Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this. I rise to support the Bill. The objective of the Bill is to provide a framework to balance the interests of landlords and tenants in a free market economy. This is an area where, to a large extent, tenants have suffered. Whereas it is the right of the landlords to invest and get returns for their investments, it is equally the right of tenants to enjoy peaceful habitation. However, that has not been so. There has been an overall tendency that as much as landlords have been ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: What I really like again about this Bill is the clarity of the definitions. When it comes to tenancy, it clearly says whether it is a composite tenancy or service charged tenancy. All those are taken care of. When it comes to rent, it is quite clear. It defines the type of rent we are talking about, for instance, fair rent. It takes into consideration the environment in which the premises are, whether it is domestic premise or a business premise. All those come out very clearly. It also brings a clear distinction, which probably will have to look into ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. This is a great opportunity for us to get into agreement with the USA so that their cargo airline FedEx sets-up base here. This does not mean there will only be increased transport between here and the USA, but also a lot of transport from Kenya to other parts 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
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: of Africa. A lot of cargo from USA into the rest of Africa is likely to pass through here. In all ways, this is an opportunity that Kenya should seize. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: It is also clear this has been approved by the Cabinet and it is in line with the Constitution. It is also an acknowledgement that our systems including security systems are good enough. We know how the Americans are fastidious and if they feel safe to operate from here, I think it is a pat on our backs because we have improved our security systems. If you look at the state of air travel between Africa and the USA, it is tedious because many times people have to go to Europe and then go to the USA. I am sure ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: It is our hope that this is happening with cargo and next will be passenger transport. You know they have huge airlines and if they start operating here, this will be a great thing that will improve our businesses. We know financial repartition from the USA into Kenya is one of our biggest incomes. For the people who are there, I am sure if there is easy movement of goods, there will be a lot of business between us. We are in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) agreement and this will make it possible for us to have ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is a small point which is important. It arises from what Dr. Oundo was saying which is to stabilise income for farmers. Now, (a) says that 15 per cent shall be applied for the board for income or… I am unhappy with “or” because of what we have just seen with the Petroleum Levy where the money was used for something else. Here we are saying that it is the income of the board and it may choose whether to stabilise the farmers or not. It is important because under (b), the board still gets ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I would like to contribute to this debate because I qualify as one of the older persons. If you are above 60, you are, in fact, in that age set. Secondly, I have had experience with the African Charter, but I know we also have the UN Charter. To some extent, we are party to those charters and we have not really gone into the African Charter. I think it is long overdue. It is sad to hear from Hon. Millie that very few African countries have signed this ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: people can be gainfully employed or active in employment as part of living. This is because if you are not in active employment or anything active, you cannot do that. In Kenya, we must sign this Agreement because structurally, we have programmes. We have the law for PWDs in respect of which we just implemented the access aspect of it, including sign language, lifts and buildings that are accessible to PWDs. Those are the things that we have. In the public transport sector, we have not done so, but it is something we can do. Then we have stipends for ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: No, it is trivial, but the amendment is talking of safety and health standards for food handlers. We are then just talking of food handlers. Is that what we mean, or is it for food and food handlers? What if it says it is food handlers so that the standards are set for food handlers? What it means is that the people who are handling the sugar are the people who will be tested. What about the health standards for the sugar itself? view