Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First, I support this Report bearing in mind the concern that has been indicated earlier. Some commendable work has been done by the Committee, but the writing of the Report itself, more so the wording, as indicated, may render this good Report and recommendations impossible to implementable. That is the big danger I see. Despite that, I support the Motion. On the two main recommendations – on debarment and on the CEO taking personal responsibility – again, there is a weakness. We are not quite sure ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Secondly, I do not think the amendments by the Chairman made any much difference. It only made it a little better. The main amendment that would have made a big difference was that of Hon. Maanzo, which was eventually dropped. Hon. Kaluma’s had some little difference. So, this is a big Report, but we have two issues that we need to address. We have good work done by the Committee, but the wording in its Report has led to a lot of debate. The Report should have been very powerful. We need to look into this aspect. I would like ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: The other issue - which is general information - is the impunity of State Corporations CEOs. This is not the first time we are seeing serious impunity. We saw this with the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), the Dams Report that was brought here and the Report by PIC auditing State Corporations. In all those cases, we have seen CEOs acting against their own regulations and procedures. The questions I am asking are: What does the State Corporations Advisory Committee do? Why are CEOs acting like this? What is the relationship between Boards and CEOs? What about the Ministries that ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: I think we have two major issues we should look into. One is how the Committees work. We need more legal advice. We have legal officers and they should do their work so that we do not get questionable reports. Two, the State Corporations Advisory Committee should work because the Ministries supervising State Corporations and Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) are sleeping on the job. view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with that, I support this Report. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new paragraph (ba) by deleting the word “treatment” and substituting therefor the word “management”. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: The import of this amendment is that treatment is actually narrow and limits what is done to the patient. Management is holistic. It covers the medical treatment given, the drugs given, the surgery done, how one lives, what food one eats and advice given thereafter, which is what we need and what we should look at in handling cancer. We feel that the amendment enriches the Bill. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: view