Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1891 to 1900 of 3161.

• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the amendment Bill because it underpins the main functions of universities, which are creation of knowledge and repository of the same which must be done through proper research and, therefore, funding is required. Unless we fund our universities properly, we are going nowhere. Currently, the funding is not really based on need and there are great disparities where one university is getting Kshs1 billion shillings and other universities are getting Kshs40 million. It also underpins the function of a university which is the dissemination of knowledge which is done through teaching ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I support the need to have clear requirements for appointment of vice-chancellors and top level university staff. We cannot have quotas; we can only improve facilities in certain areas. But we cannot give people jobs if they are not properly qualified because some areas are deemed to be marginalized. This can be addressed in other areas. We cannot have marginalized professionals. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendment by Hon. Olago. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: As a country, there is a time when we have to see how to save our country. We have a partisan approach. In the last few months, we have moved from a situation where we had a lot of acrimony in the country. There was so much disagreement and street fighting that led to some deaths. Subsequently, we put in place a political process that we all believed would solve the problem. To a larger extent, that process has borne some fruits. We have agreed that there is an extremely offensive part to that Report. My colleagues, why would we ... view
• 23 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I must congratulate our athletes. They did us proud. Two, I think it is time we diversified into field events as well. We have done well in track events. We need to diversify. Three, we must condemn all the acts of corruption and mismanagement that occurred. Four, we must really promote those athletes wherever they are working. We ask the Cabinet Secretary (CS) concerned to do that. Finally, the CS must develop programmes to take care of the welfare of the athletes while they are active and even when they are in retirement. Thank ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support that we should have somebody with a master’s degree. For experience, being an engineer and building a road is okay. However, when you are a Director-General you are at policy level. You will make policies that will guide other people who construct roads. Those with the experience can then work on the roads. I support the amendment as proposed by the Chair. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, it is extremely important that this Authority exists. The biggest problem of transport in this country is in urban areas that are emerging. Nairobi, Nakuru and Kisumu have massive congestion. It is not only about construction of roads but it also has to do with the planning of these urban areas. It is important that we have that Authority. Therefore, I support. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairlady, whereas I support this, could the Chair clarify to me how 11(C) and (1)(f) will be appointed under “Chartered University” because I do not know which university will now be “Chartered University” to give the three names from which one will be appointed? That seems not clear. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to be corrected if I am wrong. I understand that to mean that we will not have any representative from any chartered university. I do not understand why we will not have somebody from a chartered university undertaking civil engineering and yet you are putting the LSK there. We need universities, which are training civil engineers to be represented. That is a more important contribution than what other Members are proposing, unless I am not getting it right. Our issue with this was on the process of selecting them, but it is important that ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the issue that we have is the number of chartered universities that exist. I understand that bit. Therefore, we wanted a process of nominating one person from the chartered universities. There was a suggestion that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology can pick one of the chartered universities. To have an institution of higher learning in a place like this is extremely instructive and useful. It will bring in new ideas and how curriculums are developed. It is important to have a link with the universities. It is important to have a link between operations ... view