Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order, No. 127(5) regarding committee reports before debates on Bills. We have just laid on the Table two committee reports that relate to what we are going to discuss under Order No. 8 on the Order Paper. This is an extremely important Bill. It is an important matter for the country; I have raised this matter severally. Members should get the reports on time, but now the report has just been laid on the Table. We have not had time to look at them. We are being told to go and get ... view
• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that was not my point. view
• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that was not my point. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I think you are addressing two different issues. In one case, you are addressing technical competence but when you talk of Chapter Six, you are talking more of issues of integrity. I do not know whether the Society expects any level of competence in the secretary who is running the affairs or all that they require is somebody of integrity. If I were a lawyer, I would have insisted that this be there because this is--- In fact you need both; a technically qualified person to run it and also a person of integrity. So, I ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I think you are addressing two different issues. In one case, you are addressing technical competence but when you talk of Chapter Six, you are talking more of issues of integrity. I do not know whether the Society expects any level of competence in the secretary who is running the affairs or all that they require is somebody of integrity. If I were a lawyer, I would have insisted that this be there because this is--- In fact you need both; a technically qualified person to run it and also a person of integrity. So, I ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. As we go home on recess, there are only three issues that I would like to raise that I have observed. One is the issue of processes regarding the work of the Committees in line with Article 127 of the Constitution. I know hon. Speaker that, more than once, you have ruled against that. We have come here to discuss issues when we do not have the reports of the committees. My observation is that in committees, people tend to be less partisan. They observe facts and are more rational. Better ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The other point on the Bill we have just passed is this: I am still convinced from my experience that we have a problem of structures and administration when we pass laws. I have seen it with the implementation of the Constitution. I am seeing it with the structural changes we have made in the security system. It is important that we sit down. Even if we pass this law and we do not look at those structures, we will still have a problem. We must look at the administration and structures once the law has been put in place. ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also congratulate the hon. Member and support his petition. I want to say that we are in a crisis in terms of security in this country, but my concern is that we are having a lot of knee jerk reactions here and there. I know we want to change the law and we are hurrying through that. In my view, we have not comprehensively looked at the issue of security. We talk of the National Police Service, the National Police Service Commission, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and ... view