Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1981 to 1990 of 3161.

• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This Bill is extremely important as it brings into effect Article 196(3) of the Constitution. I am surprised that this Bill has come so late in the day. It means that county assemblies have actually been operating without any protection whatsoever. It means that a policeman could have walked in during their proceedings and arrested any of them and nothing would have been wrong because there was no law. Therefore, this Bill should have been amongst the laws to be passed within the first ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: that you have done or said in the Chamber for the MCAs. I do not think that is proper. I am afraid that if you allow it, sooner or later, somebody may want to amend our Standing Orders and introduce it here. That bit is something we need to look at. Clause 22(3) gives power to the county assemblies to propose and effect the removal of county public officers on grounds of their refusal to produce documents when they are ordered to do so. That is appropriate. As we have indicated, the Bill gives the assembly powers similar to those ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to appeal to my colleagues that as leaders of this country, we must sometimes go with the dictum, which I think the legal 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
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: people here will agree with me. Sometimes, the principle of natural justice may be more important than the letter of the law, if it is in the interest of the country. What we are dealing with are two issues here which have been canvassed. One is about a decision which has come from the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, and there is a feeling on one side that this decision was reached in the absence of other Hon. Members. I raised this matter before we went for recess, when we went on what I call filibustering. We would ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make a contribution on this matter. view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the constituency I come from has 11 beaches for fishing. Fishing is the main occupation for the young people. I therefore support this Motion but it is important to realize that fish industry is big and it is growing. In the consumption of animal protein, it is fish that is now the safest because of the small amount of the toxic oils that we find in other animal proteins and the valuable fats that are in fish. Because of that fish is becoming the greatest animal protein that is consumed and the market is growing. Unfortunately ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the young men who are involved in fishing, go out into the night, stay the whole night in the lake and live from hand to mouth yet the middlemen who feast from them come to pick the fish in sleek motor vehicles because we have not invested in improving the industry for the benefit of our people. This Motion, therefore, comes at the most appropriate moment. There is an urgent need for us, as a country, to improve the fishing industry as a whole and go by what this Motion is calling for. There is need ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: breeding area is in Kenya. This is being killed by hyacinth and chemical pollution in Lake Victoria around the City of Kisumu and very little has been done. Hon. Ochanda was saying that people were playing around with insects and this can be done. It is a shame. Even the fishing practice as it is, is not controlled. People fish in the breeding areas and catch the young fish. One time I was shocked to go to the lake and see basins and sacks of fingerlings that were being sold at throwaway prices in what would have otherwise been lorries ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Look at the area of training. It is important that we get people at the technology and technician level so that we can handle this. As I end, we must support this Motion. The Government must put money in this. We must avoid the looming danger. People who have exploited the fish industry without even protecting the areas are now turning round to import fish from outside the country. I must say if you are selling fish at Kshs30 a piece, it is extremely doubtful the process through which that fish has been brought. Fish, as healthy as it is, ... view