Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: We can keep the word, “medical geneticist”. It will make the amendment more clear than it is. view
• 11 May 2022 in National Assembly: This is a technical term. If we say, “a medical geneticist” there are even plant geneticists. So, if we use the term, “medical geneticist” in their consultation, it may come back with the same. If we start defining terms, we may find ourselves in a similar situation, when we say an engineer, we may want to define an engineer. But that is defined elsewhere. Let us leave it as “medical geneticist” and it will give it a good cover. view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is an extremely important Bill for this country. I know that we already have an Act of 2014 that deals with matters of disability. Apart from this Bill strengthening that Act, it aligns it 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
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: with the new requirements that arise from Article 54 of our current Constitution. It aligns the Act with the Constitution. All the issues that relate to disability are, in one way or another, linked to access. The problems of disability in this country are big. We have about 1.5 million to 2 million people that have one form of disability or another. These are members of our society that we must look after and treat with dignity in all ways, despite their disability. This has not been possible. There are cases where PWDs have been hidden from the society, therefore, ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: This Bill rightly links the counties. The Mover, the Leader of the Majority Party, indicated that it may take the Bill to the Senate if we bring in those. Probably, we will have to look at that, but that is a very important function. Even if we exclude them because we want the Bill to pass, we must later on have amendments that will bring them up because PWDs live in the counties. So, the convenience of us passing the Bill should not surpass the convenience of getting the right thing done. This Bill has created a Schedule. Schedule One ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Motion. There are times that we must look at the interests of the country. In reality, under the current Constitution, we have Parliament and the presidency. All Members of Parliament are supposed to keep the Government in check, not just the Opposition. The assumption that if you are in the party that the President is in, then you must always side with the Government, is not the case. That is the current constitutional arrangement. Above the bigger picture happening since yesterday is that this House needs to harmonise its calendar with ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Mover, Hon. Martin Owino, I beg to move that the Community Health Workers Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.30 of 2020), be now read the Third Time. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Let me first of all start by congratulating Hon. Owino for bringing this Bill. I also thank Members for supporting it. This is going to be a historic Bill because for once, we are going to establish a legal framework for the community health worker as part of the workforce in the health sector. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Community health workers in reality have existed from time immemorial. Communities have always had people amongst them who supported those who needed healthcare. However, in the current circumstances, we have the community health workers, a policy and structures in place, but without a legal framework to support them. This is what this Bill is going to do. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: It is also historic because the first Kenyan to bring up the issue of community health workers into the health sector, Prof. Miriam Were, is now a Nobel Prize nominee basically on the basis of this work. So, it is an extremely important Bill. I am happy that Members supported the Second Reading. I am, therefore, bringing it for the Third Reading. view