Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: There were many parts of this Bill that needed not to be there because they were picked from other laws that are in existence. My concern is that the publication scrutiny process in our system did not work well. This came from the Attorney General’s Office; it went through the Law Reform Commission and the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution. How is it that the Bill went through all these bodies and the flaws were not noticed? Therefore, I would like to call upon the Committee and the Chairman in particular, to get that part strengthened by drawing ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to oppose the Motion as it is. Ranking in principle is good for competition. However, that competition must be on a level playing ground. Internationally, there are ranking criteria in place. Universities are ranked, but we look at the criteria that are put in place. We should look at the infrastructure, extra- curricular activities and the student to teacher ratio. You cannot take a school where the student to teacher ratio is almost 1:1 and rank it with a school where the student to teacher ratio is 1:20. That does not work. ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: 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
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we know of schools which force children out of schools if they do not attain a certain grade. This is merely because they will bring the ranking of the school down. In the end, we come out with products of rote learning. We cannot allow the ranking as it is. I had an amendment that was shot down, and I wonder why, where we must take into consideration all the factors. We should look at the infrastructure, laboratories, extra-curricular infrastructure, history of discipline and performance of the school. If any of us wants to take a ... view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Hon. Speaker, the new Constitution gives this House the power of budget- making and not just passing Budgets as before. In a way, the Constitution also gives this House, particularly the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the power of the purse. This is a 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
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: double-edged privilege that we have to look at very carefully. However, I must congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee – where I belong – for the hard work they did last week, culminating in getting an amicable way of resolving the issue of public hearings. Hon. Speaker, I do not want to repeat what has been said but I have three issues that I want to raise. One is the realisation of the Committee and this House that we need to put more money in the institutions of governance that deal with corruption; namely, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the ... view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: we have particularly for old people where I would recommend that we increase the age and cover everybody beyond that age limit. That will take us a long way. The Uwezo Fund where we have also put more money is an important adjunct to these social safety nets because it makes both the youth and the women able to indulge in economic activity and, therefore, support themselves. However, as it is now, the structure of Uwezo Fund, particularly for repayment, is not adequate and unless we put those structures in place, the money we have put in Uwezo Fund may ... view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also agree with the first part of these amendments “a” and “b” but as regards “c” “d” and “e” I do not. The whole issue about this Bill is protecting people who are suffering under 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
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: domestic violence. For a long time, domestic violence has been considered as an internal or a family thing. Therefore, people may know and neighbours may know that something is going wrong; children suffer, women suffer and other people suffer but nobody does anything. If you remove that, then you are removing the impetus for those who have information to give it and protect and save people who are suffering. So I oppose the others except “a” and “b”. view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is not just reordering. The Children’s Officer and the church have been excluded. That is what I note there. The whole essence of this Bill is to provide that as much protection is given and as many people as possible, who are responsible, if they have the opportunity to report the matter, should report it. Many times many children are suffering. They are brought to you when they are injured and bartered and some people had information and nobody said anything. The original version gave more protection to a child than what we are trying ... view