Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this matter. It is an extremely important point. What the Leader of the Majority Party has insinuated to is the letter of the law. If we pass the Budget of this country knowing that there is a lacuna somewhere over which we did not proceed according to the law, there is possibility of somebody challenging the validity of the Budget in court and bringing a lot of embarrassment to us. If what he is saying is true, we should get time and confirm it as we have ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I just want to give a case of when we passed Justice Rawal to be the Deputy Chief Justice. I went back to the HANSARD to see what happened. On the Floor, I said it was important to put into consideration the age of a Deputy Chief Justice as an issue. First, it was her 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
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: legal philosophy and strategic management, but the most important one was that her age which was so close to the age of the Chief Justice and this would bring problems. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I will even read to you to show that we foresaw this and did not take action and now it is bothering us. This is what was recorded in the HANSARD:- “If you have a succession problem, we have to address it at this point.” The issue here is not that somebody is old, but we are likely to have to replace both the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice at the same time. I have just brought this because it is fresh and going on. My plea would be that if what the Leader of the Majority Party ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Please hear me out. view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I must also take this opportunity to express appreciation to our colleagues for coming back from recess to pass this law. We thank the Committee for the work they have done. As I said in the morning, there is something important that we need to know. It is the use of committee reports in the discussion of Bills. The Bill that was brought before us had one main purpose – to get a Bill that was compliant with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention Against Doping in Sports and the ... view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: to travel all the way to Montreal, Canada to correct that mistake and yet, that is what we started with. Having said that, it is also amazing to me that when the Committee went through all this, with the participation and the availability of clerks and lawyers in the Committee, we missed the very essence for which this Bill was intended. We must go back and look at our use of time and committee reports when we discuss Bills. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Whereas I support the Procedural Motion, there is one underlying factor that this House and Hon. Members leading this country should take into consideration and I have said this before. What is clear is that when we were discussing the Bill that we are now seeking to amend, we did not take seriously the considerations of the international agency, which we are planning to adopt. Like many other Bills, we discussed that Bill without a Committee report. We relied solely on what the Leader of the Majority Party explained to us in terms of what was ... view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support this amendment. I want to take this opportunity to make a general statement. The essence of all the amendments I have seen – and I have not talked on these amendments from the beginning – is to move powers away from the NLC to the national Government. What we are seeing in this House is actually a vehement opposition from one part of the country whereas we are treating this as merely a legislative process where “Ayes” or “Nays” will have it. I want this House to realise that when a whole block of ... view