Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Once people are trained and registered, we will have some going into private practice. We should have a regulation so that when people go into private practice, we know that they are properly trained and registered. view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this brings me to the issue of health human resource. We should take care of our well trained human resource. We have been having strikes in the country. Health has been devolved and it can work as a devolved function. We should put structures in place to ensure that health personnel get their entitlements wherever they are, whether it is employment, retirement, promotion or training. That is basically the problem. I do not understand why we have not sat down, as a country, through the intergovernmental relations mechanism to produce a system that will take care ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. First of all, let me appreciate the work that has been done by the PAC. We are now only two years behind. This is unprecedented. Previously, we were many years behind. What comes out of this Report, which is what I want to comment on, is leaving out the details of the monies that are lost and so on. The most disheartening thing is that there are many systemic problems. If those systemic problems are not addressed in the manner that the Committee has indicated, then all the monies ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: This Report indicates poor implementation of projects, starting with poor workmanship and delays in project implementation. The Committee has given us an example of the Kakamega-Webuye Road Project, where only 2.5 per cent of the work has been completed 34 months after it was started. That kind of delay is totally unnecessary. It starts with how we plan our projects. We need to know the role of the Public Works Department. This is because it supervises Government projects, particularly ongoing civil works. They should plan the projects view
• 17 Aug 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
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: and procurements, prepare bid document and follow up their implementation up to completion, issue certificates of completion and payment. If they do not do that in time, obviously the work will delay. From experience, I know that there has been an impediment in the Public Works Department because they do not supervise projects properly. Therefore, there is poor workmanship and delays. view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There is an issue that is coming up with devolution, which we should look into. National Government projects are supervised by the Department of Public Works all the way from Nairobi. If they are major national projects, that is fine. What about national projects which are being implemented at the county level, like in education, which is not a devolved function? There are also National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF) projects, which is a function of the national Government. This is the case and yet the public works officers who are at the counties are county officers. There is no ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Report talks about poor performance of Accounting Officers and their failure to convene entry and exit meetings for audit purposes. This is worrying and horrendous. That should not be accepted at all. How will the Accounting Officers know what is going on? There is also failure to respond to management letters. That is a perennial problem. There is also late submission of reports. Something related to this has also been indicated in this Report – failure of the internal audit function within the ministries. This is a terrible problem. You often find cases of misappropriation of funds, corruption and ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Report talks about weak financial control by the National Treasury. If the National Treasury cannot manage the ministries, departments and agencies, how do we expect work to go on? The Report further goes on to state that we have overstated items in the Budgets. The Committee has given the example of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, where official records show a large number of students being enrolled for free primary education and day secondary education than the actual number that exists on the ground. This is failure on the part of the internal audit units. If the ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There is the issue of unsecured Government land. This is a big problem. Schools and hospitals are losing land to private developers because they are not secured. The land is claimed but the institutions do not have a way of proving ownership. These are things which should be looked into. I end my contribution by saying that even though we have lost a lot of money, the most important thing is to look at our systems and make sure that they work. view