Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me now come to the context. I am not a lawyer, but this thing violates basic principles. Lawyers will say their laws, cite the Constitution, and eventually guide us on this matter. This thing violates the principle of representation. We are talking about regulatory boards. The Leader of the Majority Party was right that they are regulatory boards and also management boards. We have regulatory boards like the Nursing Council, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists’ Council and management boards like KEMSA and NHIF. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: the Committee points they would agree on. The Ministry came with some points that were purportedly agreed on. What then surprised the Committee is that all the bodies started saying they did not know anything about those things. To that extent, and in my view as a Member of the Committee, that public participation was a sham and I blame the Ministry for it. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me now come to the context. I am not a lawyer, but this thing violates basic principles. Lawyers will say their laws, cite the Constitution, and eventually guide us on this matter. This thing violates the principle of representation. We are talking about regulatory boards. The Leader of the Majority Party was right that they are regulatory boards and also management boards. We have regulatory boards like the Nursing Council, the Medical and Dentists’ Council and management boards like the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) and the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). Now, when we come to ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Now, when we come to regulatory boards, you find that the representatives of the various professions are appointed by the Cabinet Secretary. In fact, if you read all of them, they are Principal Secretaries and then, I think, there are three people appointed by the Cabinet Secretary. Therefore, the professionals that are the stakeholders are not represented. Obviously, those people appointed in that manner will have their allegiance to the Cabinet Secretary and not to the interest of the profession. I think there is something wrong with that constitutionally in terms of representation. Hon. Speaker, there is another issue that ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Director of Agriculture. If you start saying that in certain bodies you do not need those technical people, then what is the source of your information? The other day we said that we do not need the Director-General in the Board of the National Hospital Insurance Fund and yet all the money that is being collected is used to purchase health. Who is going to advice that body on what health to purchase? view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have heard you. The last point is that whereas we have this Bill that will become the Health Act, all these amendments we are making could have been corrected by that. Maybe that would fall in the same area. I started by saying that I am not a constitutional lawyer, but I can see the biggest issue we have here is that all the professionals and many other stakeholders including various unions feel they have not been represented. I may have gone beyond that, but whatever we do, whether we bring it and kill it as Hon. ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have heard you. The last point is that whereas we have this Bill that will become the Health Act, all these amendments we are making could have been corrected by that. Maybe that would fall in the same area. I started by saying that I am not a constitutional lawyer, but I can see the biggest issue we have here is that all the professionals and many other stakeholders including various unions feel they have not been represented. I may have gone beyond that, but whatever we do, whether we bring it and kill it as Hon. ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The objective of this Bill is very clear and specific; it seeks to remove the requirement that has financial implication at the time of applying for jobs. There are many requirements, and although they are in line with the Constitution, particularly Chapter 6, they have become a hindrance and a roadblock to people applying for jobs. For example, you need a certificate from the KRA to determine if you are tax-compliant; a certificate from the police of good standing; a certificate from CRB, a ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: is virtual and they cannot participate. So, it is very important that when we develop and implement policies and laws, we must look their implications. That is the greatest message out of this Bill. However, the real issue with employment is that we have to create jobs. The issues we were considering in the BBI process – like creating the youth council and providing tax reliefs – are extremely important. Whatever our party or political alignment, we must agree. We can call the models anything – bottom-up and so on – but the question is: do we create jobs for ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I think the Leader of the Majority Party has made the point I was to make that the advice was specific. We must know that whenever the CS who has a national function in policy is advised, that policy should go down even to the county governments and so I agree with him. view