Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1951 to 1960 of 3161.

• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I concur with the decision of the Committee. It is also important to know that as much as we would like inclusion of stakeholders, KEPSA is a private organisation registered as an association. Therefore, to put it in law where there is the possibility that sooner or later other organisations may come and demand to be included would expose this law to unnecessary controversy. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, I support the Committee’s decision. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support the position of the Committee. It is extremely important that we have very close monitoring and regulation because other countries have experienced grievous harm for ignoring that. view
• 9 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
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 100 of the Bill be amended in the proviso appearing immediately after sub-clause (2) (b) by – (a) deleting the word “fifteen” appearing immediately after the words “applicant shall give” in the proviso and substituting therefor the word “thirty”; (b) inserting the words “and through such other appropriate forum so as to ensure that the information is widely publicized within the local community in which the land exists” immediately after the words “nationwide circulation”. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Yes. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for realising that. I also must appreciate the work that has gone on in the Senate. Exploration and exploitation of petroleum has brought a lot of grief to many countries. If you look at the Senate amendments, you will find that they were really protecting the environment. You know what happened in Ogoniland. We are all aware of that. There has to be transparency in contracts and operations. We know countries have lost millions and billions of shillings, dollars or whatever because of that. They were also looking at proper processes of acquisition. ... view
• 4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to discuss this Motion. When I came here, I was extremely excited to support this Motion, but issues have been raised that have made me a bit discouraged. Still, I support the principle of the Motion. The issue whether it is a party Motion or not has been canvassed, although I do not like the way the Leader of the Majority Party did it. There was no decorum and there was no respect. But we can resolve that within the party. There is an issue in the composition of Members. There ... view
• 4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: difference between betting, gambling and drug consumption. Alcohol is the same. People get addicted. They actually have to be treated and counselled. So, we need to look at the destruction it is causing in people’s lives, particularly the young people. We really have to do something about it. On tax evasion and money laundering, we have read in the newspapers that huge monies are getting out of the country. In what form is the money getting out? This must be foreign exchange. We know we have a liberalised economy where people can actually walk to a bank, change money and ... view
• 4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: In my view, we really have to protect our people, particularly the youth. The Committee should bring a completely new Bill that brings in very extensive regulations that particularly look at the IT platform. In my view, 14 days may be short. What do we do with the IT platform? How do we control it? The cyber space law is just like the law of the sea some years back. I think that even as we are doing this, the departments of Government that are involved in this should look at areas where they can put a stop immediately and ... view
• 4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: So, I appeal to the Mover of the Motion that we reconsider the Committee. This is an important thing. I do not want it to die because we have not agreed on the membership. The principle is extremely important. I suggest that we amend the Motion and I will support the amended version, particularly concerning the membership of the Committee. 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