Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand under Standing Order No.29. This is a Special meeting of the House. According to the Standing Orders, we are expected to discuss the specific issues contained in the Gazette Notice that we saw. One would have expected that the specific Motions or Bills would be listed down. So, I seek your guidance on whether the House is really proceeding in a procedural manner. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to make my contribution on this Motion which I support. However, I would like to raise two issues that are 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
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: extremely important. The procedure we have followed under the Special Sitting; that we have very limited time and we are hurrying is not appropriate. All along it was clear to the Government that these positions were vacant. The calendar of Parliament is extremely clear and everybody knows it. This is something we should look at. What we are doing now, to a large extent, is guillotine. We do not have enough time to look at the issues that are related to each nominee. So, we are taking them as a group making comments on one or two and passing it. ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Whereas I support this, I must say once again that the face of Kenya is important. There is no doubt that the pattern of development across the country is clearly correlated to the regional distribution of the senior officers. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, medicine also includes statistics. I understand statistics and mathematics. I am not talking about four people. I am talking about the whole list here. In my mind, if I count all the nominees in the whole country, that still will not qualify. I have made my point that a pattern of regional development in this country has been shown to be clearly correlated to the regional appointment of senior officers. That point has been made. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Two, I said earlier that once again we should not do this in a hurry. This work has remained at committee level. Because of the time which we do not have, you find very little contribution at Plenary level. We are trying. This is something that can be corrected in future. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Lastly, the biggest problem in Kenya today is not the issue of technical competence. Kenya has the most technical people in this region. The problem is the issue of integrity. Again, with limited time, it is not possible to get into the details that you would like to get when looking at the integrity of persons to be appointed. Those issues are important. If they are not observed now, they should be observed in future. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to express my support for this Motion. First of all, I take this opportunity to also welcome the students from my Constituency. They have a grand opportunity to see us discussing human rights. The difference between human beings and other living things, particularly animals, is that we have human dignity that needs to be protected and human conscience. The whole basis of that in our Constitution is actually the whole of Chapter Four on the Bill of Rights that has taken into consideration all the rights that we think ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I hold the same position. You cannot have two and three together. If you stick to three, then you cannot get two. view