Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill, but with a lot of reluctance which I must bring out at this point. The object of this Bill is to harmonise the health laws to be in line with the Mwongozo Code of Governance. There are very many issues that have been raised. The only reason I am supporting it with reluctance is because the Committee sat down and proposed very many amendments. If these amendments pass, then I will be happy with this Bill. Should they not pass, I will definitely not support this Bill, even ... view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: overarching Act. An omnibus Bill covering so many laws with so many various objectives is likely to cause confusion. That is why the Committee had to come in and do very many amendments. Because of this, it ignored very many basic principles like the principle of representation. We are all aware that when dealing with regulatory bodies, professional representation is important. Even in service delivery institutions like the NHIF and KEMSA, representation is very important. Self-regulation is particularly important when dealing with professional bodies. This Bill as it is now is overpopulated with Government officers like Permanent Secretaries and the ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What we are discussing is extremely important, the fact that Hon. Duale is raising the point now but he did not raise it before notwithstanding. Having been in the BAC before, I know that it is always part and parcel of the report, except it is not always flagged down and discussed in detail. Whereas at this point there is no requirement that the report comes separately, I think we do ourselves a lot of good if Hon. Kanini can flag down the report within the Committee report. Hon. Duale will then take the opportunity to ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Report of the Committee. The main object of the regulations was to merge Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund and Youth Fund into a Biashara Fund. The rationale was sound – to reduce the administrative cost – that is extremely sound. However, I think it missed a very important point, which is that all these were Affirmative Action Funds that were meant to support people who have difficulty meeting bank requirements. That was the basic thing. However, if the Biashara Fund was going to be ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: The other issue, that hon. Members were ignored in their administration, is also important. This is because it is easier to mobilise the youth, women and PWDs at the constituency level to participate in this. However, of all these Funds, the one that has worked best is the Women Enterprise Fund. The Uwezo Fund had a problem with its capacity building component, because instead of it being taken to the ground to be managed by the officers, it was left at the headquarters The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: where they appointed consultants who never appeared on the ground to do the capacity building. So, the money, to a large extent, was a loss. And because there was no capacity building, the youth and women who got the money were not able to pay back. When it was brought in, it was seen as a gift from the Government for money that was not used when it was supposed to for a run-off. The basic failure, therefore, was capacity building and appropriate information. They also talked of irrational lending process and the fact that the Minister ignored the Committee’s ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will not say much. I support the Report of the Committee basically on the issue that you cannot bring to this House work that was done in 2014. One wonders whether the officers pulled these regulations from a drawer somewhere and dusted them up. I do not know whether the Cabinet Secretary was properly briefed on this matter. We are dealing with crops. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: I went to primary school. The school fees was paid from proceeds of cotton farming, which died completely in Nyanza. If you want to bring cotton farming back, you first need to know why it died. The people need to know the reason. We have brought many issues but people are not convinced that anything will revive it. So, you should start by dealing with the people on that one. Very many regulations which are brought to the House are annulled on sound grounds. What is the competence level of officers in the ministries? Are there legal departments that advise ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Report of the Committee. view