Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will mention the adoption of a Sessional Paper on social protection. This country needs to look at how we take care of the poor people, and the vulnerable amongst us. It is my hope that one day all Kenyans will have some stipend to live on, including those who are not employed. It is important to have this Adjournment Motion because we have the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), (Africa Region), meeting here. It shows Kenya is a great country, and it is bound to be great. There are two problems that we are must ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is an important piece of legislation that seeks to make appropriate amendments to other Acts that have been affected by the two important Bills we have just discussed: the Companies Bill and the Insolvency Bill. 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
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is true that the mainstay of the economy of any country is companies. It is the driving force in all the businesses and development we have in the country. Therefore, it was extremely important that the Bill that protects companies and ensures that companies are not used in corrupt ways, was passed. We are aware that many times before people started companies, they did what they wanted to do and immediately dissolved those companies, but the Bill we passed yesterday has made provisions for that. It is also a reality that insolvency occurs and companies ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. Let me start by saying that I support this Bill. The greatest irony in the world today is that the poorest people in the world live in potentially the richest part of the world. Africa, Kenya being part of it, has a great potential to generate wealth to industrialise. What has been lacking is focus in thought and strategies that can bring that into reality. This proposal about special economic zones is a step in the right direction. Certain areas of our country have special potential. Indeed, ... view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: We all know and accept that tourism is big at the Coast, Mara region and in our parks. We know that the sugar industry has the greatest potential in the western part of this country. We know that fish and fish products that can form great potential for export are at the Coast and Lake Victoria region. Never before have we come and said: “Look at special areas and see what 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
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: can be done.” When we were exploring, or giving out blocks in the Turkana area for oil--- We have been surprised by the potential that we are about to realise. view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Now we have a specific strategy in a Bill to develop an Authority whose focus will be to look at the different areas of Kenya and see what potential is there and then map these ones out into special economic zones; this is something that has such big potential that we must support. We will then create an enabling environment for the exploitation of the potentials in these areas. view
• 5 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The most important thing is that this will definitely increase productivity and create employment, particularly amongst the youth, where we have our greatest failure now. There is a large number of youth that we have in this country that cannot get a means of livelihood or, realise their potential in life. I appreciate and, therefore, support this Bill; perhaps, the most important aspect of it is the creation of this Authority that will work out the criteria for identifying and declaring zones as special. That Authority is in Part III, Clause 10. It will determine investment criteria, including investment threshold. ... view
• 4 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I am a very happy person today as you may know. I must congratulate the Committee and the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services for completing the work that we started in 2007 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
• 4 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is so dear to me and I beg you to just give me two more minutes. view