Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to respond to the President’s Address on the state of our nation. The President correctly said the nation is strong, resilient and breaming with the promise of an even brighter future tomorrow. He also correctly identified the major challenges that we face as a country. I will only consider one of the major challenges; the challenge of the Coronavirus pandemic and the implementation of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) - our attempt to get every Kenyan to access healthcare that they need, when they need it and at a ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Committee, but with a very heavy heart. The principle is that we facilitate development of the country. Special zones are very important in that if we annul the regulations, it means that these zones cannot be developed nor operate, and that in itself is negative. Hon. Speaker, there is only one thing I support about the regulations. That, the ones taken for public participation are different from the ones that were published. In my view, this touches on the issue of integrity. You cannot have people discuss something which is different ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Tatu City is already an established zone. So, if you take their views seriously, there may be competition and they may not want other zones to be established. Again, the Committee cannot rely heavily on contribution from a single stakeholder with a lot of interest. However, because it is either you take it or leave it, I will support them. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I also want to raise the issue of sanctions that we are putting in place. I believe the secretary who came is a very senior public servant, well vast in public administration and had all the legal requirements and advice available. Why then should they go ahead and bring to Parliament something that has gone through public participation and is still found to be false? We should not 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
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: accept this. In fact, if many regulations from a particular entity are rejected by Parliament, we need to look back and find out what is wrong with it. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: A Member of the Committee said something I agree with which will take us back to the need for pre-publication scrutiny. When we make laws, we cannot go to the details. So, we give subsidiary legislation so that other people can go into the details. Therefore, if this is again subjected to scrutiny by us then this is delaying issues. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: The Committee or an appropriate committee needs to take these regulations and ensure they are brought to the House as quickly as possible, so that we pass them and have people employed. It is not just enough to say we have annulled them. With these remarks, I support the Committee because it is the practical way and they should bring them back quickly. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. In a time like this, you cannot go by the general rule. It is true that, in the general rule, pandemics are not covered by insurance but when you are in a nation and people are dying, you have to look at the policies. We are talking of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). We cannot turn round and say otherwise. We are saying the NHIF is the body that is going to carry our UHC. We cannot do that. People are dying. Health workers are dying. If we are not ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wanted to raise what Hon. Ouda has raised. With your permission, please let me repeat. The issue of cash transfers to the elderly persons has been asked almost every month in this House. I do not think we get adequate answers, but I will take the direction he has taken, that when they call the officers to the House we shall be informed. It is important that the Executive takes seriously questions that are asked in this House. That is all I wanted to say, Hon. Speaker. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this policy on eradication of FGM, which is also known as Female Genital Cutting. The difference is this: Mutilation describes what really happens. It is really a horrible act. I will not go into the details of the anatomy. Hon. Millie Odhiambo did that. I give her a B+ (plus) for knowing the anatomy of the female genitalia. If we leave all issues of the Constitution, of the laws and policies out, it is the effect it has on the people who are involved. Leave alone pleasure ... view