Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will go by my observations. It is true; we put all those bodies in place. We talk about it every day, but what has really happened? How many times have we seen serious action being taken? Has corruption gone down? That is my interpretation. If the hon. Member sees it differently, that is his observation. In any case, Transparency International (TI) has always ranked us very high in terms of corruption. So, it may not be my view alone. Well, I agree that corruption is a vice that we must fight. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to address this issue. I stand to support this Motion purely because it is important to this country. I will later on address the issue of whether there is duplication or not. Road safety is an important issue and what we are dealing with here are the lives and the health of people. I am getting really surprised that I am seeing a division that is becoming partisan when we are talking of people’s lives. This must be discouraged at any time. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: When an accident occurs and people die, it does not matter which party, Committee or coalition you belong to. You die. I say this with experience. Before the “ Michuki Rules ” and after, when I was the Director of Medical Services, we saw the impact of accidents and people dying like you saw yesterday. It is not just that people are dying. I do not have the numbers here, but the disease burdern that it brings to the country and the amount of money that is used to treat these people is enormous. People have argued here that we ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Even after people have been treated, you remain with a huge amount of disability. If you go to the Spinal Injury Unit--- view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as the Members are lobbying and consulting, let us for once be guided by the well-being of Kenyans. If you go to the Spinal Injury Unit, 90 per cent of the patients are as a result of road traffic accidents. We have had Ministries working on this before and Committees set up before, but the problem has persisted. So, having just another Committee looking at it, I do not think is a problem at all. Even in this House, we have Members who can attest to the problem of road traffic accidents. We have people on wheelchairs ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: issue is well known. We are far behind Uganda where they have addressed the issue of injuries from the boda bodas accidents. In fact, in many countries, the boda boda riders are referred to as organ donors because when they are involved in accidents, many people die because of brain injuries, yet the body is still functioning. So, in many places, when their brains are dead, the organs are taken. We do not want to have a situation where we have organ donors because the brain has died while the rest of the body is still functional. We must put ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Even the owners of the matatus cannot benefit from them because they have been taken over by gangs. When we had the “ Michuki Rules ”, I was amazed as the Director of Medical Services by the drop in the number of accident cases, particularly in Nakuru, Naivasha and Voi. Do we need any more evidence that we need to control traffic or we need something drastic to be done? We saved a huge amount of money at that time. I can get the data later on. Alcohol also contributes to these accidents. Some of you may have seen me ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: difference? In fact, you cannot cover 50 kilometres or 100 kilometres before you see traffic police officers wearing yellow jackets. Has this changed anything? So, we must go deep into this matter; that is the matter of corruption, the way we design our roads and all these things. As to whether this is duplication or not, I think we should not see this and say that it is one coalition trying to outdo the other coalition. There is nothing with hon. Nyokabi being in this Committee. I do not think that she needed to consult somebody. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I appeal to my colleagues that if this Committee sits and there is--- view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to end my contribution by saying that if the other Committee is there, they will work together. With those remarks, I beg to support this Motion. view