Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: it was at the time. Because of the slow progress of the disease itself--- When the first diagnosis was made, a large number of people in this country were already affected. Because of its multi-sectoral nature, all aspects of the society were affected. In terms of human resource, we lost many qualified people like teachers, doctors, nurses and others. It had a marked effect on the agricultural sector. It had a marked effect in all areas. The national response at the time was to recognize the multi-sectoral nature of the epidemic. It was also feared that HIV/AIDS was a contagious ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The challenge we had at the time, was that the response was purely prevention. That is because there was very little in terms of treatment. Things have changed a lot and now we have fairly effective ways of ameliorating the effects of HIV/AIDS. The people who are on drugs do live a fairly normal life. As late as 2003, we had less than 10,000 people in this country who were on treatment for HIV/AIDS and, basically, no children and yet, they were affected. Now, we are talking of over probably 3,000 figures or a lot more. But, by the end ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: So, a lot of impact has been there and the response, through NACC, has attempted for the first time to put in place institutions that will guide the response of this. It had Constituency Heads of Control Council that we have today. On top of that, in every Ministry and Department, we had AIDS Control Units. The other functions that were extremely important were to get all the multiple stakeholders in terms of funding and implementation to actually operate in a coordinated manner. I think we have made a lot of progress. We have come from prevalence of about 14 ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Of course, there are areas like western parts of Kenya that are still very highly affected. A lot has been done by NACC, but there have been issues of appointment of members, the control of funds, coordination of implementers and coordination of funding. Again, it was actually established through a legal notice as far as I know. So, in my mind, when we now come to have an Act of Parliament that puts in place an Authority, that is something that we need to support. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Let me say one thing. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Now, if we have an Authority that is established by an Act of Parliament, I think it will strengthen the structures that already exist. But, most importantly, the Bill as seen in the Committee will actually introduce an amendment so that we have a fund that does not exist in this country. We have asked for it for many years and, therefore, the funding has been to a large extent by donors. I think that is thoroughly inadequate. The donors are now withdrawing and, therefore, it is important that we put in place a ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The other issue that you have raised is on the devolution that we have of health and the new Constitution. It is important that we do harmonize the functions of this Authority with those that are at the county level, so that we streamline all those functions. I would actually even propose that we have a special levy, because the amount of money needed is colossal and it has all been coming from donors. We must have some levies, so that we can raise the funds locally. This was foreseen five years ago. We have not moved and, if the ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 24 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I did not stand, but I voted “Ayes”. view
• 24 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I stand on Standing Order No.107 on disorderly conduct. First of all, I want to thank the Members of Parliament today for taking into consideration the needs of this country. The Leader of Majority Party has a significant responsibility to this country. He is the face of the Government. Therefore, it is not in order for the Leader of Majority Party, from time to time, to make statements and insinuations that incite people. I have said many times here that, maybe, I am not old enough in politics to be heard, but I want to say here today, as I ... view