Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1781 to 1790 of 3161.

• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Whereas I support this Report, it is also a sad Report. It is a sad Report because it is a litany of impunity. The Report starts - I have not read the whole thing - but the observations of the Committee and the documents available show that the land is public property. The Managing Director defies the summons of the Committee several times. He sends lawyers and the lawyers cannot give adequate information. The lawyers indicate that they do not understand how their own ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: happen once that matter goes there. The matter has been brought to us and everything is clear. A Member said that we cannot blame the Jubilee Government for this. However, on this one, even we as Parliament, if we do not really go further--- I will need guidance to make an amendment to this Report so that we sanction the Chairman of the National Land Commission (NLC). The Government cannot sit and do nothing having seen this Report from us. They simply cannot avoid taking action. There are provisions within law. These are the issues that make people think that ... view
• 1 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairlady I will seek your guidance that I propose an amendment here to get the Chairman sanctioned and if possible removed aside the investigations on his involvement in criminal activities. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is an international issue. Across the world, people are moving out of their countries because of insecurity and economic situations. If you look at the situation in Syria and the effect in Europe, and what we have gone through because of problems in our neighbouring countries, you will realise that this is an issue which must be addressed. It is sad that thousands of Africans have died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to cross over to Europe. The issue of refugees is not just ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: streamlines how refugees are handled. This Bill seeks to provide for legal recognition and protections of refugees within our country, in line with the international conventions that we are signatory to. Part II of the Bill establishes structures. We have the Repatriation and Settlement Commission, the Secretariat for Refugees and the Refugees Status Appeal Board. This Bill provides for processes of applying for--- view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also like the eligibility structure that is being put in place. We must look at the refugees’ background and what they bring to our country. With those remarks, I support. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. However, I am a bit worried because many of these Motions that we pass urge the Government. There must be a big pool somewhere where all these Motions that urge are kept. I wish the drafter would amend it and say “resolve”. I know when we say “resolve”, it will have huge financial implications but we do not have to do everything at ago. If we want to resolve this and decide to start, we will prioritise which schools to start with. We can take schools with big ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: many cases have had no training at all. It is time that we put management into these schools as well. Most teachers at primary level do not have any management skills at all and, therefore, putting them into this is asking them to do what they are not good at and, therefore, we cannot blame them if we do not see good results with the monies we have. We know that when the FPE fund started, there was a lot of graft that went right down from the headquarters to the schools themselves. That is why we need people who ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: With that, I support this Motion. view
• 29 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I want to speak to this one. view