Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: the legislative arm of the county government? Who was preparing estimates for them? Who was determining the remuneration? Who was doing the audit? Were all these functions left to the office of the governor, which should otherwise be overseen by the county assembly? I would like to ask my colleagues to support and pass this Bill quickly, so that a major legal framework is available for the counties. We should not continue to blame the counties while the deficit is on the structures that we should put in place. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I really support this amendment. I want to make a statement regarding these county and national Government functions. There is a tendency to mix the issues further. We have the Intergovernmental Relations Act, the Intergovernmental Relations Committee and the Sectoral Committees, if the need for consultations arises. If all institutions start mixing people from both the national and county governments, we will cause a lot of confusion. Therefore, I support this amendment. view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion for Adjournment. Hon. Duale has been preaching that there should be unity. He always starts by dividing the House. Whenever he makes statements, he starts by dividing the House. He raises issues that are emotional. If you really want unity in the House and in the country you do not do that. So, his statements do not befit his position. During this short Session, the National Assembly has done great work. We have passed two reports; one appointing the Chief Justice and the other appointing ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: upon. She also realises that the Act does not portray equity between boys and girls. I noted that and I second. We also passed the Sessional Paper on the National Child Policy and on Child Labour. Those are extremely important documents that we passed in this House. On the one-third gender rule, I opposed that Motion. It was an error that was committed at the time we put the Constitution in place. We had intended to get a figure through an electoral process. It is impossible to predict what you will get numerically through an electoral process. Article 177 on ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, I acknowledge that there are some improvements in security, but what I do not understand is that every time we get into these catastrophes, you find that there was adequate information, everybody was aware of it but the catastrophe still takes place. I do not understand why that happens. Overall, in this short Session, we passed very important reports. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion for Adjournment. view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Hon. Speaker. view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Hon. Member has really touched my heart except on the point of insinuating that ODM may not be really in support of women. I want to inform her that of the four men who have opposed this Bill in the House, three are from CORD, myself, Opiyo Wandayi and Hon. Okoth. What happened in the past may not happen again. view
• 26 Oct 2016 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
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have sat here very patiently listening to the debate. I start by saying that the issue of gender has been discussed for many years and it is always emotive. I sat because I have had an opportunity to work on this as my main job for three years. I have seen the value in discussing gender issues with concern, calmly and without emotions. The fact that there should be equality between the genders is no longer an issue to be discussed against or for. It is clear that really we need that equality for ... view
• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Article 28 of the Constitution on equality is clear. I do not think anybody disputes that. Article 81 on the principles of the electoral system is also clear, and that is the Article we are seeking to amend today. The issue comes up in Article 97 mainly about the National Assembly, where we are talking about the membership in Parliament. Article 177 mirrors this in the county assemblies. In the county assemblies, what was done is a very simple issue of arithmetic: that after the election is over; you look at the number of women and nominate enough women to ... view