Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Please Chair. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Hon. Sakaja has brought a Bill for the youth. What has happened today? This is not the Bill you brought. From the same amendments starting from Clause 1, Clause 2--- view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, on Clause 9, the amendment by Hon. Sakaja is not in any way different from the amendment withdrawn by Hon. Were. If you look at the amendments, you will realise that what we started with was directly for the youths of this country, directing their problems and how they can be helped register - all who are unemployed- maintaining and publish online including getting training. This is really the biggest problem that our youths have. What this amendment does is that it has become a general employment Bill. That is not going to give the youth ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I oppose this. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, my concern is how many amendments to a Bill will necessitate our needing a new Bill instead of amending what was there. We have been having amendments consistently. Members have been expressing their 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
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: concerns. The Bill we are passing today is totally different from the Bill that was brought to this House by Hon. Sakaja, which we debated during the Second Reading stage. I want your guidance. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also must congratulate the Member. We now have, at least, an Act on employment. But I still think that there is nothing wrong with taking a specific group of people, particularly the youth and addressing their problem. There are many areas where we make “cutoffs” for even children. So, the youth would have needed a very specific action. But all said and done, it is a good thing. But, in a way, there has been a little loss. view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I always stick to my side. I rise to support this Bill for the simple reason that it actually underlies two very important principles. One principle is the use of science and technology in supporting our life as people. Different cadres exist in any profession and their roles are complementary. Scientists develop scientific principles and engineers take the scientific principles and design things to help us in our lives. Then the technologists make them. They actually work together. However, it raises the issues whether we want to regulate the profession or the cadres. In ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: Right now, some of our children do not even want to be technologists and technicians. They think that these are not registered anywhere and must be a lower cadre. It is extremely important. Therefore, this Bill is necessary at this time. I support it because it gives all the relevance that you need in the regulation of any profession. It has created a Board in Part II. It has also put in place processes of the registration and licensing of people who are going to practice in this area in Parts III and IV. It has gone ahead to also ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is extremely important. However, as one Member has said and this happens, when this situation comes, it is quite easy for one cadre to just take an existing Bill and change the titles as you go along. That is not a reason to reject this and say that we just merely amend it. In the Third Reading, we need to go in carefully and do the appropriate amendments. For example, under definitions, you find the definition of “consulting engineering technologists.” If that definition is not done properly, it will create a lot of conflicts between ... view