Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3131 to 3140 of 3161.

• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: We cannot afford to train staff, particularly doctors and nurses, for other countries. There are countries in Southern Africa where the population of doctors is enough to run a whole district. Our nurses take care of the aged in Europe and in the United States of America. 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: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second this Motion and we must wake up to the reality of the importance of healthcare in this country. 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 been put up but they are lying idle. What is the point of constructing a building and ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity. I must start by congratulating Hon. (Ms.) Juma for this. May I just say this: Neglect of the youth and youth unemployment is perhaps the greatest threat to development of this country? At the time of Independence, we said we had three enemies; ignorance, disease and poverty. I know over time we have added two; corruption and tribalism and unless we do something, we are going to have a sixth one which is neglect and unemployment amongst the youth. We seem like we are scared. We treat the issues ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity. I must start by congratulating Hon. (Ms.) Juma for this. May I just say this: Neglect of the youth and youth unemployment is perhaps the greatest threat to development of this country? At the time of Independence, we said we had three enemies; ignorance, disease and poverty. I know over time we have added two; corruption and tribalism and unless we do something, we are going to have a sixth one which is neglect and unemployment amongst the youth. We seem like we are scared. We treat the issues ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity. I must start by congratulating Hon. (Ms.) Juma for this. May I just say this: Neglect of the youth and youth unemployment is perhaps the greatest threat to development of this country? At the time of Independence, we said we had three enemies; ignorance, disease and poverty. I know over time we have added two; corruption and tribalism and unless we do something, we are going to have a sixth one which is neglect and unemployment amongst the youth. We seem like we are scared. We treat the issues ... view
• 6 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. Let me also take this opportunity to appreciate the work of our Chairman and the whole Committee. He drove us hard. We worked up to midnight last night and it reminded me of my days when I used to receive babies in hospitals at any time. view
• 6 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I think that means that through this we will probably save more babies than I used to do one by one. I do not want to say anything about the legal issues or about when and where we should refer this. I think that has been dealt with adequately by hon. Mbadi and the Leader of the Majority Party. However, an issue that I want to bring out that came to our mind as a Committee is the need to plan devolution carefully. We had the opportunity to meet with the governors and the Cabinet Secretary in charge of finance. ... view
• 28 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to address this matter. I stand to oppose this Motion. I am doing that basically because I find inconsistencies in what the Committee has reported and what it recommends. view