Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: In my mind, that is where the problem lies. The complexity of healthcare is such that we cannot rush it. I am not saying that we should remove healthcare from Schedule IV, which provides for devolution of healthcare to county governments, but we must plan how it is done. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I can only support this Bill with amendments. The most important thing to consider is taking into account the best interests of the child and custody. Think of a month-old or a day-old baby. If we say that both parents have equal rights, where will the custody of the baby be? If the two parents are not in agreement, what will happen to the child? We need to introduce amendments to take care of the interests of the child. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Having looked at the Committee’s proposals, having gone through the Bill and having experienced the many things that I have experienced in life, I support this Bill. Hon. Speaker, this is one of the three Bills that we have had which we think will stabilise the family unit in this country: The Marriage Bill and the Matrimonial Bill, which we passed; and this particular Bill. The consultations on this Bill have been the longest that I have seen. They started way back in 2005. The Bill came to Parliament, from where ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I prefer to be desired before I give because then I enjoy the participation of the other side. I have attended cases where the only reason as to why the man said they wanted to quit the marriage was because they were not enjoying those things, and that even when they were given it was done in such a way that they would as well have refused. We are just talking of emotional and psychological things. If you live in such a place, will you perform in Parliament? Even businesses have suffered because men are harassed. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Even women are being harassed. So, the development of an individual, be it a man or a woman, to a large extent, depends on harmony in the house. view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The problem I am seeing in this Bill is that most of us are looking at it as if all the ills that it is seeking to address are actually ills that are visited on women. Therefore, the interpretation in their minds is that this Bill is for women, because most of the ills we are talking about are visited on women. Thinking of it the other way round, there are men who are also suffering. So, I do not think we should look at this Bill in terms of a man and woman. Look at the children and the ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: “domestic” comes from. The bedroom is a very small bit of this Bill. It should not occupy us so much. When we talk about economic harassment, we must be realistic. I want to take it from the young men now that there are married women who are richer and sometimes older than them; they are literally enslaved. I can tell you, even you guys here, you cannot take that young man out of that place. They cry there and they are molested, but they do not come out. One woman said in a case I know, that: “Go and see ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: It cannot be just poverty. In many cases, they are well to do families. That is violence! How are we going to address that if we do not put anything in the law? We have known where a woman has killed all her five children and then killed herself. Men have done the same. These are the issues we want to address. Leave the usual and ordinary things. I am not a lawyer, but I know law is not made for the ordinary people who often follow the law. What they do daily actually conforms within the law because this ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: divorced, or the other way round, and the other spouse is married, the other one keeps making phone calls to them at night? What does your husband think if you are married and your former husband keeps making phone calls to you? You will be divorced! But he is doing it purposely to harass the family and you. Therefore, do you not think that this issue should not be considered in law? With regard to children, who will report when a child is suffering? The provision that somebody else can report is good. If you look at the people we ... view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Members, maybe you can listen to technical information because politics is over. Ebola is an extremely dangerous disease; that is for sure. Ebola kills very quickly. I 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