Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this Motion. This is an extremely important Motion, in my view, because it addresses the needs of needy and poor students. Any nation that cannot take care of its poor and vulnerable people is not worth being called a nation. We have realized that in this country. Our Constitution takes care of the vulnerable people and the leading cause of vulnerability is poverty. You find that in Articles 43, 54 on disability and 53 on children and orphans. Before that, there are many Government programmes, about eleven, ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to second this Motion. The issue of healthcare in Kenya is a major one. I know we have made efforts but I am also certain that we have not made adequate efforts. The most important aspect of healthcare is health human resource. You could be digital but in the healthcare, a lot of work is still done by human hands and human skill. In this country, the funding of healthcare has not really met the needs of the population. The proportion of the Budget that goes to health has remained ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have just declared ourselves a country that we will have free maternal care. That should have happened many years back. I have always pushed for better funding in health, but we respond a little and then go backwards. It is perhaps not easy for us to realize that you cannot calculate in financial terms the benefits of good health. However, the economists here will tell you that the economy grows with better improvement of the health of the population. So, we must really look into this area of our social sector. view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I know that the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health is very uncomfortable with the current Budget because large allocations were required in the health sector. The Budget deficit for the Recurrent Expenditure in the Ministry of Health was over Kshs40 billion. This is the case, yet we need a lot of money for the free maternal services and to employ more medical personnel to man the facilities that we have put up using the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). Many facilities have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: been put up but they are lying idle. What is the point of constructing a building and nobody works in it? view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Last weekend, I was taken through four facilities in my constituency that have been built in the last three or four years, but that are not manned. I think this is the same case across the country. We must, as a country, start looking at health as an investment from which we get the best returns. I can tell you that the financial returns that we value are far much lower compared to the benefits of good health. In any case, how will you enjoy whatever material things you get if you are not in good health? The shortage of ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: We have said that we will have free maternity care, and my friend, Hon. Ochieng, has said that most deliveries occur at night and you know that their maturity is exactly after nine months. So, if the nine months start at night, surely they will end at night. If we do not have enough staff--- Of all the indexes that we have in health, the one that has not improved is maternal death. view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: In 2003, we had 414 deaths in every 10,000 mothers who delivered in the year, but now we are at over 440. We cannot afford to have women die when they are doing the most important thing in life. Is there a better achievement in life than having a baby? 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
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: There is none. Why should you die while you are doing that? The people we need most in this area are nurses and clinical officers, who will man our health facilities. We have no option but to put more money into the Ministry of Health. view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to second this Motion. The issue of healthcare in Kenya is a major one. I know we have made efforts but I am also certain that we have not made adequate efforts. The most important aspect of healthcare is health human resource. You could be digital but in the healthcare, a lot of work is still done by human hands and human skill. In this country, the funding of healthcare has not really met the needs of the population. The proportion of the Budget that goes to health has remained ... view