Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Back to the point, I stand to support this amendment which seeks to make it easy for political parties, including small ones, to get support from the taxpayers’ funds. Political parties are the main instruments of democracy. Facilitating participation of the people in a democracy, in a structured manner, brings results and orderly governance. That being the case, there is need for free and full ownership of the parties by the Members, so that they can express their sovereign rights as expressed in Article1 of our Constitution. The only way the people can own political parties is if they themselves ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that ownership gives strength to the parties--- view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I now see and I will continue seeing. view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Free ownership of political parties by the people, through their taxes, is critical in the functioning of a democracy. The other alternative that we have used is that parties have been funded by wealthy individuals, by contributors, including external contributors. The result has been domination of political parties by individuals who contribute large sums of money. In a way, even those Members who are not well endowed with funds feel excluded, and therefore cannot participate fully. In the end, this results in ownership of political parties by individuals, who become dictators within such parties. Many a times you never know, ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Political parties should have finances, so that they can have proper structures that are manned by personnel who are neither volunteers nor hiring of wealthy party members. That will result in proper management of the parties and will separate the management of party matters from the political affairs of the party. Some Members may wonder whether there is a distinction. I personally believe that there is a clear distinction between political party activities and management of parties. Parties are organizations like any other organisation that should be managed professionally. That can only be done if funds are available to be ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: If we have such structures, it will be possible for parties to conduct proper primaries. A Member has just indicated that he was denied nomination, and he felt very bad. Definitely, if there are people who financially own the parties they will seek to give nomination to the people they feel will support them regardless of their abilities. I can see that the Leader of the Majority Party agrees with me. I am sure he realises that this is a cross-cutting matter all over the world. Therefore, we must encourage that parties get their resources from the people, through the ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: For those reasons, I support these amendments. view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I have had a very painful consideration of this matter. I am surprised that we are treating a matter of this importance and historical significance in the manner in which we are treating it. Let me start by congratulating Hon. Odanga and appreciating his courage for giving us the first test of a provision of the new Constitution on impeachment of CSs. I want to look at the issues that have been put before us. One that seems to be everywhere is arrogance. I agree that ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: We have heard of the issue of integrity. I have not really heard any point put forward touching on a matter of integrity as we know it. We have talked here of the issue of the laptops. On this one I want to say something to both sides of the House, that we must start to distinguish politics from the realities of life. I have said here many times that democracy, or the tyranny of numbers, cannot control science. Even when we passed the laptop issue it was clear to all of us that this was something that could not ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: We have talked of regulations. For the short time I have been here, I have known that in Acts of Parliament and other issues we have public participation, but with regulations it is an arguable matter. I have looked at those regulations. The process aside, they tend to address some of the issues which we are accusing Prof. Kaimenyi of. view