Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: the assessment is not done quickly and the projects are stopped, then the legal issues and financial implications that will come with the stoppage are actually very expensive. If we are not careful and we blanket-stop all of them, we may run into those legal and financial issues. Many contractors have used that to make a lot of money where they did do not do any work at all. The second reason is that when you stop Government projects, whether funded by the Government or by donors, the projects are likely to die because the funds set aside are now ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: the assessment is not done quickly and the projects are stopped, then the legal issues and financial implications that will come with the stoppage are actually very expensive. If we are not careful and we blanket-stop all of them, we may run into those legal and financial issues. Many contractors have used that to make a lot of money where they did do not do any work at all. The second reason is that when you stop Government projects, whether funded by the Government or by donors, the projects are likely to die because the funds set aside are now ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: We should not kill projects just because some people have done a bad job. What we should do is to reassess the projects so that they go on and people get value for money. The planned development in those areas can proceed. With that, I support this Report, but with that amendment. It is a very great report. I ask Mhe. Buyu to second the amendment. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: We should not kill projects just because some people have done a bad job. What we should do is to reassess the projects so that they go on and people get value for money. The planned development in those areas can proceed. With that, I support this Report, but with that amendment. It is a very great report. I ask Mhe. Buyu to second the amendment. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even the Report of the Public Investments Committee that we have just discussed brings out the problem in our systems, which is the failure to observe procedures and legal framework that we have. If you 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
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even the Report of the Public Investments Committee that we have just discussed brings out the problem in our systems, which is the failure to observe procedures and legal framework that we have. If you 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
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: look at what is happening in broad terms, companies abandon projects and when they do that, like in the case of Itare, they go and declare themselves bankrupt. They have been paid more money than they should have. In the process of monitoring, it was clear that these people were not performing well. The certificate they were being given for work done was getting smaller. Nobody looked at that. That is a management issue. Then there is variation of cost. We all know variation in any project should not be more than 25 per cent. Here we find variations, like ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: look at what is happening in broad terms, companies abandon projects and when they do that, like in the case of Itare, they go and declare themselves bankrupt. They have been paid more money than they should have. In the process of monitoring, it was clear that these people were not performing well. The certificate they were being given for work done was getting smaller. Nobody looked at that. That is a management issue. Then there is variation of cost. We all know variation in any project should not be more than 25 per cent. Here we find variations, like ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: So, all round the world we have systems in place, we have legal framework in place, we have structures in place and I assure you if you look at the next debate that is coming, you will find the same system. We really have to come round as a country and as others said, we should start mentioning people. This person did not do this and this person did this instead of genaralising. That way, we can start taking action on them. I want to end by saying that I support this project, the recommendations that we have made and ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: So, all round the world we have systems in place, we have legal framework in place, we have structures in place and I assure you if you look at the next debate that is coming, you will find the same system. We really have to come round as a country and as others said, we should start mentioning people. This person did not do this and this person did this instead of genaralising. That way, we can start taking action on them. I want to end by saying that I support this project, the recommendations that we have made and ... view