Dr. James Nyikal

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• 4 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
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I put some opinion earlier but in all, I congratulate hon. Kaluma for bringing this. Infact, this Bill which is now going to be an Act has brought clarity in terms of parental responsibility. We will not have to indulge a lot in seeking negotiations and other ways before parents, particularly men take responsibility. That is a good way. However, as I indicated earlier, there is an area that even as we are going on with this debate still seems to be grey for other people. That is the difference between custody and parental ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: their mothers unless there are conditions that make the mothers incapable of doing that. That will probably be taken up later.For this part, I support the Bill. view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Wamunyinyi has brought out the role. The sugar industry is the mainstay of the people of the region where sugarcane is grown as bad as it is. Huge tracks of land are in the hands of those companies. People cannot even produce food. We also know that there is a huge unsatisfiable market of sugar yet these companies cannot make profits. view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: We are saying that there is high cost of production and poor management. The truth is that the people involved are corrupt. The feeling that corruption is in Government and not in the private sector is a fallacy. The biggest enterprises before Independence, the Kenya Railways and even the public transport in this city, were actually partially owned by the Government. Even in the developed world, there are certain industries that the Government must have a stake in; for example, public transport. So, we must not run away from our responsibility of fighting corruption and put things in the private ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Kenya benefit? Kenya is very rich now but the majority of Kenyans – over 50 per cent – are poor. This is because we think privatisation will cause the trickle-down effect. It does not get to the people. When I went to university, I did not pay school fees but the per capita income of this country was lower than it is now. The per capita income is now higher but we cannot even pay school fees for our children because we have put everything in the private sector. The companies are heavily indebted. We are not asking ourselves what ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order. The sugar industry is a big one and the companies named here are large companies with huge tracts of land. Many of us particularly those who come from those areas know the pain which farmers have gone through. To merely say that privatising the companies will solve the problem and yet we already hear that MSC went through that, and it was not the solution, is not proper. Most of the Members are probably seeing the Report now. I, therefore plead with you that Members are given more time ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. Procurement is, perhaps, the single most important function in Government, particularly as it refers to development. We often cry and make a lot of noise that there is lack of absorption of funds that are provided for development in this country. The single most important function that is responsible for that is procurement. In development, there is no other means through which development is carried out using Government funds except through procurement. Whatever we want to do, whether it is services, goods or ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: whole procurement process was, perhaps, deliberately intended to benefit some people. However, there you are. That is what happened. On the other side of the coin, the procurement process has also been used to bankrupt businesses, sometimes, purposely. So, this Bill has come at the right time. Being a Bill that is time-limited in terms of the implementation of the Constitution, I find it appropriate. I like this Bill because, for example, in Clause 2, it defines what a procurement entity is. From my past life, just the definition of who should do procurement and, therefore, spend public money was ... view