Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. Early childhood education has three important components. One, it is the foundation of education where children get in touch with formal education and lay a foundation that will be important throughout their lives. If they miss it, they may never get it again. Two, it is a period of active development physically, mentally and personally. At this point, children’s brains are still developing. They have changes in their bodies that need to be recognised and sometimes monitored. It is a time they develop ... view
• 25 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This Bill is extremely important. It is going to become an Act and, therefore, we should put everything clearly. The issue of “any form of discrimination” should be removed. I second the Second Reading of New Clause 3A. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, on behalf of Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo and with your permission, I beg to move: THAT, clause 20 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new Subclause immediately after sub-clause (4) ― “(5) The Commissioner shall ensure that a child whose application for refugee status is being considered or is registered as a refugee under this Act is accorded the rights provided for under the Children’s Act (No. 8 of 2001).” This is to ensure that any child who is in the country is either with the refugee parents or if they are seeking refugee ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, on behalf of Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo and with your permission, I beg to move: THAT, clause 20 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new Subclause immediately after sub-clause (4) ― “(5) The Commissioner shall ensure that a child whose application for refugee status is being considered or is registered as a refugee under this Act is accorded the rights provided for under the Children’s Act (No. 8 of 2001).” This is to ensure that any child who is in the country is either with the refugee parents or if they are seeking refugee ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, can I just get more clearly what is mentioned under Clause 20 (2)? If it is in the Constitution then I do not see what is wrong with adding it there because it does not breach the Constitution. So, that is why I am asking which one you are referring to. 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
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, can I just get more clearly what is mentioned under Clause 20 (2)? If it is in the Constitution then I do not see what is wrong with adding it there because it does not breach the Constitution. So, that is why I am asking which one you are referring to. 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
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: “The Commissioner shall ensure that a child who is in need of refugee status and who is considered a refugee receives appropriate protection and assistance whether accompanied or not by his parents” The only difference here can be reassured, “is considered a refugee”. This is not quite the same with a child who is requesting or the parents themselves are refugees. I think in situations of children, you need to be extremely exact. You do not want a loophole where if people go to court, they can say it be considered or is under request. So, for refugee parents, it ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: “The Commissioner shall ensure that a child who is in need of refugee status and who is considered a refugee receives appropriate protection and assistance whether accompanied or not by his parents” The only difference here can be reassured, “is considered a refugee”. This is not quite the same with a child who is requesting or the parents themselves are refugees. I think in situations of children, you need to be extremely exact. You do not want a loophole where if people go to court, they can say it be considered or is under request. So, for refugee parents, it ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this extremely important Bill. I rise to support this Bill. As I do so, let me first of all thank the two committees; namely, the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee, for their efforts in the harmonization of the Bills that has brought a lot of sense to the whole debate. The main object of this Bill is to establish a fair and transparent process for procedures of referendum, in particular, the referendum to amend the Constitution. Therefore, it ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Clause 7 of the Bill implies that you can have a referendum on other issues other than the amendment of the Constitution. That is a fairly dangerous thing. It is better to have a clear law on a referendum for amendment of the Constitution which is what we have here. If there are other referenda that we want to go into, we should have a clear law for that. I have looked at the Report of the Joint Committee. I do not think that has been clearly brought out. We need to do that. Clause 8 of the Bill implies ... view