Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2961 to 2970 of 3161.

• 4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: In the previous Constitution--- We know that very many major changes were made in the last regime through miscellaneous amendments Bills, and so I would suggest that in future we should even get a way of really getting rid of miscellaneous amendments; if it must be there then it really must be confined to what is explained as minor amendments that do not effect basic changes in Acts. We have the issue of gender in the police force, the granting of bail, and parole to people in prisons; all these are in these amendments. The issue of the Salaries and ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I have sort of come in. I thought that what has just been said is, maybe, accidently killing wildlife. There are other sins that probably may be worse than this and they are imprisoned for 15 years in jail for that kind of offence. Therefore, I would propose that it remains the original version. I am not a lawyer, but I do not know who-- view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not know whether I will take you back or whether you may need to recommit the clause. When poisonous snakes were mentioned, I wondered what happens to pythons because they can cause quite a lot of harm and they are --- view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: That was in the Third Schedule, where we were discussing about snakes. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: But what the amendment indicates is that compensation is only for poisonous snakes. So, if you put poisonous snakes then you cannot be compensated for python injury. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Yes it is not, and therefore instead of the word “snakes,” you put “poisonous snakes”, and this excludes pythons. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: That I know. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we said that we leave some parts to go to regulation. If we do not know what people may want to farm, why do we then take the precaution? view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: My party is dealing with it, would it not be possible to make an amendment which says that, that shall be in regulation; a simple statement like that instead of putting a long list? view