Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The other issue that we noted as a Committee, and that I think we need to take up, is the issue of lack of synchronization of reports when they are brought to this House, particularly this particular Budget Policy Statement. It is not synchronized with what is happening in the counties. We know this policy statement will lead to the Division of Revenue Bill. I think, either through the Senate or whatever route we will take, it is important to synchronize the two processes, so that the process at the county and the process here work in a synchronized way. ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: not look at them--- In fact, we suggested that we actually need to do a survey of all the sectors where there was--- view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I stand to support this Motion. I must start by expressing my appreciation to the Committee – to which I am a Member - and the leadership of our Chair. It was hard work and one of the reasons that have been noted is that we got the Report late. I think that has been said as an extremely important point. That may account for some of the shortcomings that have been expressed by several Members here. The other issue that we noted as a Committee ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Fund that we are putting in place cannot assist them. The youth are not using the youth funds basically because they do not have any skills to enable them do so. So, I think that setting aside money for polytechnics where we will give those youths skills, do capacity building and show them how they can utilize the resources that the Government has made available to better their welfare is an important thing. I also support the need to support the health sector, especially the Level Five Hospitals and maternity services. Something is happening in this country and we have ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: this. But I think we must move towards the required 15 per cent. The highest this country has ever gone is 8 per cent; we can show clearly that, between 2003 and 2008, when we put 8 per cent of our Budget into the health sector, we actually had a significant reduction in the health problems. The infant mortality rate went down, the under-five year mortality rate went down and the only thing that did not go down was maternal mortality. That needs more funding - particularly at Level Five Hospitals. That is something that, as a country, we must ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What happened today is deplorable and sad. All principles of governance on either side were broken. The issue of arbitrary taxation without participation is the problem. But taking law into their hands by the matatu people is similarly bad. When an issue like this comes, instead of seeing it as national problem we start having ethnic issues and political issues; the problem is that Nairobi City does not have public transport. The matatu industry is inefficient and it cannot provide transport to the people of Nairobi. Some hon. Members may be young and may ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the money is there. Every evening when you move in this town, you find thousands of people stranded. I am sure each of them has Kshs50 or Kshs100 and they are willing to pay. All we need to do is get some money or borrow some money--- view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me repeat the last point. There is money; we do not need money from anywhere. All we need to do is to borrow. Thousands of people have money in their pockets but we have chosen an inefficient and unruly system. We can borrow money and develop public transport and even go back to the levels we had in the early 1970s. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: This is a wakeup call for us and there is no need to take blame and make it political or ethnic. We must just develop transport for this City. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we must look at this in the context of the Constitution. The Constitution invites that for any public activity, there should be public participation. As it is now, the council can do it in any way they like. We know that in this country we have had complaints that when people are given positions, they start picking their friends and relatives. Therefore, I support the amendment. view