Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I guess it will be in law. This one specifically talks of a Children’s Officer. It does not mean the Director of Children’s Services, unless we talk of the Director of Children’s Services or his agent. So, the two should be left there. Again, looking at it with regard to the other people who have been included, it would be prudent to subject this to the court process. Children will not have an opportunity to speak for themselves. If we leave out the words “with leave of the court” it will be broader and acceptable. However, ... view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: If you say “The Director of Children’s Services”, will the Children’s Officer without getting permission from the Director actually--- view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: My fear is if I am a Children’s Officer in Siaya and I see something going on--- view
• 17 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Will I then appear in court? This is why I sought your legal guidance, please. If I appear in court, can I say that I am appearing here as the Director of Children’s Services? Secondly, with the issue of leave of court, I see two processes. One process is that you seek the leave of court and then you go and do the next. How many people, when they think they have something to do, will be discouraged by the simple fact that I have to first of all go and seek leave of court? Sometimes these things are so ... view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I support the further amendment by hon. Mwaura. I have had the experience of dealing with people with disabilities for a long time. Many times when the retirement age reaches, there are a lot of appeals and normally, they are on good grounds. In any case, our Constitution provides for affirmative action. In any society, if we look at persons with disabilities as not equally endowed as we are, it is a good principle. I support. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to appreciate what has gone on and the amendments that have been brought to the Persons with Disabilities Bill. The point I want to bring is that as we go on, there are many laws that we have that are not being fully implemented. With regard to persons with disabilities, as much as we are doing them one by one, we have done this. We have done the sign language and we have talked about buildings. These are the comprehensive ones. The Parliamentary Committee on disability should look at all of them. ... view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, my concern is about paragraph (e), which says “is a family member of that other person”. To my understanding, this Bill was not only dealing with persons in marriage. If all the paragraphs are deleted, the only one that will remain is paragraph (a). Therefore, the only valid relationship will be that of marriage. I am concerned because there will be children in households who can come to harm, and who may need protection. Therefore, I would like to be clear. If that is not the case, I would propose that paragraph (e) stays. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I start my contribution, I need a bit of your guidance. I wish to contribute to the Motion and at the end of that, I will move my amendment. Is that in order? view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, the Motion be amended as follows:- (i) Subject to deletion of the words “reverts to the ranking system” appearing immediately after the word “immediately” in line 10 and substituting thereof with the words “establishes a comprehensive ranking system with clear criteria”; and, (ii) Subject to insertion of the following new words immediately after the closing bracket at the end of the word “KCSE” in the last line: “The ranking system should take into consideration the recommendations of the reports of various task-forces on education in this country.” I seek those amendments ... view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is leading to and supporting my amendment. view