will have to look at very deeply because it is looking at very broad areas. If you look at all that, surely, it cannot be done through an amendment Bill. When we get to the Committee of the whole House, we will have to ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I stand to support this Motion and congratulate the Hon. Member who brought it. Although it has come at the current situation, asking the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC) to look for persuasive ways and bring back a report for us to pass is actually important. I think they should look into the issue more broadly. They should not just look for decisive ways. They should also try to address all the challenges resulting in the problems we are facing today. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, people should know that voting is not just a constitutional right. It is actually an obligation. We should reach a situation where it is mandatory for people to vote. The current apathy we are experiencing is an opportunity for us to look at our country. Why is it that people do not want to vote? Have people lost hope? Do they feel that voting has no impact on their welfare? The issue of IDs is definitely the failure of the Executive. It is possible to get 90 per cent of children born in this country get ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The strike has been on for two months now. Many deaths have occurred in health facilities and many more have occurred in people’s homes because they know that when the doctors are on strike, they do not need to go to hospitals if they cannot afford. Kenyans are dying. All these issues are around the issue of the CBA that was signed in 2013. I have looked at the CBA; it is fairly comprehensive because it does not only talk about salaries and terms of conditions of service, but it looks at health services conditions ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: this issue and come up with clear milestones. Doctors are not mad people. They also feel bad about the death of people. But if we have an agreement that is implementable with clear milestones, I think we will get a way forward. I support this Petition. view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Water is an important resource. You are also aware that with the changes in the environment, water resources are dwindling and they need to be managed fairly well. The management and conservation of water towers is key to our survival. In order to manage our water resources, we must engage professionals who know what they are doing so that they manage these resources and ensure that we use the resources properly. In fact, we should regenerate the resources. Therefore, we need a process of training ... view
• 17 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I stand to support the nomination of Bishop Wabukala as the Chairman of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Corruption is a huge problem in this country. It is pervasive and immense in magnitude. In fact, it has become the normal code of conduct, if we are honest with ourselves. It has been institutionalised to the extent that many institutions cannot deal with it. Institutions that are put in place to fight corruption are unable to do so. Maybe, as others have said, it is time to look at the church or the ... view
• 17 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I stand to support the nomination of Bishop Wabukala as the Chairman of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Corruption is a huge problem in this country. It is pervasive and immense in magnitude. In fact, it has become the normal code of conduct, if we are honest with ourselves. It has been institutionalised to the extent that many institutions cannot deal with it. Institutions that are put in place to fight corruption are unable to do so. Maybe, as others have said, it is time to look at the church or the ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me opportunity to contribute to this debate on climate change and the Paris Climate Change Agreement that we need to support as a country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, climate change is global and there is very little we, human beings, can do to stop it unless we abide by the physical science aspects of it. We, as legislators and/or lawyers, all we can do about the forces of physical science with our social science is just to design ways in which humanity can live within the confines of those physical science factors. Therefore, ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: different levels of development so that our responses, mitigation and adaptability measures will have to be different. Those have to be recognized in any agreement and this one does so. This Agreement also realises that there is need for equity amongst nations and this equity must seek to put into consideration the different circumstances of the different countries. This Agreement does that. It carries with it issues on adaptability. The changes are occurring and will take place but we can adapt to them. In fact, our adaptation may even reduce the speed of change. We realise how small the margins ... view