Dr. James Nyikal

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• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Isolation centres where people can be treated should also be established. This is important because the disease can be transmitted and spread from those centres. The centres must be well equipped to protect the people who are looking after those who are infected with Ebola . As you probably know, a number of health workers have already died across the world because of this disease. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, importantly again, we expect from the Ministry a good system of contact tracing so that anybody who has been in touch with the person who is suspected to be infected with ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: However, even if the Ministry is well prepared and I hope they are, it is extremely important that there is public information so that, first, people know how to protect themselves and they feel safe. We should also allay anxiety in people. This is because we are hearing about bodies being treated with chloric acid. People need that information to allay anxiety and avoid stigmatization within the country and outside. So, if we have any problem, we should know early and people are not treated in a way that makes the situation worse. We must have information on a weekly ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 21 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 21 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill which is long overdue. view
• 21 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: This country has really suffered. Financial institutions have come up, parastatals and corporate bodies have lost out in investments because of lack of proper advice. People have come out to advise them, but in the long-run, it has turned out that they did not get proper advice, the public and the country at large has lost large sums of money. Therefore, we need to set up this institution so that like any other profession, professionals in this field are guided by a body of knowledge, code of conduct and etiquette. In the financial sector, this is perhaps needed more than ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this. There is no doubt that in this country today, there is need for a fund that we can call a fund for all ages and all sexes. I think the affirmative action that brought into being the other funds that are in place now is good. It was well intended but the time has come that we must realize that unless something is done, they will look discriminatory. The Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF), the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), Uwezo Fund and Kazi kwa ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: too expensive. The process is too tortuous and some people are seriously just afraid of going into the banks. In my view, these are people who are hard working; you can see the work they are doing. They are enterprising and if we can look at them and develop small enterprises, cottage industries, these people can make a contribution to this country. In my mind, it is only the small enterprises and the cottage industries in the rural areas that will address the problem of unemployment and rural poverty. In the rural areas, people are very enterprising in very many ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think hon. Sakaja is executing an argument and pretending that it is a point of order. You have said correctly. What we are saying is access to all people. That is totally different from saying all people will get. Even the YEDF and the WEDF, we know that all cannot get it but it cannot be that certain people are locked out of this funding. Therefore, we know that you will not give to all people but whatever is there, there is no single group that can be told that they cannot get something because ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was just saying that in the agricultural industry, horticulture, dairy, poultry and even the boda boda not all people are between 18 and 35 years. There are some who are older than that and they keep asking where they belong. So, I support this Motion and I think we must go for either another fund or work towards a single fund that supports all people. I would call it a small enterprise support fund so that anybody who wishes to have funds, they can dip their hands into that fund. view