Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, would it not be in order that where there are several amendments, you take them one by one because one may support some of the amendments and not others? That has been a practice before. For example in my case, I know that it is overtaken by events. I would have supported and opposed some amendments. I would have responded differently. That is my point. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I rise to support this amendment because it provides for serious community participation. It also puts in place very clear processes that will ensure that communities are involved from the beginning to the end. I support. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if that is so, then we really need a further amendment because the document we have is talking about “user”. I do not think the explanation by the Committee Chair will be adequate as an amendment. So, there should be a further amendment by the Committee Chair, which amends paragraph (d) to say “use of the land” and not “the user of the land”. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: On page 408. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: On page 408. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The constitutional tenets of the State of the Nation Address are Articles 10, 132 and 210. Specifically, Article 10(2)(b) talks about non-discrimination and inclusiveness. One of the biggest problems in this country is tribalism. Article 10(2)(c) talks about integrity, which touches on corruption. Article 240 talks about State security. The President covered all these areas but there are two fundamental flaws on his Address. Firstly, there is a lot of lamentation and you expect the President to give direction. For example, on the issue of devolution, ... view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me add my voice to this matter. What I find extremely disturbing is that I see no anger. People are talking of laxity at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the audit firms, but we are talking of people who have taken home about Kshs8 billion. The directors start banks, take deposits from members of the public and walk away with the money. When we came to this Parliament, I once said that we must start thinking of some economic crimes for which people should be given life sentences. When the Member for Kiharu ... view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill because it is our international obligation as members of the World Sporting Association. I hope one day we shall not turn around if anything goes wrong and say that we do not want to belong to that organisation. The other reason I support this Bill is that as we look into protecting our athletes from cheating, the most important aspect is looking at their health. As the Chair of the Committee indicated, there is a great danger because these substances other than enhancing ... view
• 12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: from a university recognised in Kenya? That is excessive to me. There may be people without degrees, but with experience in the field of sports and therefore, their contribution will be missed if we insist on that. Again, it is not clear who are the five people to be appointed by the Cabinet Secretary (CS). Who are they? We cannot just leave it to the CS to decide without some form of direction. Clause 26 of the Bill lists prohibited activities under this Act which include presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s sample. ... view