Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Just a point of interest, could we have a little more details on what exactly was not funded with this Kshs 40 million. view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the County Allocation of Revenue, Bill because the counties need money. We created a devolved system, which is the counties, because we wanted them to get services closer to the people. It is important that they get money on time. My colleagues have narrated many issues where people are not getting money. There are many problems and services are not given and business people are not being paid. In these Covid- 19 pandemic times, counties need money. Having listened to the Chair and my other ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: There is another issue that comes with almost every Member who is speaking that, what the counties are doing are different from county to county. There are a lot of complaints that counties are not offering the services as expected and people are complaining about the quality of services. We have a national issue that we have not addressed. The national Government, in respect to devolve functions, is still supposed to look at standards and policies, while the counties are supposed to do the implementation and offer their services. Do we have in our Constitution as it is all the ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Members have said this and so we must look at how the national policies and standards are going to be enforced at the county level without taking over the functions of the counties. That is something we have not looked into. We have the inter-governmental relations structures but, again, they do not have the enforcement capacity. The Director of Budget also, at times, attempts to withhold funds when certain things have not been done but, again, it is not clear. So, there is a policy issue and my view generally is that if you find something recurring similarly in the ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I see that as devolution is progressing, there are many structural issues, policy and management issues that we have to look at particularly between the national and the county governments and the inter-county government relations instruments. I think these instruments are not helping. There are issues that were raised by the Chairman on pending bills. It is horrible. I know businessmen who have sold their cars. I know people whose children are in schools and lack fees. I know people who borrowed money from banks, done business with counties and have not been paid. That is not what we intended ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We also raised the issue of lack of transparency and, again, Members have talked about the role of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). We need some other structures even before we go to that level. You cannot have a system that is just based on punishment after the event. We need a system that monitors and corrects things as we go by. So, this is something we need to re-look into. On the process of privatisation, health is suffering and we have to think of ring-fencing the health funds. That is because, once again, those may be among the ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Bill. view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity, which I really appreciate. view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me start by really congratulating Hon. Millie Odhiambo for persisting and bringing this Bill back. The main object of the Bill is the regulation of assisted reproduction practice through technologies that are actually varied. There is: in vitro (IVF) fertilization, where the ovum is fertilized outside and introduced in the womb of the mother; artificial insemination, where you actually take semen and introduce it into the mother; and intracellular fertilization, where you actually take out the ovum, take a single sperm and inject into it and then introduce it. Therefore, there are various technologies. They ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: been said. However, it is true that women suffer a lot. Infertility is a big issue in the practice of gynecology. Therefore, there is need to solve that problem for the families that are involved. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of that the technologies that exist are going on in this country without any regulation at all. The problem is that this is causing a lot of distress to the people involved. It is very expensive and they have to go to other countries. They have to do it in a hidden way and, therefore, the few people offering the ... view